The 2016 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Materials and Production
• Achievement:
  Creation of unconventional inorganic materials with novel electronic functions based on nano-structure engineering
• Lecture:
  Element Strategy and Future Materials

Major Awards

1991	1st Otto-Schott Research Award
1994	W. H. Zachariasen Award
2009	Medal with Purple Ribbon, Fujiwara Prize, B.T. Matthias Prize
2011	Jan Rajchman Prize, Asahi Prize
2012	Nishina Memorial Prize
2013	Honda Memorial Prize, Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate
2015	J.C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize

Academic Degrees

1977	Tokyo Metropolitan University, B.E.
1982	Tokyo Metropolitan University, Ph.D.

Professional Career

1982	Assistant Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology
1988-1989	Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
1990	Associate Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology
1993	Associate Professor, Research Laboratory of Engineering Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)
1995	Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki National Research Organization
1997	Associate Professor, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Tech
1999-present	Professor, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Tech
2004-2014	Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Tech
2012-present	Director, Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Tech

Affiliation

• Materials and Structures Laboratory
  & Materials Research Center for Element Strategy,
  Mail Box S2-13, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
  Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

Major Publications

• H. Hosono, N. Kikuchi, N. Ueda, and H. Kawazoe: Working Hypothesis to Explore Novel Wide Band Gap Electrically Conducting Amorphous Oxides and Examples, J.Non-Cryst.Sol., 198-200,165-169 (1996).
• K. Nomura, H. Ohta, A. Takagi, T. Kamiya, M. Hirano, and H. Hosono: Room-Temperature Fabrication of Transparent Flexible Thin Film Transistors Using Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors, Nature, 432, 488-492 (2004).
• S. Matsuishi, Y. Toda, M. Miyakawa, K. Hayashi, K. Kamiya, M. Hirano, I. Tanaka, and H.Hosono: High-Density Electron Anions in a Nanoporous Single Crystal: [Ca₂₄Al₂₈O₆₄]4⁺(4e^-), Science, 301, 626-629 (2003).
• M. Kitano, Y. Inoue, Y. Yamazaki, F. Hayashi, S. Kanbara, S. Matsuishi, T. Yokoyama, S.-W. Kim, M. Hara, and H. Hosono: Ammonia synthesis using a stable electride as an electron donor and reversible hydrogen store, Nat. Chem., 4,934-940(2012).
• Y. Kamihara, T. Watanabe, M. Hirano, and H. Hosono: Iron-Based Layered Superconductor La[O_1-xF_x]FeAs (x = 0.05-0.12) with Tc = 26 K, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 3296-3297 (2008).