subject: Sony Appoints Nobel Prize Winner Ei-ichi Negishi [print this page] In a rather unique acquisition,Sony has appointed Professor Ei-ichi Negishi, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize Sony vgp-bpl2c Battery in Chemistry, as Executive Research Advisor to Sony for R&D. Sony will tap his expertise and apply it to the field of materials and devices, specifically in the area of organic electronics. He is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University (USA) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University Catalysis Research Center.Professor Sony vgp-bps2 Battery Negishi will be present at internal and external research centers, and participate in research progress review meetings and other opportunities. He will also advise on Sony"s medium and long-term research plans, and on methods for nurturing talented researchers. Through the involvement of such a renowned expert in this field, Sony aims to stimulate its researchers in their organics electronics research and development, and accelerate their R&D processes as a result.Professor Negishi was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Akira Suzuki, Professor Emeritus at Hokkaido University and Richard F. Heck, Professor Emeritus at University of Delaware, for their research findings in "palladium-catalyzed cross couplings sony vgp-bps9 battery in organic synthesis", which is being used widely throughout the world as a technology that drastically accelerates organic synthesis reactivity, and that has contributed to the technological advancement of various industries, including pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals, plastics and liquid crystal.
