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The Isamu Akasaki Memorial award and lecture
To mark the 30 year anniversary of ICNS history, the chairs of ICNS-15 introduce the Isamu Akasaki Memorial Award and Lecture
Purpose
To recognize outstanding individuals in the area of III Nitride semiconductors research and innovation. The award is given to a member of our community who has made pioneering, life-long contributions to the developments, applications, and/or dissemination/education in the field of III-Nitride semiconductors. The lecture may reflect the winner’s life-time achievements and inspire future generations of scientists and educators in the fields of III-Nitride Semiconductors.
The award consists of a certificate and a monetary prize of 10 000 USD.
The 2025 Isamu Akasaki Award is kindly sponsored by Toyoda Gosei.
The winner shall receive the award at the award ceremony and present an invited honorary lecture at ICNS-15.
Nominations
The nomination should contain a cover letter, up to 2-page description of the contribution to the field for which the candidate shall be considered, one or more letters of support from colleagues in the field (optional), and a link to the list of the candidate’s publications, and/or other relevant achievements.
Nominations for the award should be submitted to the Chairs of the Award Committee, Prof. Bernard Gil and Prof. Asif Khan (info@icns15.com) no later than March 15th, 2025. Subject of the mail should be “Akasaki Award nomination”.
Nominations can be made by any member of the III Nitride research community. Self nominations will not be accepted.
The award winner will be informed by May 10th, 2025.
Conflict of interest
If there is a conflict of interest (e.g., nomination, endorsement, etc.), the individual must recuse themselves from the Award committee.