Name : Akira Fujishima

Date of Birth : March, 1942

Nationality : Japanese

Present Position :
Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology

Address :
KSP West 614, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 213-0012, Japan
Tel: +81-44-819-2020 Fax: +81-44-819-2038
E-mail: fujishima@newkast.or.jp

Academic Qualifications :
B. Eng. Yokohama National University 1966
Ph D. The University of Tokyo 1971

Appointments :
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University 1971-1975
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo 1975-1978
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo 1978-1986
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo 1986-2003
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 2003-present
Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology 2003-present
Special University Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 2005-present
President of the Chemical Society of Japan 2006-present

Awards :
*Asahi Award form the Asahi Shinbun 1983
*Award for Research Excellence from The electrochemical Society of Japan 1987 *Harushige Inoue Award (for technical innovation) 1998
*Innovations in Real Materials Award 1998
*Award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan 1999
*Award of the Chemical Society of Japan 2000
*The Heinz Gerischer Award (of the European Section of the Electrochemical Society) 2003 *The Medal with a Purple Ribbon 2003
*The Japan Prize 2004
*The Japan Academy Prize 2004
*National Commendation for Invention Award 2006
*Kanagawa Culture Award 2006

Research Interests :
*Photoelectrochemistry
*TiO2 Photocatalysis
*Photofunctional Materials
*Diamond Electrochemistry

Original papers : 693;

Review papers : 421;

Patents : 250

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