National Academy of Inventors Fellows at Purdue
NAI Fellow 2023
Masanobu Yamamoto
College of Veterinary Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Basic Medical Sciences
The NAI Fellows Program celebrates academic inventors whose work spans multiple disciplines and exemplifies their collaboration, dedication and innovation to transform research into real-world commercial technologies that contribute to the betterment of society.
Yamamoto holds nearly 100 U.S. and 200+ Japanese patents, many related to technologies developed for the electronic gaming and disc storage industries during his career at Sony. He was a key developer in optical components, including Blu-ray technology.
He co-founded Miftek Corporation and continues his work on the expansion of Blu-ray-related technologies as well as new photon-detection systems for biological applications.
In the scope of invention, every discovery is a looking glass of hope. I’m proud to be able to represent Purdue in this endeavor.”
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