Lev Palatnyk

Lev Samiylovych Palatnik (Лев Самійлович Палатник; 26 April 1909, Poltava – 4 June 1994, Kharkiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian physicist known for his contributions in the field of thin film physics and film material.

Biography
Lev Palatnik was born on 26 April 1909, in Poltava. In 1926, he graduated from the Poltava Industrial and Technical School. He successfully defended his thesis at the age of 43.