Victor Ninov
Physicist
Victor Ninov is a Bulgarian physicist and former researcher who worked primarily in creating superheavy elements. He is known for the co-discoveries of elements 110, 111, and 112.
Ninov also claimed the creation of elements 116 and 118; however,... Wikipedia
Born: 1959 (age 64 years), People's Republic of Bulgaria
Discovered: Copernicium, Darmstadtium, and Roentgenium
Nationality: American
Education: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Known for: co-discoverer of elements 110, 111, and 112; alleged fabrication of the discovery of elements 116 and 118
Thesis: Der gasgefüllte Separator als Separationsmethode zum Nachweis von Transuranen (1992)