Isadore Perlman

Isadore Perlman (April 12, 1915 – August 3, 1991) was an American nuclear chemist noted for his research of Alpha particle decay.

The National Academy of Sciences called Perlman "a world leader on the systematics of alpha decay".

as well as for fission of tantalum, bismuth, lead, thallium and platinum.

Perlman discovered uses of radioactive iodine and phosphorus for medical purposes. a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, This archive was provided to the scientific community via the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR). The knowledge and experiences gained through working with these records has been used to recommend best practices to modern laboratories producing similar data to ensure that they remain useful into the future.

Notable awards 1939 Rosenberg Fellowship 1940 Upjohn Research Fellowship 1952 California Section Award, American Chemical Society 1955 Guggenheim Fellow 1960 Ernest O. Lawrence Award, Atomic Energy Commission 1963 Guggenheim Fellow 1964 American Chemical Society Award for Nuclear Applications in Chemistry

Chronology April 12, 1915 born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1936: BS, University of California, Berkeley (Chemistry) 1940: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physiology) 1936–1937: Paraffin Company, Inc., Control Chemist 1940–1941: University of California, Berkeley, Upjohn Fellow 1942–1943: Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Researcher 1943–1944: Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge Clinton Laboratory, Senior Chemist 1944–1945: Manhattan Project, Hanford Engineering Works (GE), Senior Chemist 1945–1974: University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor to Professor of Chemistry 1963: elected to National Academy of Sciences 1974–1988: Hebrew University, Professor of Archeology and Chemistry 1988–1991: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Researcher August 3, 1991 died in Los Alamitos, California