Shuji Nakamura
Japanese-American engineer and inventor
Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese-American electronic engineer and inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. Nakamura specializes in the field of semiconductor technology, and he is a professor of materials science at the... Wikipedia
Born: 1954 (age 69 years), Ikata, Ehime, Japan
Education: Tokushima University (1994), Tokushima University (1979), and Tokushima University (1977)
Research interests: Mesoscopic physics
Citizenship: Japan (until 2005); United States (since 2005)
Known for: Blue and white LEDs