Hideo Hosono

Hideo Hosono
Hosono in 2017
Born (1953-09-07) September 7, 1953
NationalityJapanese
Alma materTokyo Metropolitan University
Known foriron-based superconductors
thin-film transistors
AwardsJapan Prize
Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon)
Research Achievement Award (Japanese Society of Applied Physics)
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsInstitute of Science Tokyo
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Nagoya Institute of Technology

Hideo Hosono (細野秀雄, Hosono Hideo; born September 7, 1953) is a Japanese material scientist most known for the discovery of iron-based superconductors.

Hosono, Hideki Shirakawa and Yoshinori Ohsumi are the three keynote speakers at the Institute of Integrated Research (IIR) founding lecture at the Institute of Science Tokyo.