Masao Doi
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Professor Emeritus Masao Doi |
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| Citizenship | Japan |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering at the University of Tokyo, 1976 |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | Nagoya University |
| Known for | Simulation system for soft materials |
| Notable work | The Theory of Polymer Dynamics published in 1978 |
| Awards | 2001 Polymer Physics Prize Recipient, Rheology Society of Japan, IBM Award of Science, and doctor honoris causa of Katholic University Leuven in Belgium |
| Website | www11 |
Masao Doi (土井正男 Doi Masao) is a Professor Emeritus at Nagoya University and The University of Tokyo. He is a Fellow of the Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute. In 1978 and 1979 he wrote a series of papers with Sir Sam Edwards expanding on the concept of reptation introduced by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes in 1971. In 1996 he authored the textbook Introduction to Polymer Physics.
In 2001 the American Physical Society awarded Doi the Polymer Physics Prize for "pioneering contributions to the theory of dynamics and rheology of entangled polymers and complex fluids."
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