page_title: List of Ukrainian Americans
section_title: Scientists and scholars
hierarchical_section_title: List of Ukrainian Americans / Scientists and scholars
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (2009-)
context_page_description: There are many Ukrainian-Americans in the United States, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Ukrainian American or must have references showing they are Ukrainian American.
context_section_description: Oleg Alekseev – professor of physiology
  Gabriel Almond – professor of political science; founder of Princeton University's, Center of International Studies
  Lev Dobriansky – professor of economics at Georgetown University; U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas; anti-communist advocate; known for work with the National Captive Nations Committee, which he initiated during the Eisenhower administration,  and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, where he served as a chairman
  Theodosius Dobzhansky – geneticist and evolutionary biologist
  Katherine Esau – botanist
  Alexei Filippenko – astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley; developed and runs the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope; ranked as the most cited researcher in space science 1996-2006; won the 2006 US Professor of the Year Award; elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2009; frequently featured on the History Channel series The Universe
  Maxwell Finland – scientist, medical researcher, an expert on infectious diseases
  Konstantin Frank – viticulturist and winemaker, responsible for developing the thriving viticulture and wine industry of New York State, using his experience of growing the Southern European Vitis vinifera varietals in the colder climate of Ukraine
  Milton Friedman – economist
  George Gamow – astrophysicist; first suggested hydrogen fusion as source of solar energy
  John-Paul Himka – professor of Ukrainian history
  Taras Hunczak – historian (Ph. D., professor) and media adviser; expert in East European history and languages
  Roman Jackiw – MIT professor of physics
  John Kanzius – inventor and radio/TV engineer
  George Kistiakowsky – physical chemistry professor, member of the Manhattan Project
  Lubomyr Kuzmak – pioneer within the bariatric surgery community, invented the adjustable gastric band
  Max Levchin – computer scientist and internet entrepreneur; co-founder (along with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk) and former chief technology officer of PayPal; founded a number of other technology companies, of Jewish descent.
  Jane Lubchenco – environmental scientist and marine ecologist, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Sonja Lyubomirsky – professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside researching positive psychology and happiness, an associate editor of the Journal of Positive Psychology, and the author of The How of Happiness, a book of happiness strategies backed by scientific research
  Boris Magasanik – microbiologist and biochemist
  Greg Mankiw – macroeconomist; Chairman and Professor of Economics at Harvard University; known in academia for his work on New Keynesian economics and publishing the best-selling economics textbook Principles of Economics; chairman 2003-2005 of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush; his was ranked the number one economics blog by US economics professors in a 2011 survey;  elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007; with David Card, was elected vice president of the American Economic Association for 2014
  Bruce E. Melnick – Commander, USCG and NASA Astronaut
  Jeffrey Miron – economist and outspoken libertarian; chairman of the Department of Economics at Boston University 1992-1998; currently Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University's Economics Department
  Alexander J. Motyl – historian, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University
  Anna Nagurney – mathematician, economist, educator and author in the field of Operations Management; holds the John F. Smith Memorial Professorship in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Simon Ramo – physicist; Russian–Ukrainian
  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper – Captain, USN and NASA Astronaut
  George Shevelov – professor; Ukrainian linguist
  Wolodymyr Stojko – historian (Ph.D., professor); Editor Ukrainian Quarterly, Director of Eastern European Studies Manhattan College, President Ukrainian Free University Foundation
  Frank Sysyn – professor of Ukrainian history
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caption: Jane Lubchenco
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