experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist
ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈmen-tə-ləst 
also -ˌspir-
: one who experiments
specifically
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Photo: Courtesy of Style Du Monde This one’s for the experimentalists!
—Madeline Fass, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2024
The structures were missing key details that the experimentalists learned about their proteins.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
This is the kind of fun challenge that inspires experimentalists.
—Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
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experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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