Award of the Medal with Purple Ribbon to Prof. Satoshi Kawata, RIKEN Chief Scientist

November 2, 2007 Evaluation Section

On November 2, 2007, it was announced that the Japanese government will award the Medal with Purple Ribbon to Professor Satoshi Kawata for his considerable contributions to the development of science and technology. Professor Kawata is Chief Scientist of the Nanophotonics Laboratory. We offer our sincere congratulations to Professor Kawata on this honor. < Prof. Satoshi Kawata: > 1993 Professor, Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Osaka University 1998-present Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University 2002-present Chief Scientist, Nanophotonics Laboratory of the RIKEN Discovery Research Institute 2003-present Chair, Nanophoton Corp. 2007-present Director, Photonics Advanced Research Center, Osaka University