John Zeleny Scientist

John Zeleny (1872–1951) was a Czech-American physicist at the University of Minnesota, who in 1911 invented the Zeleny electroscope. He also studied the effect of an electric field on a liquid meniscus.His work is seen by some as a beginning to emergent technologies like liquid metal ion sources and electrospraying and electrospinning.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 26, 1872
Education
University of Minnesota
University of Cambridge
Known for
Electroscope
Electrospray
Ion-mobility spectrometry

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Scientist

academic advisor
doctoral advisor
Henry T. Eddy
Field of study
Physicist

Topical connections

Al LeiterBaseball player
Alan JilkaPolitician

John Zeleny on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.orau.org/PTP/collection/electroscopes/zeleny.htm