Derek Vonberg (1921Medical Sciences International Who's Who 1990, p. 122; Who's who in Atoms vol. 2, 1960, p. 916–2015) was a British electrical engineer, radio astronomer, and medical research scientist.CAVMAG - News from the Cavendish Laboratory, August 2015, Page 20
Vonberg studied at Imperial College. In 1942, he worked at the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) in Malvern, on the development of RADAR. After the war, he joined the Cavendish Laboratory in 1945, where he worked with Martin Ryle.
In the late 1940s, Vonberg joined the Cyclotron Group at Hammersmith Hospital.
Vonberg was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1980 Birthday Honours.
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