Ichiro Shibasaki, PhD

was born in 1942, in Japan. He received B.Sc in 1966 in physics from Tokyo University of Science and M.Sc. in 1968 and PhD in 1971 in theoretical physics from Tokyo University of Education(now University of Tsukuba) , Japan. He worked for the Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Education and joined to Asahi Chemical Industry in 1974. He developed the high sensitivity InSb thin film Hall sensors at Asahi Chemical Industry in 1975. Since recently such Hall elements are produced in quantities of more than one billion per year. His Hall sensors received the Dr Ohkouch memorial production award from the Dr. Ohkouch memorial Fundation in 1988. Dr. Shibasaki also received the Commendation for the development of high sensitivity thin film Hall elements by the Japanese Minister of State for Science and Technology Agency in 1996. He is currently working on narrow bandgap semiconductor thin film elements and their application as practical magnetic sensors. Since 1995, he is research fellow of Corporate Research and Development Administration in Asahi Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., Japan.