Tsung-Dao Lee

Tsung-Dao Lee was a male theoretical physicist and university teacher born in Shanghai in 1926. He held citizenship in the United States, the Republic of China, and Taiwan. Lee worked at Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Zhejiang University. He was affiliated with CERN and served as a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Lee received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Oskar Klein Medal, and the Matteucci Medal. He was educated at Zhejiang University, National Southwestern Associated University, the University of Chicago, and Tsinghua University. His doctoral advisor was Enrico Fermi, and his doctoral students included Norman Christ and Gerald Feinberg. He spoke English and Chinese. Lee died in San Francisco on August 4, 2024.