Masanobu Yamamoto

Masanobu Yamamoto
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1949-06-27) 27 June 1949 (age 75)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
OccupationOptical engineer
Employer(s)Sony Corp., Sony DADC, Phototek Laboratory Inc, Miftek
Sport
SportRowing

Masanobu Yamamoto (山本 真伸, Yamamoto Masanobu, born 27 June 1949) is a Japanese optical engineer, inventor, business executive, and olympian.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Tokyo in 1973, Yamamoto began his career as an optical engineer for Sony Corp, where he spent nearly 35 years developing optical storage and display systems.[1][2] From 1973 to 2010, he was a General Manager at Sony.[1] He has contributed to the evolution of optical recording technology. In 1979, he joined the joint Sony-Philips' CD co-development team, where he was in charge of the CD media and physical specifications. Since 1996, he has led the development of a new recording technology based on lasers with shorter wavelengths and optics with greater numerical apertures. This initiative resulted in the creation of the first Blu-ray disc recorder in 2003 and a BD-ROM player such as the PS3 in 2006.[2]

Between 2010 and 2012, Yamamoto served as the Chief Technical Communications Adviser for Sony Corporation of America.[1] From October 2012 to May 2014, he served as a Vice-President for Bioscience Technologies and Business Development at Sony DADC Bioscience,[3] where he was responsible for developing the first commercial spectral flow cytometry system[4] utilizing Purdue's spectral technology.[5][6] Since 2012 Yamamoto has served as the business development manager for microfluidics Phototek Laboratory Inc. in Kanagawa, Japan.[7]

After retirement from Sony DADC, Yamamoto relocated to West Lafayette, IN, where, in a partnership with J. Paul Robinson, he co-founded Miftek Corporation and continues his work on the expansion of the Blu-ray-related technologies,[1][8][9] and the new photon-detection systems for biological applications.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] He is also an adjunct professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.[19]

In 2012 Yamamoto was admitted to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows for "outstanding contributions to advanced detection technologies and for his seminal contribution to the design, advancement and manufacture of microfluidic devices."[20]

On Dec 12, 2023 Yamamoto was have been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).[21]

Yamamoto is a rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[22][23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Masanobu Yamamoto Profile". LinkedIn.
  2. ^ a b Kumagai, Osamu; Ikeda, Masao; Yamamoto, Masanobu (5 September 2013). "Application of Laser Diodes to Optical Disk Systems: The History of Laser Diode Development and Mass Production in Three Generations of Optical Disk Systems". Proceedings of the IEEE. 101 (10): 2243–2254. doi:10.1109/JPROC.2013.2275017. ISSN 0018-9219. S2CID 28802978 – via IEEEXplore. In 1979, he joined a compact disk (CD) co-development project with Philips where he was responsible for the CD media and the physical specifications. Since 1996, he has been leading the development of a new recording technology based on shorter wavelength lasers and higher numerical aperture optics. This effort gave birth to the first Blu-ray disc recorder in 2003 and BD-ROM player such as PS3 in 2006.
  3. ^ "Sony DADC Management". Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Grégori, Gérald; Rajwa, Bartek; Patsekin, Valery; Jones, James; Furuki, Motohiro; Yamamoto, Masanobu; Paul Robinson, J. (2013), Fienberg, Harris G.; Nolan, Garry P. (eds.), "Hyperspectral Cytometry", High-Dimensional Single Cell Analysis, vol. 377, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 191–210, doi:10.1007/82_2013_359, ISBN 978-3-642-54826-0, PMID 24271566, retrieved 1 October 2022
  5. ^ Gardner, Elizabeth K. (12 November 2015). "Expert discusses field of flow cytometry 50 years after its invention" (Press release). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ^ Active US7280204B2, Robinson, Joseph Paul; Rajwa, Bartlomiej & Grégori, Gérald et al., "Multi-spectral detector and analysis system", issued 2007-10-09 
  7. ^ "会社案内". Phototek Laboratory 株式会社.
  8. ^ "Purdue researchers seeking to repurpose Blu-ray technology to diagnose early-stage cancer receive federal, state grants" (Press release). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ^ Veleta, Kylie (30 November 2017). "Blu-ray cancer detection could make Purdue prof 'star of the show'". Inside INdiana Business. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. ^ US9372143B2, Yamamoto, Masanobu & Robinson, J. Paul, "Scanning image flow cytometer", issued 2016-06-21 
  11. ^ US10036698B2, Yamamoto, Masanobu & Robinson, J. Paul, "Time-sequential cytometry", issued 2018-07-31 
  12. ^ US10060850B2, Yamamoto, Masanobu & Robinson, J. Paul, "Particle detection using reflective surface", issued 2018-08-28 
  13. ^ US10613096B2, Yamamoto, Masanobu & Robinson, J. Paul, "Multi-spectral microparticle-fluorescence photon cytometry", issued 2020-04-07 
  14. ^ US10900885B2, Yamamoto, Masanobu; Robinson, J. Paul & Masuda, Yuji et al., "Flow cytometry using hydrodynamically planar flow", issued 2021-01-26 
  15. ^ US11187584B2, Yamamoto, Masanobu; Hernandez, Keegan & Robinson, J. Paul, "Photon counting and spectroscopy", issued 2021-11-30 
  16. ^ US11255771B2, Yamamoto, Masanobu; Robinson, J. Paul & Hernandez, Keegan, "Photon signal processing for particle detection", issued 2022-02-22 
  17. ^ Yamamoto, M; Robinson, JP (2021). "Quantum approach for nanoparticle fluorescence by sub-ns photon detection". Cytometry Part A. 99 (2): 145–151. doi:10.1002/cyto.a.24310. PMID 33476076. S2CID 232021453.
  18. ^ Hernandez, Keegan; Robinson, J. Paul; Yamamoto, Masanobu (20 February 2018). "Photon spectroscopy by picoseconds differential Geiger-mode Si photomultiplier". In Enderlein, Jörg; Gregor, Ingo; Gryczynski, Zygmunt K.; Erdmann, Rainer; Koberling, Felix (eds.). Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XI. Vol. 10500. San Francisco, United States: SPIE. p. 1. Bibcode:2018SPIE10500E..02Y. doi:10.1117/12.2286743. ISBN 978-1-5106-1485-7. S2CID 173183911.
  19. ^ "Masanobu Yamamoto - College of Veterinary Medicine - Purdue University". vet.purdue.edu.
  20. ^ "MASANOBU YAMAMOTO". AIMBE Fellowbook. For outstanding contributions to advanced detection technologies and for his seminal contribution to the design, advancement, and manufacture of microfluidic devices.
  21. ^ Mills, Wes (12 December 2023). "National Academy of Inventors names three Purdue faculty as 2023 fellows". Purdue University News. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  22. ^ "UTokyo Olympians. From the first athlete of Japan National Team to the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games". 24 February 2021.
  23. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masanobu Yamamoto Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2018.


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