Background
Torii, Sigeru was born on June 25, 1932 in Ohmi-Hachiman, Shiga, Japan.
Torii, Sigeru was born on June 25, 1932 in Ohmi-Hachiman, Shiga, Japan.
B. Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, 1956. M. Engineering, Kyoto University, 1959. D. Engineering, Kyoto University, 1962.
Associate professor Okayama (Japan) University, 1963-1970, professor, since 1970, dean faculty engineering, professor emeritus, since 1998. Researcher Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1971. Director Institute of Creative Chemistry, since 1998.
Fellow Electrochemical Society (M. Baizer award 2000). Member Society Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan (board directors, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan award 1982, vice president since 1991), Chemical Society of Japan (board directors, award 1987), Rotary.
Son of Hiroko Torii, June 21, 1961. Married Hiroko Fujii. Children: Azusa, Yukari, Katsura.