Jack Steinberger

Jack Steinberger
Steinberger in 2008
Born	Hans Jakob Steinberger (1921-05-25)May 25, 1921 Bad Kissingen, Germany
Died	December 12, 2020 (aged 99) Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality	American[5]
Education	University of Chicago
Known for	Discovery of the muon neutrino
Spouse(s)	Cynthia Alff; Joan Beauregard (1920-2009)
Children	4, including Joseph, Ned, Julia, and John
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1988) National Medal of Science (1988) Matteucci Medal (1990)
Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley Columbia University CERN
Thesis	On the range of the electrons in meson decay. (1949)
Academic advisors	Edward Teller Enrico Fermi
Notable students	Melvin Schwartz[1] Eric L. Schwartz[2] Theodore Modis[3] David R. Nygren[4]

Jack Steinberger (born Hans Jakob Steinberger; May 25, 1921 – December 12, 2020) was a German-born American physicist noted for his work with neutrinos, the subatomic particles considered to be elementary constituents of matter. He was a recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Leon M. Lederman and Melvin Schwartz, for the discovery of the muon neutrino. Through his career as an experimental particle physicist, he held positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University (1950–68), and the CERN (1968–86). He was also a recipient of the United States National Medal of Science in 1988, and the Matteucci Medal from the Italian Academy of Sciences in 1990.