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2016 Japan Prize Honors Trailblazers in Material Science and Plant Breeding
Dr. Hideo Hosono challenged conventional wisdom by creating innovative materials;
Dr. Steven D. Tanksley laid the foundation for modern crop breeding

Japan Prize 2016 (32nd) Laureates

2016 Japan Prize Honors Trailblazers in Material Science and Plant Breeding
Dr. Hideo Hosono challenged conventional wisdom by creating innovative materials;
Dr. Steven D. Tanksley laid the foundation for modern crop breeding

"Materials and Production" field

Achievement:
Creation of unconventional inorganic materials with novel electronic functions based on nano-structure engineering

Dr. Hideo Hosono

Dr. Hideo Hosono (Japan)

Professor, Materials and Structures Laboratory,
Founding director, Materials Research Center for Element Strategy,
Tokyo Institute of Technology

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"Biological Production and Biological Environment" field

Achievement:
Contribution to modern crop breeding through research on development of molecular genetic analysis

Dr. Steven D. Tanksley

Dr. Steven D. Tanksley (USA)

Professor Emeritus, Cornell University

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