Samuel C. C. Ting

Samuel Chao Chung Ting
丁肇中
Ting in 2023
Born (1936-01-27) January 27, 1936 (age 88)
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BSE, PhD)
Known forDiscovery of the J/ψ particle
Founder of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment
Spouse(s)Kay Kuhne (divorced)
Susan Marks
Children3
AwardsErnest Orlando Lawrence Award (1975)
Nobel Prize for Physics (1976)
Eringen Medal (1977)
De Gasperi Award (1988)
Gold Medal for Science from Brescia (1988)
NASA Public Service Medal (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsColumbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chinese name
Chinese丁肇中
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDīng Zhàozhōng
Wade–GilesTing¹ Chao⁴-chung¹
WebsiteSamuel Ting

Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese: 丁肇中; pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng, born January 27, 1936) is an American physicist who, with Burton Richter, received the Nobel Prize in 1976 for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle.

More recently he has been the principal investigator in research conducted with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a device installed on the International Space Station in 2011.