Kamen waxa uu ku dhashay Toronto August 27, 1913, waxa uuna dhalay Ruush Yuhuud ah. Waxa uu ku soo barbaaray Chicago. Waxa uu shahaadada bachelorka ee kiimikada ka qaatay jaamacadda Chicago sanadkii 1933 waxa uuna ka qaatay PhD ee kiimikada jirka isla jaamacaddaas sanadkii 1936. ka dib waxa uu raadsaday boos cilmi baaris ah oo ku saabsan kiimikada iyo fiisikada nukliyeerka ee Ernest Lawrence ee shaybaarka shucaaca ee Berkeley, halkaas oo uu ka shaqeeyay lacag la'aan muddo lix bilood ah ilaa laga shaqaaleysiiyay si uu u kormeero diyaarinta iyo qaybinta alaabta cyclotron ee. Inkastoo carbon-14 hore loo yaqaanay, ogaanshaha isku dhafka carbon-14 wuxuu ka dhacay Berkeley markii Kamen iyo Ruben ay duqeeyeen graphite ee cyclotron-ka iyagoo rajeynaya inay soo saaraan isotope shucaaca shucaaca ee loo isticmaali karo raadinta falcelinta kiimikada ee sawir-sameeynta.
Sanadkii 1936