What is Masatoshi Koshiba?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Masatoshi Koshiba | image = Masatoshi Koshiba 2002.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = ''Koizumi Cabinet E-mail Magazine'', No.74, December 12, 2002 | birth_date = {{Birth date |1926|9|19}} | birth_place = [[Toyohashi, Aichi]], Japan | death_date={{death date and age|2020|11|12|1926|9|19}} | death_place=[[Tokyo]], Japan | nationality = Japan | alma_mater = [[University of Tokyo]]<br>[[University of Rochester]] | doctoral_advisor = Morton F. Kaplon | academic_advisors = [[Shin'ichirō Tomonaga]]<br> [[Takahiko Yamanouchi]] | doctoral_students = [[Yoji Totsuka]]<br>[[Atsuto Suzuki]] | notable_students = [[Takaaki Kajita]] | known_for = [[Astrophysics]], [[neutrino]]s | footnotes = | field = [[Physics]] | work_institution = [[University of Chicago]]<br>[[University of Tokyo]]<br>[[Tokai University]] | prizes = [[Humboldt Prize]] (1997)<br>[[Wolf Prize in Physics]] (2000)<br>[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (2002) | religion = }} {{nobelprize|Physics}}{{Nihongo|'''Masatoshi Koshiba'''|小柴 昌俊|Koshiba Masatoshi|September 19, 1926 – November 12, 2020}} was a Japanese [[physicist]]. He was known as one of the founders of [[Neutrino]] [[astronomy]]. He won the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] with [[Raymond Davis, Jr.]] in 2002. He was Senior Counselor of [[International Center for Elementary Particle Physics]] (ICEPP) and [[Professor|Emeritus Professor]] of [[University of Tokyo]]. Koshiba died on November 12, 2020 in [[Tokyo]] at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201113_15/ |title=Physics Nobel laureate Koshiba Masatoshi dies |access-date=2020-11-13 |archive-date=2020-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113141100/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201113_15/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Koshiba, Masatoshi}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[C