Isamu Akasaki - Professional Record

Professional Record

1952-1959 Research Scientist at Kobe Kogyo Corporation (now, Fujitsu Ltd.)

1959-1964 Research Associate, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Electronics, Nagoya University

1964-1974 Head of Basic Research Laboratory 4, Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo, Inc.

1974-1981 General Manager of Semiconductor Department (in the same Institute as above)

1981-1992 Professor in the Department of Electronics at Nagoya University

1987-1990 Project Leader of “Research and Development of GaN-based Blue Light–Emitting Diode” sponsored by Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)

1992–Present Professor Emeritus of Nagoya University, Professor of Meijo University

1993-1999 Project Leader of “Research and Development of GaN-based Short-Wavelength Semiconductor Laser Diode” sponsored by JST

1995-1996 Visiting Professor of Research Center for Interface Quantum Electronics at Hokkaido University

1996-2001 Project Leader of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)’s “Research for the Future Program”

1996-2004 Project Leader of “High-Tech Research Center for Nitride Semiconductors at Meijo University” sponsored by MEXT

2001–Present Research Fellow at Akasaki Research Center of Nagoya University

2003-2006 Chairman of “R&D Strategic Committee on the Wireless Devices Based on Nitride Semiconductors”sponsored by METI

2004–Present Director of Research Center for Nitride Semiconductors at Meijo University