Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter O

A neurogeneticist who has done pioneering work on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.In 2003, the

A neurogeneticist who has done pioneering work on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.In 2003, the United States National Academy of Sciences made him a Foreign Associate, citing his "pioneering experiments on the chemical senses of the fruit fly, Drosophila" and noting the following:[1]

A Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate. Born in Kristiania (now Oslo), his parents were Ern

A Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate. Born in Kristiania (now Oslo), his parents were Ernst Hassel, a gynaecologist, and Mathilde.

Is a Professor of Political Psychology and Political Process at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.Of

Is a Professor of Political Psychology and Political Process at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.Ofer Feldman was born in Israel in 1954 and moved to Japan in 1982. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1987. Since then he has published numerous academic papers in various international journals. In addition, he has published, edited, and co-edited 12 books and monographs on Japanese political behavior and communication, political psychology, political discourse, and political leadership and personality. Currently he lives in Kyoto.

Was an inventor. He was born in Wiesburg, Austria to a Serbian noble family residing in Pesta, Hunga

Was an inventor. He was born in Wiesburg, Austria to a Serbian noble family residing in Pesta, Hungary, but spent most of his life in Saint Petersburg, Russia.He is credited with creating "arbonite" (i.e. plywood), the first plastic in the world. Kostovic

Is the founder of "citizen journalism" in the Republic of Korea, and CEO of OhmyNews a new approach

Is the founder of "citizen journalism" in the Republic of Korea, and CEO of OhmyNews a new approach to cyber-journalism in which ordinary citizens can contribute to a major news organization through being at news events, filing reports, and having their work verified and edited by a trained news staff. He is seen as one of the pivotal figures in the contemporary culture of South Korea.

Swedish scientist and writer, professor of medicine at Uppsala University and for several periods re

Swedish scientist and writer, professor of medicine at Uppsala University and for several periods rector magnificus of the same university. He was the son of Bishop Johannes Rudbeckius, who was personal chaplain to King Gustavus Adolphus, and the father of botanist Olof Rudbeck the Younger. Rudbeck is primarily known for his contributions in two fields: human anatomy and linguistics, but he was also accomplished in many other fields including music and botany.

Is a Russian cosmonaut.On March 29, 1996, Oleg was selected as a cosmonaut candidate by the Interage

Is a Russian cosmonaut.On March 29, 1996, Oleg was selected as a cosmonaut candidate by the Interagency Committee, and from June 1996 to March 1998, he underwent cosmonaut training at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and on March 20, 1998, was awarded th

He is a member of the ISS Expedition 15, that launched on April 7, 2007 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, ab

He is a member of the ISS Expedition 15, that launched on April 7, 2007 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft, together with Fyodor Yurchikhin and space tourist Charles Simonyi

Is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with one child.He graduated from the Ivan M. Sechenov First Me

Is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with one child.He graduated from the Ivan M. Sechenov First Medical Institute in Moscow in 1973 and received a doctorate of medicine in cardiology from the Academy of Medical Science in 1978.

Was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He was the son of Edward Wesley Janson and

Was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He was the son of Edward Wesley Janson and took over the family natural history and publishing business. Janson's early years were spent at Fortis Green, and he collected beetles there and at Finchley, Hampstead and Highgate. In 1906 he made an expedition to Iceland adding to the collections of the National Museum of Iceland During the First World War he made three trips to Ireland, particularly Co Kerry.

Is a British developmental psychologist who is involved in research on infant visual perception.Brad

Is a British developmental psychologist who is involved in research on infant visual perception.Braddick is professor of Experimental Psychology and head of department at Oxford University[1]. He attained a BA (1965) and PhD (1968) in Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1968-69 he was a post-doctorial fellow in the laboratory of Lorrin Riggs, Brown University, USA.

An influential British neuropsychologist. He was Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of

An influential British neuropsychologist. He was Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, 1952-81, then Professor Emeritus. He was the son of Israel Zangwill and the grandson of William Edward Ayrton. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1977.

A French author and soil scientist whose Théâtre d'Agriculture was the text book of French agricul

A French author and soil scientist whose Théâtre d'Agriculture was the text book of French agriculture in the 1600s. [1]. The work was notable for its recommendation to wine growers that they plant 5-6 varieties in their vineyards to balance the risk of a crop failing, and the early advocating of crop rotation.

