noun
nuclear physicist
A scientist specializing in nuclear physics. The term is straightforward and used in academic and professional contexts.
彼女は原子物理学者として研究所で働いている。
She works at a research institute as a nuclear physicist.
原子物理学者になるには、大学院で物理学を専攻する必要がある。
To become a nuclear physicist, you need to major in physics in graduate school.
Refers to the field of nuclear physics, while 原子物理学者 is the person who practices it.
Compound of 原子 (atom), 物理 (physics), and 学者 (scholar). The term is a straightforward modern coinage for a specialist in nuclear physics.