Dr. TONOMURA Akira
Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd.
2520 Akanuma,
Hatoyama-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama 350-0395, JAPAN
Tel: +81-(0)49-296-6111 Fax: +81-(0)49-296-6006
E-mail: akira.tonomura (please add ".zk@hitachi.com" to complete the address)
Date & Place of Birth: April 1942 (Hyogo, Japan)
Employment & Professional Activities:
| 2007.12 - present | Member, Japan Academy |
| 2005.10 - present | Member, Science Council of Japan |
| 2005.04 - present | Principal Investigator, Promotion Corporation of the Initial Research Project, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology |
| 2003.06 - 2005.06 | President of the Japanese Society of Microscopy |
| 2002.04 - present | Visiting Professor, Department of Innovative and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University |
| 2001.10 - present | Group Director, Single Quantum Dynamics Research Group, Frontier Research System, Riken |
| 1999.06 - present | Fellow, Hitachi Ltd. |
| 1990.08 - 1999.05 | Senior Chief Scientist, Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1997.04 - 2005.03 | Professor, Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 1996.04 - present | Visiting Professor, Department of Engineering, Toyo University |
| 1989.10 - 1994.09 | Project Leader, Electron Wavefront Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) organized by Research Development Corporation of Japan (JRDC). |
| 1985.02 - 1990.07 | Chief Scientist, Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1975.08 - 1985.02 | Senior Research Scientist, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1973.06 - 1974.06 | Research Scientist at Tubingen University |
| 1965.04 | Joined Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
Professional Affiliations:
Physical Society of Japan, Japan
Society of Applied Physics, Japanese Society of Microscopy, American Physical
Society, European Physical Society, and Microscopy Society of America
Editorial Boards:
| 1997 - 1999 | Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters |
| 1994 - present | Ultramicroscopy |
Education:
| 1993.03 | Ph.D. Gakushuin University |
| 1975.03 | D.Eng. Nagoya University |
| 1965.03 | B.Sc. University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science, Physics |
Major Awards & Recognitions:
| 2007 | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2005.07 | Laurea Honoris Causa, University of Camerino, Italy |
| 2003.06 | Foreign Associate of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala |
| 2002.11 | Cultural Merit Award (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) |
| 2000.05 | Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences in the United State (Physics) |
| 1999.04 | The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (Franklin Institute) "For his contributions in the development of an electron beam and high-resolution microscopic device" |
| 1991.06 | Japan Academy Prize and Imperial Prize (Japan Academy) for the "Development of Electron Holography and Verification of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect" |
| 1987.01 | The Asahi Prize (The Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co.) "Development of Electron Holography and Confirmation of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect with It" |
| 1984.12 | Commendation by the Minister of State for Science and Technology to Persons of Scientific and Technological Research Merits for research on the observation of microscopic magnetic fields by electron holography. |
| 1982.12 | Nishina Memorial Prize (Nishina Memorial Foundation) "Developments of Electron Holography Technique and Its Applications" |
Patents & Papers:
Dr. Tonomura holds more than 30 patents in Japan. He has presented more
than 200 papers in journals, and is the author/co-author of 4 books.
