Tor Brustad (20 December 1926 – 12 September 2016) was a Norwegian biophysicist.

Personal life

Brustad was born in Nittedal on 20 December 1926, to schoolteacher Johan Ludvig Brustad and Aslaug Kristoffersen. He married Berte-Marie Bjørtomt in 1953.

Career

Brustad studied physics at the

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and the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. He graduated as cand.mag. in 1951, cand.real. in 1953, and dr.philos. in 1962. He was assigned with the Norwegian Radium Hospital from 1960, and headed the department of medical physics from 1968. He was also appointed professor of radiation physics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1970. He was decorated Knight, First Class of Order of St. Olav in 1995, and was a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

and the

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. He resided at Jar, and died in September 2016.

References

1926 births 2016 deaths Norwegian physicists Biophysicists University of Oslo alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United States Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters People from Nittedal {{norway-academic-bio-stub