Chihaya Adachi

Institution
Kyushu University

Country
Japan

Field
Chemistry

Adachi was awarded the 2018 Nagoya Silver Medal of Organic Chemistry for his research on semiconductors used in organic light-emitting diodes and organic lasers. (Photo: Kyushu University)


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