Alexander Hollaender
Alexander Hollaender · Science & Medicine
Founder of radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983)
1898, Samter, Germany (now Szamotuły, Poland) — 1986, Washington, D.C., USA
Germany · United States
Alexander Hollaender is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Founder of radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983)
Hollaender was a German-born American biophysicist regarded as a founder of radiation biology, whose studies of the effects of ultraviolet and ionizing radiation on cells and DNA shaped the field; he led the biology division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and received the 1983 Enrico Fermi Award. He was born into a Jewish family in Samter (then Germany, now Poland).
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Founder of radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
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