Background
Hiraga, Keijiro was born on May 16, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Kinji Hiraga and Hiraga Misako.
Hiraga, Keijiro was born on May 16, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Kinji Hiraga and Hiraga Misako.
Bachelor in Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1975. Master in Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1978. Doctor in Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1988.
Researcher National Research Institute for Metals, Meguro, Japan, 1975—1986, senior researcher Tsukuba, Japan, 1986—1992, head, 1992—2001. Director National Institute for Materials Science, since 2002. Guest professor Graduate School Engineering, Hokkaido University, since 2008.
Member of International Conference on Superplasticity in Advanced Materials, Iron and Steel Institute Japan (correspondent), Japan Institute for Metals (correspondent), Ceramic Society Japan (correspondent award for academy achievement 2007), American Ceramic Society (correspondent).
Married Kuniko Yamada, August 14, 1955. Children: Chihiro, Hiroaki.