Apr. 28, 2009
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon awarded to to Kazuo Takeuchi
The Japanese government announced today that it will award the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon to Dr. Kazuo Takeuchi, for his considerable contribution to the development of science and technology. Dr. Takeuchi is a Senior Research Priority Planning Member of RIKEN's Research Priority Committee. We offer Dr. Takeuchi our sincere congratulations on this honor. The award ceremony will take place on May 19, 2009.
Research Priority Committee Member, Dr. Teruo Okano, a Director and Professor at the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering & Science at Tokyo Women's Medical College, will also be awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon.
Brief Resume
| 1978 | Ph.D. in Engineering, University of Tokyo Postdoctoral fellow, Laser Science Group, RIKEN |
| 1979 | Research Scientist, Chemical Engineering Laboratory, RIKEN |
| 1985 | Research Scientist, Laser Science Group, RIKEN |
| 1986 | Chief Scientist, Director of Powder Technology Laboratory, RIKEN |
| 1988 | Chief Scientist, Director of Separation Engineering Laboratory, RIKEN |
| 1990 | Head of Molecular Laser Isotope Separation Group, RIKEN (concurrent role) |
| 1995 | Chief Scientist, Director of Applied Laser Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN |
| 1996 | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University |
| 1998 | Technical Manager, Wyckoff Co. Ltd. (RIKEN Venture) (concurrent role) |
| 2001 | Chief Scientist, Director of Nanomaterial Processing Laboratory, RIKEN |
| 2003 | Representative Director, Wyckoff Co. Ltd. (RIKEN Venture) (concurrent role) |
| 2007 | Senior Research Priority Committee Member, RIKEN |
| 2008 | Director, Wyckoff Co. Ltd. (RIKEN Venture) (concurrent role) |