Dr. Arthur B. McDonald (BSc’64, MSc’65, LLD’97) was recently awarded the 2015 Nobel prize in physics, along with Japan’s Takaaki Kajita. This month, he’s made headlines again as the winner of yet another prestigious scientific award.

Dr. McDonald is the leader of one of five teams awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Dr. McDonald and his team at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in Ontario have been awarded one of the $3 million prizes for their research into the oscillation of neutrinos, some of the most basic particles of matter.

The Sudbury research team has demonstrated that neutrinos metamorphose, or change identities, proving they have mass. This discovery paves the way for a clearer understanding of how the universe evolves.

Dr. McDonald holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in physics as well as an honorary degree from Dalhousie. He completed his doctoral work at the California Institute of Technology in 1969 and is now a professor emeritus at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.

UPDATED: Sydney’s Nobel winner Arthur McDonald wins another major award. https://t.co/CmYmymAuMQ pic.twitter.com/EjWvqDd8zL

— The Chronicle Herald (@chronicleherald) November 9, 2015

Canada’s Nobel winner Arthur McDonald wins $3M physics prize https://t.co/cR8lu6QoYs pic.twitter.com/aW9ly0LWIl

— CTV News (@CTVNews) November 9, 2015

Read more in “Arthur McDonald, Nobel winner, snags 2nd major science honour” on cbc.ca.

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