Hideki Shirakawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hideki Shirakawa

Japanese scientist

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1936

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: engineer, professor, chemist, academic

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hideki Shirakawa (?? ?? Shirakawa Hideki, born August 20, 1936) is a Japanese chemist, engineer, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba and Zhejiang University.
He is best known for his discovery of conductive polymers.
He was co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger.