Takeshi Oka
Takeshi Oka (born June 10, 1932 in Tokyo ) is a Canadian chemist . He is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry , Astronomy, and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago .
Oka studied at the University of Tokyo with a bachelor's degree in 1955 and a doctorate in 1960. He was then a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) until 1963 . From 1963 to 1981 he was at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics as a research physicist of the National Research Council of Canada and from 1981 professor in Chicago both in the faculty of astronomy and astrophysics and at the Enrico Fermi Institute . From 1989 he was Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor .
Oka studies molecular ions in laboratory plasmas spectroscopically and compares the spectra with those from astronomical plasmas. For example, in 1980 they measured the infrared spectrum of the trihydrogen cation and found this in interstellar molecular clouds in 1996, and it soon became apparent that it is relatively common in interstellar space.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , the Royal Society , the Royal Society of Canada , the American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America (OSA). In 2004 he received the Royal Society's Davy Medal , the American Chemical Society's EB Wilson Award in 2002, the OSA's Lippincott Award in 1998, the Steacie Prize in 1973 and the APS's Earl K. Plyler Prize in 1982.
He holds honorary doctorates from University College London and the University of Waterloo .
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- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oka, Takeshi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |