Yanglai Cho (; 11 November 1932 – 14 June 2015) was a South Korean physicist. After completing his bachelor's degree in physics at

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

in 1956, he moved to the United States to continue studying the subject, successively earning a master's degree from

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in 1958 and a doctorate from the

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in 1966. Before obtaining his doctorate, Cho was a physics instructor at Vassar College between 1960 and 1962. Upon attaining a Ph.D., Cho held concurrent posts as a research physicist at Carnegie and a research associate at

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. He then became director of the accelerator group for Argonne's

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and worked on the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source before leaving for the University of Wisconsin from 1983 to 1985. Upon returning to Argonne, Cho worked on the

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as project director and deputy associate laboratory director. Between 1999 and 2001, Cho was technical director of the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 2000, Cho was elected a fellow of the

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, " r continuing excellent contributions to high energy physics experiments and technology, and to the design and commissioning of large accelerator facilities." Cho died of pneumonia complications on 14 June 2015, aged 82.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cho, Yanglai 1932 births 2015 deaths South Korean physicists Seoul National University alumni 21st-century American physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society Carnegie Mellon University alumni Brigham Young University alumni Oak Ridge National Laboratory people Argonne National Laboratory people South Korean emigrants to the United States 20th-century American physicists Deaths from pneumonia in the United States