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Koichi Tanaka
Birth Date: August 3rd 1959
Education: Degree in Engineering from Tohoku University in1983
*1: Kratos Group PLC. (Wholly owned subsidiary of Shimadzu) Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP, UK
*2: Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) LTD. (Wholly owned subsidiary of Shimadzu) Location same as Kratos Group PLC
- August 1959
- Born in Toyama, Japan
- March 1983
- Graduated from the Tohoku University, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering
- April 1983
- Joined Shimadzu Corporation and assigned to Central Research Laboratory
- May 1986
- Transferred to Scientific Equipment Division, R&D Department
- May 1989
- Won Encouragement Award from the Mass Spectroscopy Society of Japan
- January 1992
- Seconded to KRATOS Group PLC. (*1) in UK
- December 1992
- Returned to Analytical Instrument Division, R&D Department in Japan
- April 1997
- Seconded to Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd.(*2) in UK
- December 1999
- Moved to KRATOS Group PLC in UK
- May 2002
- Returned to Analytical & Measuring Instruments Div., Life Science Business Unit in Japan
- November 2002
- Promoted to Fellow in Shimadzu Corporation. Won Order of Cultural Merit Award
- December 2002
- Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002
- January 2003
- Appointed to General Manager of Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory in Shimadzu Corporation.
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