John Melngailis

Background

Melngailis, John was born on February 4, 1939 in Riga, Latvia. Son of John and Jakobine (Zile) Melngailis. arrived in the United States, 1949.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Carnegie Mellon Institute, 1960; Master of Science in Physics, Carnegie Mellon Institute, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Carnegie Mellon Institute, 1965.

Career

Researcher, Westinghouse Research, Pittsburgh, 1960-1965; postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, 1965; postdoctoral fellow, National Center for Scientific Research, Bellevue, France, 1966; member of staff, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1967-1979; principal research scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1990; senior research scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Camrbridge, Massachusetts, 1990-1993; professor electrical engineering, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1993. United States chairman workshop on focused ion beam technical National Science Foundation, Osaka, Japan, 1987. Co-chair workshops North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1987, 92.

Chairman Gordon Conference, 1992.

Achievements

• John Melngailis has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), American Physical Society.

Interests

• Avocation: tae kwon do.

Connections

Married Susan Toye, January 23, 1967 (divorced July 1982). Children: Ilze, Sarma. Married Michaele Weissman, November 7, 1982.

1 child, Noah.

Father:

John Melngailis

Mother:

Jakobine (Zile) Melngailis

Spouse:

Michaele Weissman

Spouse:

Susan Toye

child:

Sarma Melngailis

child:

Ilze Melngailis

child:

Noah Melngailis