Tsung-Dao Lee

On 4th August, 2024, Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who was the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1957, passed away at his San Francisco home, at the age of 97.

Prof. Lee, recognized for his groundbreaking work in particle physics, was hailed as a leading figure in the field by the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute and the China Center for Advanced Science and Technology.
He became a U.S. citizen in 1962 and held the position of professor emeritus at Columbia University, New York.
His Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957, awarded with Chen-Ning Yang, recognized their work on subatomic particle symmetry, making Lee the second-youngest Nobel laureate at 31.