Makoto Kobayashi

Makoto Kobayashi is a renowned Japanese physicist who, along with Toshihide Masukawa, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the phenomenon of "CP violation." This finding revealed that subatomic particles called quarks behave slightly differently than expected, contributing to the matter-antimatter imbalance in the universe. His work has deepened our understanding of fundamental particles and the Standard Model of physics. Kobayashi’s research has significantly advanced the field, helping scientists better understand how the universe evolved to its current state.