What type of details about hugh bradner can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: hugh bradner -lrb- november 5 , 1915 -- may 5 , 2008 -rrb- was an american physicist at the university of california who is credited with inventing the neoprene wetsuit , which helped to revolutionize scuba diving . a graduate of ohio 's miami university , he received his doctorate from california institute of technology in pasadena , california , in 1941 . he worked at the us naval ordnance laboratory during world war ii , where he researched naval mines . in 1943 , he was recruited by robert oppenheimer to join the manhattan project at the los alamos laboratory . there , he worked with scientists including luis alvarez , john von neumann and george kistiakowsky on the development of the high explosives and exploding-bridgewire detonators required by atomic bombs . after the war , bradner took a position studying high-energy physics at the university of california , berkeley , under luis alvarez . bradner investigated the problems encountered by frogmen staying in cold water for long periods of time . he developed a neoprene suit which could trap the water between the body and the neoprene , and thereby keep them warm . he became known as the '' father of the wetsuit . '' bradner worked on the 1951 operation greenhouse nuclear test series on enewetak atoll in the marshall islands . he joined the scripps institute of geophysics and planetary physics as a geophysicist in 1961 . he remained there for the rest of his career , becoming a full professor in 1963 , and retiring in 1980 . in retirement , continued to work both on oceanographic research , as well as on the dumand deep ocean neutrino astronomy project .
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