Frederick Reines

Frederick Reines (/ˈraɪnɛs/ RY-nes; March 16, 1918 – August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his works on the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment.

Frederick Reines
Frederick Reines
Born	(1918-03-16)March 16, 1918 Paterson, New Jersey
Died	August 26, 1998(1998-08-26) (aged 80) Orange, California
Citizenship	American
Known for	Neutrinos
Awards	J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1981) National Medal of Science (1983) Bruno Rossi Prize (1989) Michelson-Morley Award (1990) Panofsky Prize (1992) Franklin Medal (1992) Nobel Prize in Physics (1995)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Los Alamos Laboratory Case Western Reserve University University of California, Irvine
Thesis	Nuclear fission and the liquid drop model of the nucleus (1944)
Doctoral students	Michael K. Moe (1965)

Frederick Reines Media

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  Frederick Reines Los Alamos badge

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  Operation Greenhouse – Dog shot

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  Reines and Clyde Cowan

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  Frederick Reines (far right) with Clyde Cowan (far left) and other members of Project Poltergeist

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  Supernova SN1987A (the bright object in the center), as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope

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  Frederick Reines Hall at the University of California, Irvine houses the Physics and Astronomy Department, and part of the Chemistry Department.