Hiroshi Amano

Hiroshi Amano
Hiroshi Amano
天野浩
Born	September 11, 1960; Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Alma mater	Nagoya University (BE, ME, DE)
Known for	Blue and white LEDs
Awards	Rank Prize for Optoelectronics (1998); Nobel Prize in Physics (2014); Asia Game Changer Award (2015); Asian Scientist 100 (2016);
	Scientific career
Fields	Optoelectronics
Institutions	Nagoya University (1988–1992, 2010–present); Meijo University (1992–2010);
Doctoral advisor	Isamu Akasaki

Hiroshi Amano (Japanese: 天野浩, romanized: Amano Hiroshi; born September 11, 1960) is a Japanese electronics engineer specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is a co-inventor of the blue LED, for which he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura.