Eugene Podkletnov
Yevgeny Podkletnov (Russian: Евгений Подклетнов) is a Russian engineer, formerly affiliated with the Materials Science Department at the Tampere University of Technology, Finland.
Born in Russia in 1955, Podkletnov graduated with a master's degree from the University of Chemical Technology, Mendeleyev Institute, in Moscow; he then spent 15 years at the Institute for High Temperatures in the Russian Academy of Sciences. Later he received a doctorate in materials science from Tampere University of Technology, and worked at the university, on superconductors, until 1996.
He is best known for his controversial work on a so-called "gravity shielding" device.
Read more about Eugene Podkletnov: Podkletnov's Gravity Shielding Experiments, Public Controversy, Podkletnov's Gravity Reflection Beam, Related Work, Attempted Verification