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Samuel C. C. Ting

Chinese-American physicist

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Chao Chung Ting, 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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Born
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Place of birth
Ann Arbor wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher wd
Education
University of Michigan, Columbia University, National Cheng Kung University, Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1976)
  • Eringen Medal (1977)
  • Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1975)
  • Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Science and Technology of China (1992)
  • honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Questions

When was Samuel C. C. Ting born?
Samuel C. C. Ting was born on 27 January 1936 in Ann Arbor.
Where did Samuel C. C. Ting study?
Samuel C. C. Ting was educated at University of Michigan, Columbia University, National Cheng Kung University, Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Samuel C. C. Ting · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q192715 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Samuel Ting 2023.jpg by 中国新闻社 (CC BY 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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