Krzysztof Szalewicz

Physical chemist, educator

Born Jan. 19, 1950, Gdansk, Poland; came to U.S., 1985; son of Zygmunt and Helena (Nowogrodzka); married Lidia (Jankowska); children: Magdalena, Agnieszka, Monika.

Education: Master of Science (M.S.), 1973, Ph.D., 1977, Doktor habilitowany (Dr.hab.) (Poland), 1984, University of Warsaw (Poland).

Career: assistant prof., University of Warsaw, 1978-85; associate research scientist, University of FIorida, Gainesville, 1985-87; assistant prof., 1988-90, associate prof., 1990-94, prof., 1994 -, University of Delaware, Newark.

Author: Numerical and Statistical Methods for Chemists, 1987; over 80 papers in the field of theoretical atomic and molecular physics and quantum chemistry.

Member of: American Physical Society.

Honors: scientific award, Polish Ministry of Higher Education, 1979; grants, U.S. Department of Energy, 1985-90, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1990 -.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian.

Hobbies: skiing, sailing.

Office: University of Delaware, Department of Physics, Newark, DE 19716.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.