Nobuo Niimura

Background

Niimura, Nobuo was born on June 22, 1942 in Toyokawa, Japan. Son of Masao and Yasuko (Abe) Niimura.

Education

Master of Science, University Tokyo, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1970.

Career

Research associate, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, 1970-1982; associate professor, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, 1983-1997; professor, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, 1998; prime scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-Mura, since 1998. Group leader Japan Atomic Energy Institute, 1993-1998.

Achievements

• Nobuo Niimura has been listed as a notable neutron structural biology scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japan Physical Society, Japan Crystallography Society.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, go, music.

Connections

Married Sekiko Tomioka. Children: Kaku, Uta, Towa, Mune, Nori.

Father:

Masao Niimura

Mother:

Yasuko (Abe) Niimura

Spouse:

Sekiko Tomioka

child:

Kaku Niimura

child:

Nori Niimura

child:

Mune Niimura

child:

Uta Niimura

child:

Towa Niimura