Seigo Tarucha

Seigo Tarucha received the B. E. and M. S. degrees in applied physics from the University of Tokyo in 1976 and 1978, respectively. He joined NTT Basic Research Laboratories in 1978 and received the Ph. D degree in applied physics from the University of Tokyo in 1986. In 1998 he moved to the University of Tokyo as a professor in the Department of Physics and then to the Department of Applied Physics in 2004. In March of 2019 he retired from the University of Tokyo and since then has been fully affiliated to RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS). He has been running a Quantum Functional System research group in CEMS since 2012 and additionally a research team in Center for Quantum Computing (RQC) since 2021. His current research interests have focused on physics and technology of spin-based quantum computing and topological quantum computing in semiconductor. He received Japan IBM award in 1998, Kubo Ryogo award, The Quantum Devices award in 1998, Nishina award in 2002, National medal with purple ribbon in 2004, Leo Esaki Award in 2007, Achievement award of Japan Applied Physics Society in 2018, and Fujiwara Award in 2023.