Tsutomu Miyasaka

Tsutomu Miyasaka received his Doctor of Engineering from The University of Tokyo in 1981. In 2001, after 20 years R&D work at Fuji Photo Film, Co., he moved to Toin University of Yokohama (TUY), Japan, as Professor in Graduate School of Engineering, where he served as the dean of Graduate School (2006-2009). In 2004, he has established a TUY-based company, Peccell Technologies, serving as CEO. Currently he is Professor of TUY and a fellow of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology ...See more

Tsutomu Miyasaka received his Doctor of Engineering from The University of Tokyo in 1981. In 2001, after 20 years R&D work at Fuji Photo Film, Co., he moved to Toin University of Yokohama (TUY), Japan, as Professor in Graduate School of Engineering, where he served as the dean of Graduate School (2006-2009). In 2004, he has established a TUY-based company, Peccell Technologies, serving as CEO. Currently he is Professor of TUY and a fellow of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of The University of Tokyo. Since the discovery of the organic inorganic hybrid perovskite as PV material in 2006, his research has been focused on R&Ds of the halide perovskite PV device. He was awarded a Ministry of Science & Education Prize in 2009 on his green sustainable solar cell technology. In 2017 he received Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award and Clarivate (Thomson Reuter) Citation Laureate in 2017. See less