Takaaki Kajita
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Takaaki Kajita | |
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梶田 隆章 | |
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| Born | 9 March 1959 Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan |
| Education | Saitama Prefectural Kawagoe High School |
| Alma mater | Saitama University (B.S.) University of Tokyo (M.S., Ph.D.) |
| 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) |
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| Institutions | Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo |
| Other academic advisors | Yoji Totsuka |
On 1 October 2020, he became the president of the Science Council of Japan.
Takaaki Kajita Media
Kajita at a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2015
References
- ↑ KAGRA collaboration (7 October 2015). "Professor Kajita won the novel prize in physics !!". Press release. http://gwcenter.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/archives/1169. "Professor Kajita, who is the PI of KAGRA, won the Nobel prize in physics !!"