Nicola Cabibbo

Nicola Cabibbo
Cabibbo in 2006
Born	(1935-04-10)10 April 1935 Rome, Italy
Died	16 August 2010(2010-08-16) (aged 75) Rome, Italy
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome
Known for	Cabibbo angle
Spouse	Paola Iandolo ​ (m. 1962)​
Children	1
Awards	Sakurai Prize (1989) Matteucci Medal (2002) Pomeranchuk Prize (2009) P.A.M. Dirac Medal (2010) Benjamin Franklin Medal (2011, posthumous)
Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics
Institutions	Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Academic advisors	Bruno Touschek
Notable students	Giorgio Parisi

Nicola Cabibbo (10 April 1935 – 16 August 2010) was an Italian physicist best known for his work on the weak interaction, particularly his introduction of the Cabibbo angle. Interested in science from a young age, he studied physics at the Sapienza University of Rome, graduating in 1958 with a thesis completed under Bruno Touschek.