Discovering the Trihydrogen cation (H3+) Hydronium Methanium
Awards
Earle K. Plyler Prize (1982) William F. Meggers Award (1997) Ellis R. Lippincott Award (1998) E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy (2002) Davy Medal (2004)
Scientific career
Fields
Astrochemistry
Institutions
University of Tokyo National Research Council of Canada University of Chicago
Academic advisors
Gerhard Herzberg[1]
Doctoral students
Moungi Bawendi
Takeshi Oka (岡 武史, Oka Takeshi, born 1932), FRS FRSC, is a Japanese-American spectroscopist and astronomer specializing in the field of galactic astronomy, known as a pioneer of astrochemistry and the co-discoverer of interstellar trihydrogen cation (H+ 3).[3][4]
He is now R.A. Milliken Distinguished Service Emeritus Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chemistry; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College of University of Chicago.[5]
^Chemistry Tree - Takeshi Oka Details
^"University Webpage". University of Chicago. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
^Mitchio Okumura; Benjamin J. McCall; Thomas R. Geballe (2013). "Tribute to Takeshi Oka". J. Phys. Chem. A. 117 (39): 9305–9307. Bibcode:2013JPCA..117.9305O. doi:10.1021/jp4079597. PMID 24490723.
^Oka, Takashi (2013). "My 45 Years of Astrochemistry: Memoirs of Takeshi Oka". J. Phys. Chem. A. 117 (39): 9308–9313. Bibcode:2013JPCA..117.9308O. doi:10.1021/jp4035826. PMID 24490724.
^The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Takeshi Oka
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