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Biography
Mitsuaki Nishijima is Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University. He
earned his BS and MS degrees from Department of Electronic Engineering, Osaka
University in 1962 and 1964, respectively. Prof. Jiro Yamaguchi brought about
his interest in semiconductor surfaces. Inspired by Prof. John Bardeen, he
moved to Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Illinois
Graduate School as Fulbright Student and David Sarnoff RCA Fellow. His PhD
reserch was in surface physics with Prof. Franklin M. Propst of the Department
of Physics and Coordinated Science Laboratory as thesis advisor. He received
his PhD from University of Illinois in 1969. He then joined the Solid State
Physics Group of the Central Research Laboratory, Mitsubishi Electric Company
headed by Dr. Sumiaki Ibuki as surface scientist. In 1976, he moved to the
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University as Associate
Professor, and joined the Surface Chemistry Group headed by Prof. Masaru Onchi.
He was promoted to Professor of Chemistry in 1992, and was the head of the
Surface Chemistry Group until March 31, 2003. He is Professor Emeritus from
April 1, 2003. He was a scientific consultant of Seinan Industries Co.
(2003-2004) and Unisoku Co. (2003-2013). He was a member of the Physical Society
of Japan (1961-2012), the Chemical Society of Japan (1976-2012), and the Vacuum
Society of Japan (1969-2012). Presently, he is a member of the Japan Society of
Applied Physics and the Surface Science Society of Japan. (E mail: nishihv + at
+ yahoo.co.jp)
