Hideki Shirakawa

Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba

Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist who made significant contributions to the development of conductive polymers. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 for his work. Born on March 5, 1931, in Ibaraki, Japan, Shirakawa received his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1963. He later joined the University of Tsukuba, where he spent most of his academic career. Shirakawa is known for his p...