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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectReona Esaki
Dates
March 12, 1925 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Esaki, Reona, 1925-
Additional Forms of Names
Esaki, Leo, 1925-
Biography
Abstract
Reona Esaki is President of the Yokohama College of Pharmacy (2006-present). Other institutional affiliations include the Shibaura Institute of Technology and the University of Tsukuba. His research interests include semiconductors and electron tunneling in solids.
Important Dates
March 12, 1925Birth, Osaka (Japan).
1947Obtained BS, University of Tokyo (Tokyo Daigaku), Tokyo (Japan).
1956 – 1960Researcher, Sony Corporation.
1959Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Tokyo (Tokyo Daigaku), Tokyo (Japan).
1960 – 1992Researcher, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), New York (N.Y.).
1973Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Ivar Giaever "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively".
1976Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1985Awarded International Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society.
1992 – 1998President, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba Daigaku), Tsukuba (Japan : Academic community).
1998Chair, Science and Technology Promotion Foundation of Ibaraki.
2000 – 2005President, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo (Japan).
2006 – presentPresident, Yokohama College of Pharmacy (Yokohama Yakka Daigaku), Yokohama-shi (Japan).
Occupation
Condensed matter physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Tsukuba (Japan : Academic community)
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively."
Colleagues
Anderson, A. G. (Arthur George), 1926-
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
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Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Thomas, Llewellyn Hilleth, 1903-1992
Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Additional
Josephson, B. D. (Brian David), 1940-
Awarded 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics for a separate project.
Institutions
Major Positions
Shibaura Institute of Technology
President.
Sony Corporation
Researcher.
Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center
Researcher.
Tsukuba Daigaku
President.
Yokohama Yakka Daigaku
President.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1985 International Prize for New Materials.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Tōkyō Daigaku. Butsurigaku Kyoshitsu
Obtained BS (1947) and PhD in Physics (1959).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Distinguished speaker session [sound recording], 1974 April 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
International Conference on the Dynamics of Interfaces [sound recording], 1983 December 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Video Interviews with Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, 2004-2006.
Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square
Vega Science Trust
Brighton BN1 9SB, England UK
Subject
Leo Esaki Nobel Prize biography
Walter A. Harrison Tunneling into Physics, 2015.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA