Sukekatsu Ushioda

Sukekatsu Ushioda (, 18 September 1941 – 10 December 2023) was a Japanese physicist who specialized in surface physics. He was the president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and the Physical Society of Japan.

Biography Born in Chiba Prefecture on 18 September 1941, he graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School. After completing high school, he moved to the United States, where he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1964 and earned his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. The same year, he joined the Department of Physics at the University of California, Irvine as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1974, and to full professor in 1978. He also concurrently held a professorship in the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) from 1993 to 2000. Additionally, he served as president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics for three years beginning in 2008. He died in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, on 10 December 2023.