Torbjørn Sikkeland


Torbjørn Sikkeland was a Norwegian chemist, nuclear physicist and radiation biophysicist.
He was born in Varteig. He was part of the Berkeley team that claimed discovery of the transuranic elements of nobelium and lawrencium. He was appointed professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim from 1969 to 1993. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
He died in November 2014.