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Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist (born 1943) · Canada · Scientists

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Eng is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 2006 to 2013.

A life in dates

2019Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2016Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental PhysicsAward2015Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward2013Cocconi PrizeAward2011Henry Marshall Tory MedalAward2009Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward2007Benjamin Franklin MedalAwardClarivate Citation LaureatesAward2003Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and EngineeringAwardTom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear PhysicsAward1943Born29 August 1943

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Awards

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2019
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics2016
Nobel Prize in Physics2015
Cocconi Prize2013
Henry Marshall Tory Medal2011
Fellow of the Royal Society2009
Benjamin Franklin Medal2007
Clarivate Citation Laureates2007
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics2003
Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering2003
Order of Ontario
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Companion of the Order of Canada
Order of Nova Scotia

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Arthur Bruce McDonald P.Eng is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 2006 to 2013. He was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita.

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Canada
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83

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