Yuri Oganessian
Russian nuclear physicist (born 1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (Russian: Юрий Цолакович Оганесян [ˈjʉrʲɪj t͡sɐˈlakəvʲɪt͡ɕ ɐgənʲɪˈsʲan]; Armenian: Յուրի Ցոլակովիչ Օգանեսյան,[lower-alpha 1] born 14 April 1933) is a Soviet, Armenian and Russian nuclear physicist who is best known as a researcher of superheavy chemical elements.[7] He participated with the discovery of multiple elements of the periodic table.[8][9] He succeeded Georgy Flyorov as director of the Flyorov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 1989 and is now its scientific director.[10] The heaviest element known of the periodic table, oganesson, is named after him, only the second time that an element was named after a living person (the other being seaborgium).[7]
Yuri Oganessian | |
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Юрий Оганесян | |
Born | (1933-04-14) 14 April 1933 (age 91) |
Citizenship | Soviet Union, Russia, Armenia[1][2] |
Alma mater | Moscow Engineering Physics Institute |
Known for | Co-discoverer of the heaviest elements in the periodic table; element oganesson named after him |
Awards | Lomonosov Gold Medal (2017) Demidov Prize (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics[3] |
Institutions | Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research |