Three US scientists awarded 2013 Japan Prize

The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan has announced that three US scientists have been named as laureates of the 2013 (29th) Japan Prize. Professors Grant Willson (University of Texas at Austin) and Jean Fre'chet (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) have received the prize in this year's category of "Materials and Production" for their development of chemically amplified resist polymer materials for innovative semiconductor manufacturing process. Professor John Frederick Grassle (The State University of New Jersey) was selected in the other prize category of "Biological Production and Biological Environment" for his contributions to marine environmental conservation through research on ecology and biodiversity of deep-sea organisms. They will receive certificates of merit, and commemorative medals. There is also a cash award of fifty million Japanese yen for each prize category. The presentation ceremony is scheduled to be held in Tokyo on Wednesday 24^th, April, 2013. The prize categories for the 2014 (30th) Japan Prize will be "Electronics, Information and Communications" and "Life Science". For further information, visit the Web page, http://www.japanprize.jp/en/index.html. Selected scenes from the 2012 ceremony can be viewed on You Tube.

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