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Dawn Shaughnessy
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<p>Dawn Angela Shaughnessy is an American <a href="/facts/Radiochemistry/vdL6AaCH">radiochemist</a> and <a href="/facts/Principal_investigator/GXE6ILvW">principal investigator</a> of the heavy element group at the <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory/WuXIbIKz">Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory</a>. She was involved in the discovery of five <a href="/facts/Superheavy_element/9PjYvCc3">superheavy elements</a> with <a href="/facts/Atomic_number/bgAr581S">atomic numbers</a> 114 to 118. </p>