Thanks to the prize, he has taught at many prestigious universities
in Japan so far. This is a rare chance to meet a Nobel laureate and hear his
story. The lecture will be in Japanese, and will be aimed at Master’s level
students. However, if you are interested in joining the event you can register
your name by writing the School of Engineering at event@eng.tohoku.ac.jp .
Future Global Leadership at Tohoku University: An international program in which all degree courses (undergraudate and graduate) are taught in English
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Lecture by a Nobel laureate, Prof. Koichi Tanaka
On January 29th, a visiting professor, Koichi Tanaka,
will give a lecture on the 2nd floor of Center Hall on Aobayama
Campus from 13:00. Prof. Tanaka is one of Tohoku University’s alumni. He received
the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. At that time, he was a corporate employee
at Shimadzu Corporation contributing to technology research, and he is still affiliated
with the company. His lecture will be held on the theme of “environments for
interdisciplinary research—developing mass spectrometry”
