Danuta Elzbieta Kosk-Kosicka
Scientist, biochemist
Born Jul. 18, 1949, Lublin, Poland; came to U.Sã 1980; daughter of Henryk Kosk and Lidia (Zarzycka); married Andrzej Kosicki; child: Piotr.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.) (summa cum laude), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1972; Ph.D., Polish Academy of Scinces, Warsaw, 1980.
Career: research associate, Institute of Hematology, 1972-75, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 1975-76, Polisj Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; research associate, 1982-86, research assistant prof., 1986-90, research associate prof., 1990, affiliate faculty, 1990 -, University of Maryland, assistant prof., 1990-91, associate prof., 1991 -, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Author: reviewer, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Membrane Biochemistry, Acta Biochemica Polonica; over 45 abstracts and over 30 scientific papers in professional journals.
Member of: Biochemical Society of Poland; Biophysical Society / Federation of European Biochemical Societies; American Association for the advancement of Sciences (AAAS); Protein Society; New York Academy of Sciences.; Maryland Scientific Center; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.).
Honors: Best Student award, University of Warsaw, 1972; Mozolowski Award for outstanding experimental work, Biochemical Society of Poland, 1976; fellowships, Federation of European Biochemical Societies, 1977, 1979, Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1980-82; travel grant, American Society for Biochemical and Molecular Biology, 1988.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, French.
Hobbies: photography, gardening, classical music.
Office: The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Anesthesiology / CCM, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996