IAR Academy

**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 the order of the Japanese syllabary）
Isamu Akasaki	Sumio Iijima	Yoshito Kishi

2011 Order of Culture Professor Emeritus / University Professor, Nagoya University Invention of blue light-emitting diodes	2009 Order of Culture Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University Discovery of carbon nanotubes	2001 Person of Cultural Merit University Professor, Nagoya University Total synthesis of complex natural products

Makoto Kobayashi	Shoichi Sato	Osamu Shimomura

2008 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics University Professor, Nagoya University Discovery of the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory	2002 The Japan Academy Prize Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University Creation of the science of textual configuration	2008 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry University Professor, Nagoya University Discovery of the green fluorescent protein, GFP

Masahiro Sugiura	Masatoshi Takeichi	Kouji Nakanishi

2009 Person of Cultural Merit University Professor, Nagoya University Determining the DNA sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome	2004 Person of Cultural Merit University Professor, Nagoya University Discovery of cadherins, the molecular basis governing cellular adhesion	2009 Order of Culture University Professor, Nagoya University Discovery of noverl functions of natural products

Ryoji Noyori	Toshihide Maskawa

2001 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry University Professor, Nagoya University Establishment of chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions	2008 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics University Professor, Nagoya University Discovery of the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory