Robert Edward Ulanowicz
Mathematical ecology educator
Born Sept. 17, 1943, Baltimore (MD), U.S.; son of Edward and Mary (Bielat); married Marie (Chmilewska); children: Anastasia, Peter, Vera.
Education: Bachelor of Engineering Science, 1964, Ph.D., 1968, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Career: research assistant, Martin Marietta Corporation, Orlando (FL), 1962, 1963; laboratory assistant, Institut Fur Physikaliche Chemie, Gottingen (Germany), 1964; assistant prof., Catholic University of America, Washington (DC), 1968-70; assistant prof., 1970-74, associate prof., 1974-81, prof., 1981 -, University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons (MD).
Author: Growth & Development: Ecosystems Phenomenology, 1986; editor, Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography, 1981, Ecosystem Theory for Biological Oceanography, 1985; over 75 scientific articles in refereed books and journals.
Member of: president, Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, 1981-82; executive secretaty, Estuarine Research Federation, 1986-87; charter member, Washington Evolutionary Systems Society; board directors member, American Chestnut Land Trust, Port Republic (MD); advisory committee member, Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, 1980-84, Pleasant Peninsula Planning Committee, 1974, lector, St. John Vianney Parish, committee member, Boy Scouts Troop 430, Prince Frederick (MD).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Beta Pi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Frederick C. Hettinger Memorial Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE), 1964; fellowship, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1964-67; speaker, Crafoord Symposium, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1987; governor's citation, Governor of Maryland, 1988.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, German, Ukrainian, French, Polish.
Hobbies: swimming, gardening, flying.
Office: University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 1 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.