He is an overseas editor for the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics and is a well-known expert in amorphous semiconductors and chalcogenide glasses. Koichi Shimakawa is a Professor at the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, a Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Gifu University, Japan, and Senior Researcher at Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute, Japan. He is an internationally recognised researcher in the field of amorphous solids.show more