Takaaki Kajita
Appearance
Takaaki Kajita | |
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Vĩ điền long chương | |
Born | Higashimatsuyama,Saitama,Japan | 9 March 1959
Education | Saitama Prefectural Kawagoe High School |
Alma mater | Saitama University(B.S.) University of Tokyo(M.S.,Ph.D.) |
Spouse | Michiko |
Awards | Asahi Prize(1988) Bruno Rossi Prize(1989) Nishina Memorial Prize(1999) Panofsky Prize(2002) Japan Academy Prize(2012) Nobel Prize in Physics(2015) Fundamental Physics Prize(2016) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe,University of Tokyo |
Doctoral advisor | Masatoshi Koshiba |
Other academic advisors | Yoji Totsuka |
Takaaki Kajita(Vĩ điền long chương,Kajita Takaaki,Japanese pronunciation:[kadʑita takaːki];born 9 March 1959)is a Japanesephysicist.In 2015, he was awarded theNobel Prize in Physicswith Canadian physicistArthur B. McDonald.[1]
On 1 October 2020, he became the president of theScience Council of Japan.
References
[change|change source]- ↑"Professor Kajita won the novel prize in physics!!"(Press release). KAGRA collaboration. 7 October 2015.
Professor Kajita, who is the PI of KAGRA, won the Nobel prize in physics!!