Michael E. Starzak
Chemistry educator, author
Born Apr. 21, 1942, Woonsocket (RI), U.S.; son of Michael and Ida (Bielagus); married Anndrea (Zahorak); children: Jocelyn, Alissa.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Brown University, Providence (RI), 1963; Ph.D., Northwestern University, Evanston (IL), 1968.
Career: acting assistant prof., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1969-70; visiting lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1970; assistant prof., 1970-76, associate prof., 1977-88, prof., 1988 -, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton.
Author: Physical Chemistry of Membranes, 1984; Mathematical Methods in Chemistry and Physics, 1989; Introduction to Physical Chemistry, 1993.
Member of: American Physical Society, American Chemical Society; Biophysical Society; New York Academy of Sciences; Inter - Americana Photochemical Society; Kosciuszko Foundation; Kopernik Society, Binghamton.
Honors: Sigma Xi; Fulbright fellowship to Wroclaw (Poland), 1991-92.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, French.
Office: State University of New York, Chemistry Department, Binghamton, NY 13902.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.