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)