South African laser scientist | Bronze Order of Mapungubwe (2012), TED Fellow (2015) | University of Johannesburg, University of St Andrews | Soweto: May 2
Sumio Iijima
- Koshigaya: May 2, 1939 celebration
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Sumio Iijima -
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celebration Date of birth
Koshigaya: May 2, 1939 -
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http://nanocarb.meijo-u.ac.jp/jst/english/mainE.html -
engineering Field of Work
- nanotechnology
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school Education
- University of Oxford
- Tohoku University (1965)
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trophy Awards & Honors
- Carbon Medal (2004)
- Imperial Prize of Japan Academy (2002)
- Asahi Prize (1996)
- Clarivate Citation Laureates (2007)
- Order of Culture (2009)
- James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (2002)
- Gregori Aminoff Prize (2007)
- Princess of Asturias Awards
- Balzan Prize (2007)
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2008)
- Benjamin Franklin Medal (2002)
- Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2008)
- European Inventor Award (2015)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Nishina Memorial Prize (1985)
- Person of Cultural Merit (2003)
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- Japanese nanotechnologist | Carbon Medal (2004), Imperial Prize of Japan Academy (2002), Asahi Prize (1996), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2007), Order of