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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectM. Kobayashi
Dates
April 7, 1944 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Kobayashi, M. (Makoto)
Additional Forms of Names
Kobayashi, Makoto, 1944-
小林惇
小林真
小林誠
Biography
Abstract
Makoto Kobayashi is a particle physicist at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK). He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Toshihide Masukawa "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature."
Important Dates
April 07, 1944Birth, Nagoya-kō (Japan).
1972Obtained PhD in Physics, Nagoya University (Nagoya Daigaku), Nagoya-kō (Japan).
1972 – 1982Research Associate, Kyoto University (Kyōto Daigaku), Kyoto (Japan).
1979Awarded Nishina Memorial Prize.
1979 – presentAssistant Professor and Professor (1979-1989); Head, Physics Division (1989-2003); Professor, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Science (1997-2006); Director, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (2003-2006); and Professor Emeritus (2006-present), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (Kō-enerugī Kasokuki Kenkyū Kikō (Japan)), Ibaraki, Japan (Osaka).
1982 – 1983Researcher, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland).
1985Awarded J. J. Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society.
2001Awarded Person of Cultural Merit Award.
2007Awarded High Energy Particle Physics Prize, European Physical Society.
2007 – presentExecutive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai), Tokyo (Japan).
2008Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics along with Toshihide Masukawa "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature".
2008Awarded Order of Culture Award.
Occupation
Particle physicist.
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Employment
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Relationships
People
Family
Kobayashi, Emiko Nakayama
Wife, married in 1990.
Kobayashi, Sachiko Enomoto
Wife, married in 1975.
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 High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK).
Additional
Both awarded Nobel Prizes in Physics in 2008 for separate projects.
Institutions
Major Positions
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Researcher.
Kō-enerugī Kasokuki Kenkyū Kikō (Japan)
Assistant Professor; Professor; Head, Physics Division; Professor, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Science; Director, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies; and Professor Emeritus.
Kyoto Daigaku. Department of Physics
Research Associate.
Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai
Executive Director.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Awarded 1985 J. J. Sakurai Prize.
European Physical Society
Awarded 2007 High Energy Particle Physics Prize.
Nagoya Daigaku
Obtained PhD in Physics (1972).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA