▁for ▁Armen ian ▁Science ▁and ▁Technology ▁( FA ST ). ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁international ▁scientific ▁board ▁of ▁the ▁A lik han ian ▁National ▁Science ▁Labor atory ▁( Y ere van ▁Physics ▁Institute ). ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁Hay Post ▁issued ▁a ▁post age ▁stamp ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Y uri ▁O gan ess ian . ▁ ▁O gan ess on ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁it ▁was ▁spec ulated ▁by ▁science ▁writers ▁and ▁blog gers ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁super - he avy ▁elements ▁would ▁be ▁named ▁og an ess ium ▁or ▁og an ess on . ▁The ▁International ▁Union ▁of ▁P ure ▁and ▁App lied ▁Chem istry ▁( I UP AC ) ▁announced ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁that ▁element ▁ 1 1 8 ▁would ▁be ▁named ▁og an ess on ▁to ▁honor ▁O gan ess ian . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁observed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁at ▁J IN R , ▁by ▁a ▁joint ▁team ▁of ▁Russian ▁and ▁American ▁scient ists . ▁He aded ▁by ▁O gan ess ian , ▁the ▁team ▁included ▁American ▁scient ists ▁of ▁the ▁Lawrence ▁Liver more ▁National ▁Labor atory , ▁California . ▁Prior ▁to ▁this ▁announ cement , ▁a ▁dozen ▁elements ▁had ▁been ▁named ▁after ▁people , ▁but ▁of ▁those , ▁only ▁se ab org ium ▁was ▁like wise ▁named ▁while ▁its ▁names ake ▁( G l enn ▁T . ▁Se ab org ) ▁was ▁alive . ▁As ▁Se ab org ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 9