Dawn Angela Shaughnessy is an American radiochemist and principal investigator of the heavy element group at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
11 Facts About Dawn Shaughnessy
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Dawn Shaughnessy was involved in the discovery of five superheavy elements with atomic numbers 114 to 118.
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Dawn Shaughnessy earned her Bachelors in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993.
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Dawn Shaughnessy joined Darleane C Hoffman's group for her doctoral studies, and completed her PhD at the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry in 2000.
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Dawn Shaughnessy won an award recognising her strength in graduate instruction.
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Dawn Shaughnessy joined the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2000, working under Heino Nitsche.
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Dawn Shaughnessy joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2002.
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Dawn Shaughnessy was appointed group leader of the experimental nuclear and radiochemistry group in 2013.
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Dawn Shaughnessy has been involved in campaigns to celebrate Women's History Month.
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Whilst leading the heavy element group, Dawn Shaughnessy partnered with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; the team managed to identify five new superheavy elements.
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Dawn Shaughnessy's team are trying to automate sample preparation and detection, allowing them to speed up their isotope analysis.