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Darleane C. Hoffman
American nuclear chemist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Darleane Christian Hoffman (born November 8, 1926) is an American nuclear chemist. She was among the researchers who found the existence of Seaborgium, element 106.
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Born | Darleane Christian (1926-11-08) November 8, 1926 (age 97) Terril, Iowa, U.S. |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Iowa State University |
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Fields | Nuclear chemistry |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
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She is a faculty senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor in the graduate school at UC Berkeley.[1]
In 2002, she was named as one of the 50 most important women in science by Discover Magazine.[2]
She is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3]