Kutner Ellena (1937, Riga) - research chemist and lecturer.

In 1960, Ellena Kutner graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry at Riga Polytechnic Institute; she has been a candidate of chemical sciences since 1968 and an associate professor since 1971. From 1960 to 1964, she worked as an engineer at the Riga Electric Machine Building Plant and the VEF Plant. From 1964 to 1992, she worked at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Riga Polytechnic Institute as a postgraduate student, senior lecturer, and associate professor.

In 1992, Kutner Ellena emigrated to the United States, where she taught at the chemistry department of Diablo Valley College (California) and works as a research chemist at an industrial water treatment company. Her main work is in the development of composite polymer materials based on epoxy, polyester, organosilicon resins and polyolefins for electrical insulation and photo-curable compositions based on oligomeric acrylates for the manufacture of moulds. The results of Kutner's work have been published in leading scientific journals (Journal of Physical Chemistry, Kinetics and Catalysis, Journal of High Molecular Weight Compounds, etc.) and protected by copyright certificates.