Lee Grodzins

Lee Grodzins (July 10, 1926 – March 6, 2025) was an American physicist and inventor who was a longtime professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After work as a researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Grodzins joined the faculty of MIT, where he taught physics for nearly four decades. He is known for his participation in the 1957 experiment that measured the helicity of the neutrino. He was also head of research and development for Niton Corporation, which developed devices to detect dangerous contaminants and contraband. He wrote more than 170 technical papers and held more than 60 US patents.