Background
Watanabe, Yoshihisa was born on June 2, 1952 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Son of Shigetaka and Setuko (Yamauchi) Watanabe.
Watanabe, Yoshihisa was born on June 2, 1952 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Son of Shigetaka and Setuko (Yamauchi) Watanabe.
Bachelor in Engineering, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1975. Master in Engineering, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1982.
Research associate National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan, 1979-1984, lecturer, 1984-1987, associate professor, 1987-1994, professor, since 1994, head advanced materials laboratory, since 1996, department chair, since 1997. Visiting scholar University Washington, Seattle, 1990-1991. Lecturer in field.
Member American Ceramic Society, Japan Society Applied Physics, Materials Research Society (principal editor since 1995).
Married Narumi Fujiwara. Children: Koh, Mizuho.