Gordon E. Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science & Technology
Hideo Hosono
Wednesday, May 21 | 1320h
Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Room 513C
Progress in Oxide Semiconductors and Oxide TFTs
by Hideo Hosono
Hideo Hosono is Honorary and Institute Professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology or Tokyo Tech) and a Distinguished Fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science. His research focuses on the creation of novel functional materials based on his own design concept. Achievements include the material design of transparent oxide semiconductors such as InGaZnOx (IGZO) and their TFT applications for state-of-the-art displays; the creation of stable electrides and their application to catalysts for ammonia synthesis; and the discovery of high-Tc iron-based superconductors.
After completing a PhD at Tokyo Metropolitan University (1982), Prof. Hosono was Assistant and Associate Professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (1982-1990) (including a Visiting Associate Professorship at Vanderbilt University [1988-1989]), then Associate Professorship at the Institute for Molecular Science (2005-2007). He became a full professor at Tokyo Tech in 1999. Prof. Hosono has published some 1,000 SCI (Science Citation Index) journal papers, six English-language books (edited), and registered about 100 patents. His Google Scholar h-index is 156 and Web of Science h-index is 132. He served as a member of the Science Council of Japan and President of the Materials Research Society of Japan.
Prof. Hosono has received many awards including the 2023 Society for Information Display Karl Fredrich Brawn Award, 2022 Eduard Rhein Foundation Technology Award, 2018 MRS Von Hippel Award, 2016 Japan Prize, 2015 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy, 2015 American Physical Society James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, 2012 Nishina Memorial Prize, and 2009 Bernd T. Matthias Prize. He is a 2013 Thomson Reuter Citation Laureate, a highly cited researcher, and Foreign Member of the Royal Society (UK).
John B. Goodenough Award of the Electrochemical Society
Doron Aurbach
Monday, May 19 | 0800h
Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Room 513C
Following The Heritage of J.B. Goodenough – The Challenge of High Energy, Safe, Durable, Rechargeable Batteries: From Basic Science to Practical Devices
by Doron Aurbach
Doron Aurbach is Distinguished Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University (BIU). He is the founder of BIU’s Electrochemistry Group, founder and head of BIU’s Energy and Sustainability Center, founder and leader of the Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical Propulsion, and leader of the Israel National Institute for Energy Storage. His research encompasses a broad range of topics including non-aqueous electrochemistry, batteries, and electrochemical water desalination. He uncovered the mechanisms behind the key limiting reactions that define the electrochemical windows of most important non-aqueous polar-aprotic electrolyte solutions, as well as the interfacial reactions in highly reactive electrochemical systems. The inventor and leader of the field of rechargeable magnesium batteries, his expertise extends to the water-energy nexus, where he has contributed to innovations in desalination, microfiltration, green hydrogen production, CO2 sequestration (for agricultural purposes), disinfection, and the extraction of important minerals from seawater through electrochemical methods.
After earning his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees (summa cum laude) from BIU’s Department of Chemistry, Prof. Aurbach obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (summa cum laude). Ernest B. Yeager oversaw his postdoctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve University. Prof. Aurbach served as Chair of BIU’s Department of Chemistry (2001–2005) and Chair of the Israel Labs Accreditation Authority (2010–2016). He has published 820 peer-reviewed publications with more than 111,000 citations and an h-index of 160 (Google Scholar).
Prof. Aurbach joined ECS in 1983 and is an active and valued member, having served as Chair of the ECS Israel Section, and since 2007, as JES Technical Editor in the Battery and Energy Storage topical interest area.. ECS recognized him with the Allen J. Bard Medal (2017), Battery Division Research Award (2013), Fellow of The Electrochemical Society (2008), and Battery Division Technology Award (2005). Among his other prestigious awards are the Israel Chemical Society’s Gold Medal (2020), Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation (2018), International Society of Electrochemistry’s Alexander Frumkin Medal (2018), Membership in Academia Europaea (since 2015), International Battery Association’s Ernest B. Yeager Award for Outstanding Contributions to Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Science (2014), Kolthoff Prize of the Technion for Excellence in Chemical Research (2013), Israel Chemical Society’s Excellence in Research Award (2012), Landau Prize for Green Chemistry (2011), and Edwards Company Prize of the Israel Vacuum Society for Research Excellence (2007). He is a Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry and Materials Research Society.
