Hajimé Yoshiki

Background

Yoshiki was born on July 20, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan; the son of Tadamasa and Iyo (Uésugi) Yoshiki.

Education

Yoshiki received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tokyo in 1953. Two years later he earned his Master of Arts degree in Physics from the same university. In 1959, Hajimé was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree, from Princeton University.

Career

Yoshiki began his career as a research associate at Columbia University in 1958. Two years later he took the same position at the University of Tokyo, where he worked until 1964. Also Hajimé served as a research fellow at European Center for Nuclear Research from 1963 to 1965. In 1965, he became a member of a research staff at the same center. Then in 1969, Yoshiki was appointed a visiting professor of physics at the University of Heidelberg.

In 1972, he received a position of a professor of physics at National Laboratory for High Energy Physics. In 1992, Hajimé became a professor of physics and engineering at the Ibaraki University. In 1997 he retired from civil services as a professor of national univerisities and was appointed a professor at Kure University.

Achievements

• Yoshiki is the sole expert in producing ultracold neutrons from superfluid liquid helium.

Works

• Other Work

  • Measuring the electric dipole moment of the neutron: The cryoEDM experiment

    (On Jun 7, 2010, Christine CLARKE and others published Mea...)

    2010

Membership

Yoshiki is a member of the American Physical Society and Physical Society of Japan.

Interests

• mountaineering, skiing, playing violin, painting

Connections

On September 12, 1967 Hajimé Yoshiki married Mona Ann-Charlott Johansson. They have two children.

Father:

Tadamasa Yoshiki

Mother:

Iyo (Uésugi) Yoshiki

Spouse:

Mona Ann-Charlott Johansson

child:

Ken Yoshiki

child:

Naoki Yoshiki