Masatoshi Koshiba
Japanese physicist
Masatoshi Koshiba was a Japanese physicist and one of the founders of neutrino astronomy. His work with the neutrino detectors Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande was instrumental in detecting solar neutrinos, providing experimental evidence for the... Wikipedia
Born: September 19, 1926, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Died: November 12, 2020 (age 94 years), Tokyo, Japan
Notable students: Takaaki Kajita, Yoji Totsuka, Atsuto Suzuki, and more
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Wolf Prize in Physics, Panofsky Prize, and more
Spouse: Keiko Koshiba (m. 1959–2020)