Jan Frederik Schouten

Jan Frederik Schouten (29 May 1910 – 12 August 1980) was a Dutch physicist, and Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, known for his contributions to biophysics.

Biography Born in Rotterdam as son of Jan Arnoldus Schouten, Schouten received his PhD cum laude in 1937 in Physics at the Utrecht University with a thesis entitled "Visuele meting van adaptatie en van de wederzijdse beïnvloeding van netvlieselementen" under supervision of Leonard Ornstein. The Eindhoven University of Technology named after him the J.F. Schouten School for User System Interaction, research institute of the dedicated to user interaction with man-made systems.

Publications 1937. Visuele meting van adaptatie en van de wederzijdse beïnvloeding van netvlieselementen Drukkerij, Schotanus & Jens. 1958. De reikende hand. Inaugural speech Eindhoven. Groningen : Wolters 1978. Energie en vitaliteit : afscheidscollege, gegeven op 12 mei 1978 aan de Technische hogeschool Eindhoven.

About Schouten H. Bouma, Levensbericht J.F. Schouten, in: Jaarboek, 1980, Amsterdam, pp. 176-179