Isao Tanihata#
| Membership Number: | 4268 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | JAPAN |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - present Specially appointed professor, RCNP Osaka University, Osaka Japan
- 2011 - present Director Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, Beihang University, Beijing, China
- 2007 - 2012 Professor, RCNP Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- 2005 - 2007 Collaborative Research Scientist, TRIUMF, Canada
- 2003 - 2004 Executive Director, RIKEN, Wako, Japan
- 1986 - 2003 Principal scientist, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
- 1979 - 1985 Assistant professor, Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo
- 1978 - 1979 Post Doc. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA
- 1973 - 1978 Teaching assistant, Faculty of Science, Osaka University
- 1975, 6 PhD Osaka University
Fields of Scholarship
- Beta decay and magnetic moment studies of mirror nuclei
- High-energy heavy-ion collisions
- Nuclear structure using radioactive-ion beams
- Nuclear astrophysics using radioactive-ion beams
- Superheavy element research
- Cold fusion
- Radio-biology
- Radioactivity mapping (Fukushima)
- Technical detector developments
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Humboldt Scientific Award; Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2010 Thousand Talent Program; China Government
- 2000 The GSI Exotic Nuclei Community Membership Award, GSI Germany
- 1997 Professor Honoris Causa; Bucharest University, Romania
- 1994 APS Fellow; American Physical Society
- 1989 Nishina Prize; Nishina Memorial Foundation
- 1975 Miller Award; University of California, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science
