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Discover LudwigThe phrase "lead scientist" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It typically refers to the main or primary scientist in a research project or team. Example: Dr. Smith is the lead scientist on the team studying alternative energy sources.
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Michael Meyer, the lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at Nasa headquarters will be leading the news conference, set for 2pm EST on 5 November.
Lead Scientist, West Midlands.
I was subject, student, observer - the lead scientist on this project, if you will.
Mr Weis eventually tracked him down and offered him the job of lead scientist.
No, said Bob Gall, the lead scientist for the United States Weather Research Program.
"The cells regain their identity," a lead scientist on the study, Grace Liu, said.
(I wrote about the lead scientist responsible for this discovery, Svante Pääbo, in 2011).
"This is an unprecedented opportunity," the lead scientist for the project, Dr. Andrew F. Cheng, said.
"Viking didn't succeed, so we're trying a different technique," said Dr. Pillinger, Beagle II's lead scientist.
Backing for lead scientist Professor Carl Schmidt's programme comes from the top.
"It could have ice geysers or ice volcanoes," Alan Stern, the lead scientist for New Horizons, told me recently.
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