leading scientist

collocation in English

meaningsofleadingandscientist

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leading
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈliː.dɪŋ/us
/ˈliː.dɪŋ/
very important or ...
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scientist
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsaɪən.tɪst/us
/ˈsaɪən.tɪst/
an expert who studies or works in one of ...
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He is the world'sleadingscientistin wake vortices, and co-authored two patents and has over 150 papers.
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Author of several books and numerous articles, he was considered aleadingscientist.
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In the 1950s and 60s he was theleadingscientistin blood rheology.
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Peppas is aleadingscientistof modern drug delivery.
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Arun is aleadingscientistin the fields of thermoelectric materials, heat and mass transfer, thermal management, and waste heat recovery.
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It brings together almost 30 leading scientists to produce a book that is at the forefront of research in this field.
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Huygens was aleadingscientistof his time.
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This book brings together some of the world's leading scientists in this area, in a welcome and valuable attempt to 'take the discussion a step further'.
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Contributors include leading scientists involved in research on seed ecology and on animal-plant relationships from the perspective of both primary and secondary seed dispersal, and predation.
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Kubrick had originally filmed interviews with 21 leading scientists about the possibility of alien life as a prologue to the film's narrative.
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His short biographies of leading scientists explored the process of scientific change.
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The problem itself has occupied leading scientists for decades while still remaining unsolved.
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However, many leading scientists agree on culture being defined as a process, rather than an end product.
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The idea was echoed in the 1950s by leading scientists who were concerned about the potential for misuse of scientific discoveries.
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Although these early engines were crude and inefficient, they attracted the attention of the leading scientists of the time.
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She also speaks with many leading scientists about their individual research and findings.
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For this he was with leading scientists of his time in active contact.
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He is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of human evolution, especially the genetic evolution, origin and dispersal of modern humans.
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The magazine encourages leading scientists to write in plain language explaining the significance of their work to the general public.
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He is one of the leading scientists working on a scientific model of cities.
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