Shuji Nakamura, Date of Birth
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inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
Date of Birth: 22-May-1954
Profession: engineer, professor, physicist, inventor
Nationality: Japan, United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Shuji Nakamura
- Shuji Nakamura (?? ??, Nakamura Shuji, born May 22, 1954) is a Japanese-born American electronic engineer and inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology, professor at the Materials Department of the College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and is regarded as the inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology.
- Together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, he is one of the three recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".
- In 2015, his input into commercialization and development of energy-efficient white LED lighting technology was recognized by the Global Energy Prize.
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