ICEM-08 Plenary Presenter

Professor Susumu Noda

Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan

Susumu Noda received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Kyoto University, Kyoto,Japan, in 1982, 1984, and 1991, respectively, all in electronics. In 2006, he has received an honorary degree from Gent University, Gent, Belgium.  From 1984 to 1988, he was with the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and he joined Kyoto University in 1988. Currently he is a Professor with the Department of Electronic Science and Engineering and a vice-director of Photonics and Electronics Science and Engineering Center (PESEC), Kyoto University. His research interest covers physics and applications of photonic and quantum nanostructures including photonic crystals and quantum dots. Prof. Noda is a Fellow of IEEE and the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP). He received various awards including the IBM Science Award (2000), the JSAP Achievement Award on Quantum Electronics (2005), and Optical Society of America, Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize. From 2003 to 2005, he served as IEEE/LEOS Distinguished Lecturer.  

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