Sadamichi Maekawa

Sadamichi Maekawa(前川禎通 Maekawa Sadamichi")" is a Japanese researcher, who was born in Nara Prefecture, Japan in 1946. He obtained his B. Sc. (1969), M. Sc. (1971) degrees from Osaka University, and D. Sc. (1975) degree from Tohoku University. He was a research associate (1971–1982) and an associate professor (1982–1988) at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, and a professor (1988–1997) at Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University, and a professor (1997–2010) at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University. After serving as a director of Advanced Science Research Center in Japan Atomic Energy Agency(2010-2018), he became a senior advisor at RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science from April 2018.
His main research topics include theory of electronic properties in strongly correlated electron systems, in particular, high-temperature superconductors and orbital physics in transition metal oxides and theory of spintronics.
Awards.
2018 Highly Cited Researchers2018
2013      Honoris Causa Doctorate of University of Zaragoza, Spain
2012      Honorary Member of the Magnetic Society of Japan
2012      IUPAP Magnetism Award and Néel Medal
2008      the title of Distinguished Professor, Tohoku University
2008      Fellow of the American Physical Society
2005      the title of Honda Professor, Tohoku University
2003      Magnetics Society of Japan Award
2001      Humboldt Award (Germany)
1999      Fellow of Institute of Physics (UK)