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Albert Ghiorso
USA, 1915–2010Rank #1 with 12 elementsAn American nuclear scientist at Berkeley who helped discover more elements than anyone in history. He built many of the detectors used to spot new elements one atom at a time.
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He never earned a PhD, yet he co-discovered 12 elements.
Elements discovered
95AmAmericiumGlenn Seaborg's team, 194496CmCuriumGlenn Seaborg, Ralph James and Albert Ghiorso, 194497BkBerkeliumStanley Thompson, Albert Ghiorso and Glenn Seaborg, 194998CfCaliforniumStanley Thompson, Kenneth Street, Albert Ghiorso and Glenn Seaborg, 195099EsEinsteiniumAlbert Ghiorso's team, 1952100FmFermiumAlbert Ghiorso's team, 1952101MdMendeleviumAlbert Ghiorso, Bernard Harvey, Gregory Choppin, Stanley Thompson and Glenn Seaborg, 1955102NoNobeliumJoint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 1960s103LrLawrenciumAlbert Ghiorso's team at Berkeley, 1961104RfRutherfordiumTeams at Dubna (1964) and Berkeley (1969)105DbDubniumTeams at Dubna and Berkeley, around 1968–1970106SgSeaborgiumAlbert Ghiorso's team at Berkeley, 1974