Hideo Hosono Editor & Author

Hideo Hosono, PHD, is Honorary and Institute Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and distinguished fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan. He received his doctorate from the Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1982, and his research is focused on the creation of novel electronic functional materials. He is a pioneer of oxide semiconductors including IGZO-TFTs, iron-based superconductors and electrides.

Hideya Kumomi, DR.SCI., is Specially Appointed Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Japan. He received his doctorate from Waseda University in 1996 and his research has been focused on semiconductor materials and devices.