Famous People with Name Sumio

Sumio Iijima            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Sumio Iijima: a Japanese physicist, often cited as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "discovery"1, Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled intense research in the area of nanotechnology.Between 1970 and 1982 he performed research with crystalline materials and high-resolution electron microscopy at Arizona State University. He visited the University of Cambridge during 1979 to perform studies on carbon materials.He worked for the Research Development Corporation of Japan from 1982 to 1987, studying ultra-fine particles, after which he joined NEC Corporation where he is still employed. He discovered carbon nanotubes in 1991 while working with NEC. He is also a professor at Meijo University since 1999. Furthermore, he is the director of the Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the dean of SKK Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT).

Sumio Shiratori            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Sumio Shiratori: a Japanese composer and music producer. He is best known for his soundtrack to the Japanese-Dutch anime series Moomin, which is based on the Moomin books by illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.