Yuri Oganessian
Soviet-Armenian physicist
Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian is a Soviet, Armenian and Russian nuclear physicist who is best known as a researcher of superheavy chemical elements. He participated with the discovery of multiple elements of the periodic table. Wikipedia
Born: 1933 (age 91 years), Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Discovered: Oganesson and Tennessine
Known for: Co-discoverer of the heaviest elements in the periodic table; element oganesson named after him
Education: Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPI)
Awards: Lomonosov Gold Medal (2017) and Demidov Prize (2019)
Affiliation: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia