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crystallographer

American  
[kris-tuh-lah-gruh-fer] / ˌkrɪs təˈlɑ grə fər /

noun

plural

crystallographers
  1. a specialist in crystallography.


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“This should clear up any questions regarding CSH,” says co-author Russell Hemley, an x-ray crystallographer at the University of Illinois, Chicago, who helped determine the material’s structure.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2023

X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin had a central role in discovering the structure of DNA.

From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2021

In 1952, Rosalind Franklin was at King's College London investigating the atomic arrangement of DNA, using her skills as an X-ray crystallographer to create images for analysis.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2019

So in 1953, he moved to London, to the lab of crystallographer J. D. Bernal at Birkbeck College.

From Nature • Dec. 11, 2018

As a result, none of my teachers had ever considered the possibility that I might do postdoctoral research with an X-ray crystallographer.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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