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Veniamin Levich

Who

Veniamin Levich · Science & Medicine

What

Physical chemist known for physicochemical hydrodynamics and electrochemistry

When

1917, Kharkiv, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) — 1987, Englewood, New Jersey, United States

Where

Soviet Union · Israel · United States

Biography

Veniamin Levich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physical chemist known for physicochemical hydrodynamics and electrochemistry

How & why

Veniamin Levich was a Soviet-born Jewish physical chemist who founded the field of physicochemical hydrodynamics and made foundational contributions to electrochemistry, including the Levich equation for the rotating-disk electrode. A prominent refusenik, he was long denied emigration before finally leaving the USSR in 1978.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

Contributions & Sources

Physical chemist known for physicochemical hydrodynamics and electrochemistry

1917

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry