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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2000s (123) 2000 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1930s (112) 1936 (15) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Asia, northeast (41) Japan (26) Tokyo (3) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Hideki (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 65 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Chemists and Materials Scientists (111) Chemists (111) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Asia, northeast (38) Japan (27) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Asia, northeast (31) Japan (24) 35. Worked for Government 35. Worked for Government North America (29) United States (26) Agency (16) Department of Energy (3) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (1) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Asia (32) Asia, northeast (16) Japan (14) Tokyo (6) University of Tsukuba (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) Pennsylvania (56) Philadelphia (35) University of Pennsylvania (35) Short-term academic staff (15) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) J (15) Japan Academy (15) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards O-P (364) O (205) Order of Culture (24) P (242) Person of Cultural Merit (22) complete name: Hideki Shirakawa nobel prize: chemistry award year: 2000 together with: Alan J. Heeger together with: Alan MacDiarmid prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 was awarded jointly to Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Hideki family name: Shirakawa occupation: engineer occupation: professor occupation: chemist occupation: academic field of work: chemistry work location: University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan description: Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of conductive polymers together with physics professor Alan J. Heeger and chemistry professor Alan G. MacDiarmid at the University of Pennsylvania. pronunciation: (白川 英樹 Shirakawa Hideki) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2000/summary/> date birth: 1936 usual name: Hideki Shirakawa
