Kunio Yasue
| Kunio Yasue | |
|---|---|
| Born | 保江邦夫 September 27, 1951 Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Japanese |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Tohoku University Kyoto University Nagoya University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Quantum brain dynamics |
| 🏅 Awards | EMCSR Best Paper Award (1992) |
Kunio Yasue (保江邦夫 Yasue Kunio, born September 27, 1951) is a Japanese physicist whose areas of expertise include mathematical physics, quantum mechanics, and neuroscience. He is the professor emeritus of Notre Dame Seishin University.
Together with Mari Jibu, he is one of the proposers of the idea of Quantum brain dynamics (QBD).[1]
Early life and education
Yasue was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1951.[citation needed] He received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Astronomy of Tohoku University in 1974, followed by a master's degree from Kyoto University in 1976.[citation needed] His master's thesis focused on Elementary Domain theory, originally proposed by Nobel Laureate Hideki Yukawa. The thesis was published in Progress of Theoretical Physics, Japan's only English-language journal specializing in theoretical physics at the time (Vol. 57, pp. 318–328, 1977).
In 1978, he completed his doctoral studies at Nagoya University under the supervision of Professor Takehiko Takabayashi.[citation needed] Within just two years, he published eight papers in international journals specializing in mathematical physics. His doctoral dissertation, which explored the quantum mechanics of open systems including quantum friction, earned him a Doctor of Science degree.[citation needed]
Career
He moved to Switzerland and became a lecturer in the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Geneva in 1978. Four years later, he returned to Japan and joined the Toshiba Research and Development Center as a researcher. However, feeling that the work did not suit him—and prompted in part by a family member's illness—he resigned and returned to his hometown in Okayama.[2]
Subsequently, he sought employment at Notre Dame Seishin University, a mission-based women's university located near his family home. During his stay in Switzerland, he had established a connection with a Roman Catholic priest, from whom he requested a letter of recommendation. Unbeknownst to Yasue, the priest—being personally close to the Pope at the time, both of them being Polish—forwarded the recommendation directly to the Holy See (Vatican).[2] As a result, Yasue was appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Notre Dame Seishin University. He retired in 2017 and was named professor emeritus.
In 1992, he received the Best Paper Award at the 11th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research.[citation needed]
See also
- Quantum mind#Quantum brain dynamics
- Electromagnetic theories of consciousness
- Goldstone boson
- Brian Josephson
- Mind–body dualism
References
- ↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "Book review of Kunio Yasue". www.scaruffi.com. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 自著『置かれた場所で咲いた渡辺和子シスターの生涯』マキノ出版, 2017/04/15、第一章内「超協力なコネで採用された」の項
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