chemist

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In November 2019, soil engineer Tim Neiligan, a former FBI chemist, began researching how bodies decompose in soil.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Alberts, an award-winning chemist, worries that the administration will not properly fund scientific endeavors, leading to economic setbacks with fewer advancements made.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Lavallo is referring to Ronald Breslow, a Columbia University chemist who proposed in 1958 that vitamin B1 could transform into a carbene to enable key biochemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Godlove, a young chemist the publisher hired in 1931 to help bring scientific rigor to the slippery business of defining colors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Yet somehow Linus, unquestionably the world’s most astute chemist, had come to the opposite conclusion.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson