Atsuto Suzuki
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Bruno Rossi Prize (1989)
Medal of Honor (2005)
Bruno Pontecorvo Prize (2006)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
Tōkyō University
KEK
Atsuto Suzuki | |
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鈴木 厚人 | |
 Atsuhito Suzuki | |
| Born | October 3, 1946 |
| Education | Tohoku University (Ph.D. 1974) |
| Awards | Asahi Prize (1987, 1998) Bruno Rossi Prize (1989) Medal of Honor (2005) Bruno Pontecorvo Prize (2006) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Tohoku University Tōkyō University KEK |
| Doctoral advisor | Masatoshi Koshiba |
Atsuto Suzuki (鈴木 厚人, Suzuki Atsuto; born October 3, 1946, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) is an experimental particle physicist known for his observations of neutrinos and anti-neutrinos.
Suzuki earned his doctorate from Tohoku University in 1974, supervised by Masatoshi Koshiba. In 1982 he was appointed to the faculty of the Tōkyō University. In 1993, he took concurrent positions as professor at the High Energy Physics Laboratory of Tohoku University and professor at the Institute of Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) of Tōkyō University. Having taken part in the Kamiokande-II and Super-Kamiokande neutrino detection experiments, Suzuki was appointed Director of the Research Center for Neutrino Science in 1998 and led the KamLAND neutrino detection experiments. From 2006 until 2015 he was Director General of the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Accelerator Laboratory.[1] Suzuki chaired the International Committee for Future Accelerators, a working group of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, from 2009 to 2011.[2]
