Masatoshi Koshiba

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Japanese scientist Nobel laureate astrophysicist human particle physicist physicist

Masatoshi Koshiba was a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in neutrino astronomy and the development of underground neutrino detectors.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese scientist → Nobel laureate → astrophysicist → human → particle physicist → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Asahi Prize → Nobel Prize in Physics → Order of Culture (Japan) → Person of Cultural Merit (Japan) →
birthDate	1926-09-19 →
birthPlace	Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	2020-11-12 →
developed	Kamiokande neutrino detector → Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector →
educatedAt	University of Rochester → University of Tokyo →
employer	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research → University of Tokyo →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → neutrino astronomy → particle physics →
gender	male →
knownFor	Kamiokande experiment → Super-Kamiokande experiment → detection of neutrinos from Supernova 1987A → development of underground neutrino detectors → pioneering work in neutrino astronomy → solar neutrino observations →
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese →
memberOf	Japan Academy →
name	Masatoshi Koshiba →
nativeName	小柴昌俊 →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos →
NobelPrizeYear	2002 →
notableAchievement	establishing neutrino astronomy as an observational science → first real-time detection of solar neutrinos →
positionHeld	professor at the University of Tokyo → professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo →
researchInterest	cosmic rays → neutrino oscillations → solar neutrinos →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Raymond Davis Jr. → Riccardo Giacconi →
workLocation	Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tohoku University → University of Tokyo →	hasNotableAlumni
Masatoshi Koshiba →	name