Samuel C. C. Ting

Also known as Samuel Chao-chung Ting, Samuel Chao Chung Ting, Samuel Ting

Chinese-American physicist

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Samuel C. C. Ting is a male physicist and university teacher from the United States. Born in Ann Arbor in 1936, he works in the field of physics. He has been employed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and CERN. His educational background includes studies at the University of Michigan, Columbia University, National Cheng Kung University, and Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School.

Ting received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Eringen Medal, and the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award. He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His doctoral advisor was Martin Lewis Perl. He speaks English and Chinese and is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics1976
“for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind”
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Instance of: human
Given name: Samuel
Family name: Ding
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Ann Arbor
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School
Employer: CERN
Languages spoken: Chinese
Doctoral advisor: Martin Lewis Perl
Field of work: physics
Official website: web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/ting_samuel.html
Image: Samuel Ting 2023.jpg

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Commons category: Samuel Ting
date of birth: 1936-01-27
member of: The World Academy of Sciences
Erdős number: 5
name in native language: 丁肇中
ancestral home: Rizhao
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web feed URL: physics.mit.edu/feed
interested in: physics

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WebsiteSamuel Ting

Chao Chung Ting (Chinese: 丁肇中; pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng, born January 27, 1936), also known by his English name Samuel, is a Taiwanese-American particle physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 with Burton Richter for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Institute Chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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