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2023.07.03 Honorary Professor Hideo Hosono and Professor Toshio Kamiya received the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize
Honorary Professor Hideo Hosono and Professor Toshio Kamiya of MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, along with Associate Professor Kenji Nomura (Ph.D., former Specially Appointed Associate Professor at the former Materials Research Center for Element Strategy) of the University of California San Diego, USA, received the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize from The Society for Information Displays (SID), the world's largest academic society in the field of displays.
The award ceremony was held on May 22 at Display Week 2023, SID's annual convention in Los Angeles, California. The Braun Prize is awarded annually for outstanding technical achievement that has had a substantial impact on the display industry and ranks as SID’s most prestigious individual award.
The awarded achievements are "pioneering research, sustained scientific and technological contributions, and industry leadership in high-mobility amorphous oxide semiconductors, especially IGZO-TFTs, which are becoming today's global standard."