Was a Finnish academician, experimental physicist and neuroscientist. He was known for his research

Was a Finnish academician, experimental physicist and neuroscientist. He was known for his research in low temperature physics, especially for experimental proof of the superfluidity of helium-3 and also for his work in the field of magnetoencephalography.Olli Viktor Lounasmaa graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1953. After a short period as senior assistant at the University of Turku, he went on to continue his studies in the Clarendon Laboratory of the University of Oxford, where he received his D.Phil. on low temperature physics in 1957. Lounasmaa worked as a visiting scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory in the United States in 1960-1964 before he was invited to the position of professor of engineering physics at the Helsinki University of Technology in 1964.

Was a Persian polymath,[1] mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises

Was a Persian polymath,[1] mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, music and was a physicist. [2]He has also become established as one of the major mathematicians and astronomers of the medieval period. Recognized as the author of the most important treatise on algebra before modern times as reflected in his Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra giving a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle.[3] He also contributed to calendar reform and may have proposed a heliocentric theory well before Copernicus.[citation needed]

Is an internationally-known anthropologist, Doctor of historical sciences (1984), corresponding memb

Is an internationally-known anthropologist, Doctor of historical sciences (1984), corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan (1994). Ismagulov uses anthropological studies of ancient and modern people as a source of historical

American born psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Illinois from 1948 to 19

American born psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Illinois from 1948 to 1975 known for his research on behaviour therapy. Mowrer practiced psychotherapy in Champaign-Urbana and at Galesburg State Research Hospital. In 1954 Mowrer held the position of president of the American Psychological Association.[1] Mowrer founded Integrity Groups (therapeutic community groups based on principles of honesty, responsibility, and emotional involvement)[2] and was instrumental in establishing GROW groups in the United States.[3]

Was an English naturalist.Salvin is best known for co-authoring Biologia Centrali-Americanum (1879-1

Was an English naturalist.Salvin is best known for co-authoring Biologia Centrali-Americanum (1879-1915) with Frederick DuCane Godman. This was a 52 volume encyclopedia on the natural history of Central America.

Was one of the most important members of the Russian formalist school, though he also identified him

Was one of the most important members of the Russian formalist school, though he also identified himself as one of the Futurists. Brik was one of the co-founders of the magazine LEF. ("???", Levy front isskustva—Leftist Front for the Arts), which was also

Was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and a noted explorer of Peter the Great Bay and the

Was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and a noted explorer of Peter the Great Bay and the Far Eastern seas. A strait in Peter the Great Bay and a bay in the Tatar Strait are named after him.

Was "the most important quantitative sociologist in the world in the latter half of the 20th century

Was "the most important quantitative sociologist in the world in the latter half of the 20th century", according to sociologist Leo Goodman.[citation needed] His book The American Occupational Structure, which received the American Sociological Associatio

Was born in Vienna, Austria. He went to Brazil in 1939. In 1967, he led, together with his wife, Flo

Was born in Vienna, Austria. He went to Brazil in 1939. In 1967, he led, together with his wife, Florence Buchsbaum, the movement "Teatro ao Encontro do Povo" (Theater for the People), whose aim was to offer theater shows to the people, trying to discuss their lives and the world. He founded in the 1970's the politico-ecological movement "Resistência Ecológica" (Ecological Resistance) and also ran the newspaper "Abertura Cultural" (Cultural Opening), which was the mainstay of the movement.

German chemist. He was the son of a professor of philology at the University of Berlin, where he him

German chemist. He was the son of a professor of philology at the University of Berlin, where he himself earned his doctorate in chemistry, in the group of Emil Fischer.

Psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is most

Psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is most widely known for his psychoanalytic theories on borderline personality organization and narcissistic pathology. In addition, his work has been central in integrating postwar ego psychology (which was primarily developed in the United States and England) with Kleinian object relations (which was developed primarily in continental Europe and South America). His integrative writings were central to the development of modern object relations, a theory of mind that is perhaps the theory most widely accepted among modern psychoanalysts.

He is considered a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry. Glenn T Seaborg deemed Hahn "the fat

He is considered a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry. Glenn T Seaborg deemed Hahn "the father of nuclear chemistry". Hahn was also called the "founder of the atomic age" by his contemporaries and, officially, by the senate and the members of the Max Planck Society.