Profile of Akira Shimizu
1956 : born in Nagano prefecture, Japan
1975 : graduated from Nagano Senior High School
1979 : graduated from Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
1984 : graduated from Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo / received Ph.D degree in physics.
After that, successively served as
Researcher, Canon Research Center, Canon Inc.
Senior Researcher, Canon Research Center, Canon Inc.
Group Leader, Sakaki Quantum Wave Project, JST
Associate Professor, Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo / Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Professor, Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo / Professor, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo / Professor, Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo
Direrctor, Komaba Insitute for Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2022: retired from the above.
Present :
Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo
Professor (Specially Appointed) at Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, The University of Osaka
Visiting Professor at The Open University of Japan
Project Researcher at Institute for Photon Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Lead Researcher at BlocQ, Inc.
Awards: 16th JSAP Paper Award (The Japan Society of Applied Physics, 1994), Best Paper Award, 4th Technical Symposium (Canon Inc., 1986)