Background
Kijima, Kazunori was born on May 10, 1942 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Rinzou and Sueko Kijima.
Kijima, Kazunori was born on May 10, 1942 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Rinzou and Sueko Kijima.
Bachelor of Science, Kyoto (Japan) Institute of Technology, 1966. Master of Science, Kyoto (Japan) Institute of Technology, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1978.
Researcher, National Institute Inorganic Material, Tsukuba, Japan, 1966-1976; senior researcher, National Institute Inorganic Material, Tsukuba, Japan, 1976-1987; professor ceramics, Kyoto Institute Technology, since 1987. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1979-1981. Research leader Okayama (Japan) Ceramics Research Foundation, since 1993.
Member Ceramic Society Japan (board directors since 1983, Academic award 1991), Technology Association Refractories (board directors since 1983).
Married Sachiko Endou, November 6, 1968. Children: Motohiro, Yoshifumi.