About Torbjørn Sikkeland
Lived 1923 – 2014 (aged 91). Torbjørn Sikkeland was a Norwegian physicist.
Torbjørn Sikkeland (3 August 1923 – 7 November 2014) was a Norwegian chemist, nuclear physicist and radiation biophysicist.
He was born in Norway in Varteig. He was part of the Berkeley team that claimed discovery of the synthetic transuranic elements of nobelium and lawrencium. He was appointed professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim from 1969 to 1993. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
He died in November 2014.
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Who was Torbjørn Sikkeland?
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Torbjørn Sikkeland was born on 3 August 1923 in Varteig Municipality.
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Torbjørn Sikkeland died on 7 November 2014.
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Torbjørn Sikkeland was a physicist.
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Torbjørn Sikkeland was Norwegian.
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