Background
Kitabatake, Makoto was born on January 21, 1956 in Fukushima, Fukushima-ken, Japan. Son of Yoshiro and Koyo (Oikawa) Kitabatake.
Kitabatake, Makoto was born on January 21, 1956 in Fukushima, Fukushima-ken, Japan. Son of Yoshiro and Koyo (Oikawa) Kitabatake.
Bachelor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1978. Master, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1980. Doctor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1988.
Researcher, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Osaka, 1980-1988; team leader, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Kyoto, Japan, since 1990; visiting scientist, University of Illinois, Urbana, United States of America, 1988-1990.
Member The Japan Society Applied Physics, Physical Society Japan, Materials Research Society.
Married Namie Ebana, November 6, 1982. Children: Mitsuki, Soyo.