Masatoshi Koshiba - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2002
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Masatoshi Koshiba

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2002
for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos
Citizenship
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Japan Japan
Languages
Japanese
date of birth
9/19/1926
place of birth
Toyohashi
date of death
11/12/2020
place of death
Tokyo
Lived
94 years
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2005
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • American Physical Society
    • start time: 2002
  • Japan Academy
    • start time: 12/12/2002
field of work
  • astrophysics
  • particle physics
occupation
  • professor
  • physicist
  • researcher
employer
  • University of Tokyo
  • University of Hamburg
  • HFBS
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
  • Tokai University
educated at
  • Meiji University
  • University of Tokyo
  • University of Rochester
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School
doctoral student
  • Takaaki Kajita
  • Yoji Totsuka
  • Atsuto Suzuki
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