Jerzy Andrzej Barankiewicz
Biochemist, scientist
Born Jul. 27,1942, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1988; son of Wiktor and Stanislawa (Strzelecka); married Teresa (Bialek); children: Piotr, Jan.
Education: M.S. (in biochemistry), University of Lodz (Poland), 1968; Ph.D., Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1973.
Career: assistant, lecturer, 1968-73, adjunct, 1973-75, 1977-81, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences; research fellow, senior scientist, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Canada), 1981-88; scientific inwestigator, Cell Biology Group, head, Gensia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego (CA), 1988 -.
Author: numerous scientific publications in professional journals
Member of: board directors member of Polish-Canadian Society of Music, Toronto, 1986-88; European Academy of Arts, Science and Humanities; European Society for Purine and Pyrimidine Research; Polish Biochemical Society; New York Academy of Sciences; co-founder, board directors member of Polish school in San Diego.
Honors: fellowships, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1970-73, 1978-80, University of Alberta (Canada), 1975-77; award, president of Polish Academy of Sciences, 1977.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Latin.
Hobbies: ethnography, antiques, folk art.
Home: 12457 Carmel Cape, San Diego, CA 92130
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996