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Alexander Hollaender

Who

Alexander Hollaender · Science & Medicine

What

Founder of radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983)

When

1898, Samter, Germany (now Szamotuły, Poland) — 1986, Washington, D.C., USA

Where

Germany · United States

Biography

Alexander Hollaender is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Founder of radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983)

How & why

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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award

Contributions & Sources

Founder of radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983)

1983

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award