Eugenie Lisitzin

[4] Gregorius had studied nearby in Vyborg, maintained absentee status through the 1900s,[5] and later became an honorary member of the Technical Club; he was also influential in the Käkisalmi area where he was on the board of several railroad companies until Karelia became part of Russia.

[7] Her advisor was professor Jarl Axel Wasastjerna, later an envoy and industrial leader, whom she thanked for "tireless interest and numerous valuable suggestions".

[8] However, she also thanked the prolific mathematician and fisheries inspector Hjalmar Tallqvist for reviewing early drafts of her work, who may have helped her find a position after graduation.

[11] The last 15 years of her career developed a wider scope, including an important review of global tide data collected during the International Geophysical Year with fellow female oceanographer June Pattullo (Oregon State University), concluding that seasonal variation in Pacific sea level is influenced by air pressure above ~40 degrees latitude, but primarily isostatic below.

[9]: 47 These contributions helped Lisitzin become the first woman elected to the Math and Physics division of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters in 1960,[1] and earned her an honorary professorship in 1965.

The dedication from Lisitzin's 1938 dissertation, the first in physics by a Finnish woman