IAR Academy

The IAR Academy is composed of the scholars that the University is most proud of, who provide advice and suggestions concerning the academic advancement activities of the University. They also communicate the essences of academic research to young scholars and graduate students through their outstanding research.

>Members of the IAR Academy (In order of the Japanese syllabary)

akasaki
Isamu Akasaki

2014 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
University Professor, Nagoya University
Invention of blue light-emitting diodes

amano
Hiroshi Amano

2014年 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Invention of blue light-emitting diodes

iijima
Sumio Iijima

2009 Order of Culture
Distinguished Invited Professor, Nagoya University
Discovery of carbon nano-tubes

kishi
Yoshihito Kishi

2001 Order of Cultural Merit
University Professor, Nagoya University
Total synthesis of complex natural products

kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi

2008 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
University Professor, Nagoya University
Discovery of the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory

sato
Shoichi Sato

2002 The Japan Academy Prize
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Creation of the science of textual configuration

shimomura
Osamu Shimomura

2008 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
University Professor, Nagoya University
Discovery of the green fluorescent protein, GFP

sugiura
Masahiro Sugiura

2009 Order of Cultural Merit
University Professor, Nagoya University
Determining the DNA sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome

takeichi
Masatoshi Takeichi

2004 Order of Cultural Merit
University Professor, Nagoya University
Discovery of cadherins, the molecular basis governing cellular adhesion

tanaka
Yasuo Tanaka

2010 Order of Cultural Merit
University Professor, Nagoya University
Pioneer of X-ray Astronomy

nakanishi
Koji Nakanishi

2007 Order of Culture
University Professor, Nagoya University
Discovery of novel functions of natural products

noyori
Ryoji Noyori

2001 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
University Professor, Nagoya University
Establishment of chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions

maskawa2
Toshihide Maskawa

2008 Winner of the Nobel Prise in Physics
University Professor, Nagoya University
Discovery of the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory

mizuta
Hiroshi Mizuta

1998 Member of the Japan Academy
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Establishment of the framework for the study of social thought