Distinguished Invited University Professor


Osamu Shimomura

Education

1951　Graduated from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Nagasaki Medical College (now School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University)
1960　Doctor of Science, Nagoya University
Appointments

1951　Laboratory Assistant, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University
1959　Research associate, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University (-1963)
1960　Researcher, Princeton University (on Fulbright Scholarship Program, -1963)
1963　Associate Professor, Water Research Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
1965　Senior Research Fellow, Princeton University (-1982)
1981　Visiting Professor, Boston University (-2000)
1982　Senior Research Fellow, at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts
2001  Professor Emeritus, Boston University
2008  Distinguished Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory
Awards and Honors
2004　Pearse Prize (Royal Microscopical Society)
2005　Emile Chamot Award (State Microscopical Society of Illinois)
2007　Asahi Prize
2008　Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2008　Person of Cultural Merit, Japan
2008　Order of Culture, Japan
and many others