The Saga of Arthur B. McDonald
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Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Arthur Bruce McDonald P.Eng (born August 29, 1943) is a Canadian astrophysicist.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 2006 to 2013.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
He was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita.
