Witold Nazarewicz

Dr. Witold Nazarewicz is a nuclear physicist born in Warsaw, Poland, currently teaching at the University of Tennessee. [ [http://www.phys.utk.edu/faculty_nazarewicz.htm University of Tennessee Physics Department: People: Dr. Witek Nazarewicz ] ] He is also the scientific director of the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. [ [http://www.phys.utk.edu/news/2006/news_02152006_witek.html UT Physics News: Dr. Nazarewicz Accepts Editorial Appointment ] ] [ [http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20000428-01 Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Nazarewicz named scientific director of ORNL's Holifield facility ] ] He earned his doctorate in physics from the Warsaw Institute of Technology in 1981 and holds the title of "professor ordinarius" in Poland.

Dr. Nazarewicz has been twice featured in the New York Times, once on February 1, 2004 in an article about the discovery of elements 113 and 115, [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=technology&res=9B06E0D61F38F932A35751C0A9629C8B63 Uut and Uup Add Their Atomic Mass To Periodic Table - New York Times ] ] , and the second time on October 17, 2006 in an article on the discovery of disputed Element 118, Ununoctium. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/science/17heavy.html?ex=1318737600&en=211f076c64f63e79&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Element 118, Heaviest Ever, Reported for 1,000th of a Second - New York Times ] ]

His University of Tennessee biography from 1999 reveals that he is the co-author of more than 225 research papers, and he is one of the most cited physicists in the world. [ [http://www.ill.fr/dif/citations/physicists.html] ] Dr. Nazarewicz has also co-edited several books, including "The Nuclear Many-Body Problem 2001".Fact|date=January 2008

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