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Yuri Oganessian

Russia, born 1933Rank #5 with 5 elements

A Russian physicist who led the Dubna team that made the heaviest elements known, completing the seventh row of the periodic table.

Did you know?

Element 118, oganesson, is named after him.

Elements discovered

114FlFleroviumJoint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 1998–1999 115McMoscoviumDubna with US laboratories, 2003 116LvLivermoriumDubna with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2000 117TsTennessineDubna, Oak Ridge and US university teams, 2010 118OgOganessonDubna with Lawrence Livermore, 2002