Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura
中村修二
	Nakamura in 2014
Born	May 22, 1954; Ikata, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Citizenship	Japan (until 2005); United States (since 2005);
Alma mater	University of Tokushima (BEng, MEng, DEng)
Known for	Blue and white LEDs
Spouse	Yuki Nakamura
Awards	IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1998); Rank Prize for Optoelectronics (1998); Asahi Prize (2000); Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award (2001); Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize (2004); Millennium Technology Prize (2006); Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2008); Harvey Prize (2009); Nobel Prize in Physics (2014); Charles Stark Draper Prize (2015); Global Energy Prize (2015); Asia Game Changer Award (2015); Asian Scientist 100 (2016); Mountbatten Medal (2017); Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2021);
	Scientific career
Fields	Optoelectronics
Institutions	Nichia Corporation (1979–1999); University of California, Santa Barbara (since 1999);

Shuji Nakamura (Japanese: 中村修二, romanized: Nakamura Shūji; born May 22, 1954) is a Japanese–American electronics engineer and co-inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. For this achievement, Nakamura, together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014.

Nakamura specializes in the field of semiconductor technology. He is Professor of Materials and of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) since 1999.