Seigo Tarucha received the B. E. and M. S. degrees in applied physics from the University of Tokyo in 1976 and 1978, respectively. He joined NTT Basic Research degree in applied physics from the University of Tokyo in 1986.
In 1998 he moved to the University of Tokyo as a professor in the Department of Physics and then to the Department of Applied Physics in 2005. In March of 2019 he retired from the University of Tokyo and since then he has been fully affiliated to RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS).
He has been running a Quantum Functional System research laboratory in CEMS since 2013 and also working as a CEMS deputy director since 2018. He was a guest scientist in Max-Planck-Institute (Stuttgart) in 1986 and 1987 and in Delft University in 1995.
He is currently working on physics and technology of spin-based quantum computing and topological quantum computing. He received Japan IBM award in 1998, Kubo Ryogo award, The Quantum Devices award in 1998, Nishina award in 2002, National medal with purple ribbon in 2004, Leo Esaki Award in 2007, Achievement award of Japan Applied Physics Society in 2018, and Fujiwara Award in 2023. He is a fellow of Japan Applied Physics Society and IOP.
