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Published as SubjectToshihide Masukawa
Dates
February 7, 1940 – July 23, 2021
Authorized Form of Name
Masukawa, Toshihide, 1940-
Additional Forms of Names
Maskawa, T. (Toshihide), 1940-
Maskawa, Toshihide, 1940-
益川敏英, 1940-
Biography
Abstract
Toshihide Masukawa won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 alongside Makoto Kobayashi, "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature." The majority of his research was conducted through Nagoya University and Kyoto University in Japan.
Important Dates
February 7, 1940Birth, Nagoya, Port of (Japan).
1962Obtained BSc degree, Nagoya University (Nagoya Daigaku), Nagoya, Port of (Japan).
1967Obtained PhD, Particle Physics, Nagoya University (Nagoya Daigaku), Nagoya, Port of (Japan).
1967 – 1997Research Associate, School of Science (1967); Professor, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (1976); Councilor (1990); and Director, Yukawa Unstitute for Theoretical Physics (1997), Kyoto University (Kyōto Daigaku), Kyoto (Japan).
1972Proposed theory of CP violation alongside Makoto Kobayashi.
1985Awarded J. J. Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society.
2008Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Makoto Kobayashi "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature".
2009 – 2021Director, Kobayashi-Masukawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Port of (Japan).
July 23, 2021Death, Kyoto (Japan).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Death
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
CP violation (Nuclear physics).
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Shared 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature."
Sakata, Schoichi
PhD advisor at Nagoya University.
Additional
Both won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 for separate projects.
Institutions
Major Positions
Kobayashi-Masukawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe
Director.
Kyōto Daigaku
Research Associate, School of Science; Professor, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics; Councilor; and Director, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received J. J. Sakurai Prize (1985).
Other
Nagoya Daigaku
Received BSc degree (1962) and PhD of Science (1967).