Physicist, Researcher.
Born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, April 17, 1935; son of Kunika and Chiyoko (Kawamura) Tabata; married Teiko Murata, Nov. 6, 1960; children: Yuko, Yasuko.
BS, Kyoto University (Japan), 1958; MS, 1960; DSc, 1967.
Researcher Radiation Center of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, 1960-69; senior researcher, 1969-85; chief researcher, 1985-90; professor Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, 1990-99; emeritus professor Osaka Prefecture University (presently Osaka Metropolitan University) 1999-; part-time researcher Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (presently Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Naka-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture, 1984-99; consultant Osaka Nuclear Science Association, Osaka, 2000-16.
Author: Passage through Spacetime: Random Writing of a Physicist, Self-published with coordination by Jupiter, Tokyo, 2009
Co-author: Brush Up English for Science, 1989 (in Japanese); Radiation Dosimetry of Electron Beams for Radiation Processing, 1990 (in Japanese).
Contributor: more than 90 articles to more than 20 professional journals in the fields of computers, physics, medical physics, nuclear engineering, biology and psychology.
Recipient: Takamine prize, Dr. Jokichi Takamine Memorial Association, 1953.
Grantee for Defect Detection by Electron Beams, Science and Technology Agency of Japanese Government, 1982-85.
Academic Membership (formerly): American Physical Society, Physical Society of Japan.
Non-academic Membership (including former ones): Citizens' Association for Fostering the Culture of Sakai, Friends of Tuva-Japan, University Alumni Association (Gakushikai), Citizens' Group to Study Hideki Yukawa.
Home & Office: 198-51 Kami, Sakai, Nishi-ku, Osaka 593-8311, Japan.
