Message from Japan on recent Earthquake  Cherry blossom in the campus of Osaka University, April 13, 2011. Recent earthquake and tsunami in the northeast of Japan followed by troubles with nuclear power plant has created many problems in normal day-to-day life in the nearby costal areas. The news appearing in overseas channels have generally exaggerated the real situation, which have made our friends and colleagues worry about us. We are completely safe and unaffected in Osaka, which is almost 800 km away from the epicenter. RIKEN in Tokyo, 300 km far from the nuclear power station has been also peaceful without any power shutdown or any unusual value of radioactive since ever the quake, except that train service has not been as much precise as Japanese standard. We are leading our usual lives at home as well as at work doing our regular teaching, research and other activities. We are deeply touched by the emails and calls received from friends from all over the world who have shown their sympathy and have offered supports. We would like to thank everyone, and would like to inform that we are completely safe. We would also like to suggest you not to trust the overseas news fully, which is often overstated. Once again, thanks a lot to everyone who was worried about us. We ensure you that everhthing is fine with us. March 30th 2011 Satoshi Kawata and his team members. Brief description about himProfessor Satoshi Kawata received his BSc, Msc, and PhD all in Applied Physics in 1974, 76, and 79, respectively, from Osaka University. After the experience of postdoctral fellow of JSPS, he spent two years in University of California, at Irvine as a Research Associate. He joined in Osaka University as a faculty member in 1981 and was promoted to a full Professor of Applied Physics in 1993. He is now a Professor of Applied Physics at Osaka University and a Chief Scientist in RIKEN. He is also the Director of Photonics Advanced Research Center and a joint Professor at Frontier Bioscience Department, in Osaka. Professor Kawata is a Fellow of OSA, IOP, SPIE, and JSAP, He is the General Chiar of JSAP (Jpn Soc Appl Phys) Annual Meetings, the past Chair of International Council of Optical Society of America, Ex-President of Spectroscopical Society of Japan, and ex-Editor of Optics Communications.1974 B.Sc in Applied Physics, Osaka university PRESENT:1976 M.Sc in Applied Physics, Osaka university 1979 Ph.D in Applied Physics, Osaka University Research Carrier Director, Photonics Advanced Research Center, Osaka University since 2008 2002-04 Professor, Information & Physical Sciences, Osaka Univ. 2001-06 Project Leader, CREST "Plasmonic Scanning Analytical Microscopy Project," JST 2001-04 Director, Frontier Research Center (FRC), Osaka Univ. 1997-02 Project Leader, "Photonic Bio-medical Sensing & Control" Project, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 1997-2000 Project Leader of "Near-field Nano-optics" Project, Ministry of Education 1993- Professor of Applied Physics, Osaka University 1992 Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Osaka University 1981 Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Osaka University 1979-81 Research Associate of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine 1979 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | Links Awards and Honors 2008 Society Award, Japan Spectroscopy Society 2007 Medal of Purple Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan 2007 Fellow, Japan Society of Applied Physics 2007 Fellow, SPIE 2005 MInister Award, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Japan 2004 The Best Paper (Review Article) Award, Japanese Society of Applied Physics 2003 Shimadzu Award, Shimadzu Foundation 2002 Fellow, Optical Society of America (OSA) 1998 Ichimura Award, the New Technology Development Foundation, Japan 1989 Annual Society Awards, the Spectroscopy Society of Japan 1981 Best Optic Paper Awards, Japan Society of Applied Physics Editorials Journal of Microscopy, Regional Representative Laser & Photonics Reviews, Editorial, Wiley-VCH Society Services Executive Committee member and the General Chair of Annual Meetings, Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) Ex-Chair, International Council,OSA Ex-Advisory, Max Planck Society, Erlangen Modern Optics Center Ex-President, SpectroscopicalL Society of Japan EX-president, SLM (Society of Laser Microscopy) EX-vice-president, Optical Society of Japan Conference Organizer
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