doctoral_advisor death_date death_place work_institution birth_place nationality field birth_date known_for image article_title name alma_mater
robert pohl 17 may 1983 auburn , massachusetts , usa odessa university carl zeiss ag massachusetts institute of technology dobrovody , austria -- hungary -lrb- today ukraine -rrb- 20px ukrainian physicist 1900 anti-reflective coating olexander smakula.jpg olexander smakula
 olexander smakula georg-august university of göttingen
olexander smakula

olexander smakula -lrb- , -rrb- -lrb- 1900 , dobrovody , austria -- hungary , today ukraine -- 17 may 1983 , auburn , massachusetts , usa -rrb- , also described in english as alexander smakula , was a ukrainian physicist known for the invention of anti-reflective lens coatings based on optical interference .
