Current News Archive
27 August 2019
Pioneer in Radiation Studies Liane Russell Dies
Dr. Liane B. Russell, 95, died in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on 20 July 2019. Russell studied the effects of radiation, including x rays, on the developing embryo and fetus. For her "outstanding contributions to genetics and radiation biology" she received the Department of Energy Enrico Fermi Award in 1994. Read more in a Smithsonian.com article by Brigit Katz here.