Dr. KAMBARA Hideki
Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd.
1-280 Higashi-Koigakubo,
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, JAPAN
Tel: +81-(0)42-323-1111 Fax: +81-(0)42-327-7784
E-mail: hideki.kambara (please add ".se@hitachi.com" to complete the address)
Date & Place of Birth: January 1945 (Kagawa, Japan)
Employment & Professional Activities:
| 2005.07 - present | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo |
| 2003.06 - present | Fellow, Hitachi Ltd. |
| 2002.04 - present | Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo |
| 2000.04 - present | Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Part-time Lecturer, Soka University |
| 2000.02 - 2003.06 | Senior Chief Scientist - Corporate Technology, Hitachi Ltd. |
| 1994.08 - 2000.02 | Senior Chief Researcher, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd. |
| 1990.02 - 1994.08 | Chief Researcher, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1989.08 - 1990.02 | Chief Researcher, Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1985.04 - 1989.08 | Senior Researcher, Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1981.08-1985.04 | Senior Researcher, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1977.10- 1979.01 | Visiting Researcher at Univ. of California, Berkeley,Space Sciences Lab. |
| 1972.04.01 | Joined Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd. |
Professional Affiliations & Activities:
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan
Education:
| 1972.03 | D.Sc., University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science, Chemistry |
| 1969.03 | M.Sc., University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science, Chemistry |
| 1967.03 | B.Sc., University of Tokyo, Dept. of Pure and Applied Science |
Awards & Recognitions:
| 2009.03 (alone) | 61st (FY2008) CSJ Award for the
"development of capillary array DNA sequencer for genome analysis" (The Chemical Society of Japan) |
| 2004.01 (alone) | The Asahi Prize for "development of a high performance DNA sequencer" |
| 2003.05 (alone) | National Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon |
| 2002.07 (alone) | Selected as one of BusinessWeek's "Star of Asia" |
| 2002.03 (joint) | 48th Okochi Memorial Grand Technology Prize for "development of the capillary array DNA sequencer" |
| 2001.04 (alone) | Commendation by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology to Persons of Scientific & Technological Research Merits, for "research on fluorescence detection method DNA base sequencing device" |
| 1994.09 (joint) | R&D Magazine, R&D100 Award for "development of LC/MS system" |
| 1989.04 (joint) | Commendation by the Minister of State for Science & Technology for Noteworthy Inventions, for "side entry laser irradiation method for DNA sequencer" |
| 1983.09 (joint) | Industrial Research & Development IR100 Award for "development of molecular SIMS" |
| 1982.05 (alone) | Japan Mass Spectrometry Society Award for "new ionization technology" |
Patents & Papers:
Dr. Kambara has published over 80 papers on
mass spectrometry and DNA analysis, and holds more than 100 patents in
Japan and U.S.A.
Research Interests:
