Fumiko Yonezawa (米沢 富美子; 1938 – 17 January 2019) was a Japanese
theoretical physicist
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experimen ...
. She researched semi-conductors and liquid metals.
Yonezawa obtained BSc, MSc and Ph. D from
Kyoto University
, mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture
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, type = National university, Public (National)
, endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 1000000000 (number), billion USD)
, faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff)
, administrative_staff ...
, and spent a year researching at
Keele University
Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, Keele ...
in the United Kingdom during her doctoral studies. She worked with a group of scientists at
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
, simulating amorphous structures using computers and then creating visualizations of them.
She was made President of the Physics Society of Japan in 1996, the first woman to hold the position. in 1984 she was awarded the
Saruhashi Prize, and in 2005 a
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for "pioneering theory and computer simulations on amorphous semiconductors and liquid metals." She died on 17 January 2019, aged 80.
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1938 births
2019 deaths
Theoretical physicists
Japanese women physicists
Kyoto University alumni
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates
20th-century Japanese physicists
21st-century Japanese physicists
20th-century Japanese women scientists
21st-century Japanese women scientists
Presidents of the Physical Society of Japan