Eugenie Lisitzin

Eugenie Lisitzin was a Finnish physical oceanographer active in the mid-20th century. She was the first woman in Finland to earn a PhD in physics (1938) and join the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (1960). She also was the first acting director of a scientific department of the Finnish government. She was best known for her research on sea-level variation and for her influential monograph Sea-Level Changes (1974).