Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura (中村 修二, Nakamura Shūji, born May 22, 1954) is a Japanese-born American pheesicist an inventor specialising in the field o semiconductor technology, professor at the Materials Depairtment o the College o Ingineerin, Varsity o Californie, Santa Barbara (UCSB),^[5] an is regardit as the inventor o the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lichtin technology.^[6]

Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura in 2014
Born	(1954-05-22) 22 Mey 1954 (age 70) Ikata, Ehime, Japan
Residence	Unitit States
Naitionality	American[1][2]
Citizenship	Japan (till 2005 or 2006) Unitit States (syne 2005 or 2006)[3][4]
Alma mater	Varsity o Tokushima
Kent for	Blue an white LEDs
Awairds	Millennium Technology Prize (2006) Harvey Prize (2009) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (2014) Naitional Inventors Haw o Fame (2015)
Scientific career
Institutions	Varsity o Californie, Santa Barbara

References

1. "中村教授「物理学賞での受賞には驚いた」　ノーベル賞". The Nikkei. Nikkei Inc. October 2014.
2. Shuji received American citizenship in 2000. Japan does not recognize dual nationality.
3. 特許は会社のもの「猛反対」　ノーベル賞の中村修二さん (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Digital. 18 October 2014. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 27 Julie 2015. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
4. ノーベル賞の中村修二氏、「アメリカの市民権」を取った理由を語る (in Japanese). withnews. 18 October 2014. ２００５、６年ごろに（米国市民権を）取ったんですよ [acquired (U.S. citizenship) in 2005 or 2006] Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
5. "Shuji Nakamura". Santa Barbara: University of California. Archived frae the original on 15 Julie 2010. Retrieved 31 Julie 2008.
6. "Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history". Pacific Coast Business Times. Retrieved 10 October 2014.