Witold Nazarewicz
Dr. Witold Nazarewicz (born 1954) is a Polish nuclear physicist born in Warsaw, Poland, currently teaching at Michigan State University.[1] He is also the scientific director of the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.[2][3] He earned his doctorate in physics from the Warsaw Institute of Technology in 1981 and holds the title of professor ordinarius in Poland.
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Dr. Nazarewicz has been twice featured in the New York Times, once on February 1, 2004 in an article about the discovery of elements 113 and 115,[4] and the second time on October 17, 2006 in an article on the discovery of disputed Element 118, oganesson.[5]
His University of Tennessee biography from 1999 reveals that he is the co-author of more than 225 research papers, and he is one of the most cited physicists in the world. Dr. Nazarewicz has also co-edited several books, including The Nuclear Many-Body Problem 2001.
In 2011 he was awarded The Bonner Prize.[6]
References
- Michigan State Physics Department: People: Dr. Witek Nazarewicz
- UT Physics News: Dr. Nazarewicz Accepts Editorial Appointment
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Nazarewicz named scientific director of ORNL's Holifield facility
- Uut and Uup Add Their Atomic Mass To Periodic Table - New York Times
- Element 118, Heaviest Ever, Reported for 1,000th of a Second - New York Times
- 2012 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics Recipient