Takaaki Kajita | |
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梶田 隆章 | |
 Kajita in 2017 | |
| Born | 9 March 1959 Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan |
| Education | Saitama Prefectural Kawagoe High School |
| Alma mater | Saitama University (BS) University of Tokyo (MS, PhD) |
| Spouse | Michiko |
| Awards | Asahi Prize (1988) Bruno Rossi Prize (1989) Nishina Memorial Prize (1999) Panofsky Prize (2002) Japan Academy Prize (2012) Nobel Prize in Physics (2015) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo |
| Doctoral advisor | Masatoshi Koshiba |
| Other academic advisors | Yoji Totsuka |
Takaaki Kajita (梶田 隆章, Kajita Takaaki, Japanese pronunciation: [kadʑita takaːki]; born 9 March 1959) is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory – Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Canadian physicist Arthur B. McDonald. On 1 October 2020, he became the president of the Science Council of Japan.