Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, Shirakawa Hideki; August 20, 1936 – August 24, 2026) was a Japanese chemist and engineer who was Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba and Zhejiang University. He was best known for his discovery of conductive polymers. He was co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger.
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🎓 Tokyo Institute of Technology🏫 Hida Takayama High School📅 Born August 20🎂 Born 1936📍 From Gifu Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor