Darleane C. Hoffman

Darleane Christian Hoffman (November 8, 1926 – September 4, 2025) was an American nuclear chemist. She was among the researchers who found the existence of Seaborgium, element 106. 

She was a faculty senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor in the graduate school at UC Berkeley. 

In 2002, she was named as one of the 50 most important women in science by Discover Magazine.

She was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Hoffman died on September 4, 2025 at her home in Menlo Park, California at the age of 98.

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