Jordan Kordian Zjawiony
Organic chemistry educator, researcher
Born Jan. 2, 1943, Czestochowa, Poland; came to U.S., 1988; son of Lucjan and Maria (Kornacka); married Zofia (Grosman); child: Agnieszka.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), 1965, Ph.D., 1974, Technical University of Lodz (Poland).
Career: research assistant, 1965-68, senior research assistant, 1968-74, assistant prof., 1975-88, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz; postdoctoral fellowship, 1978-80, guest researcher, 1988-89, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Baltimore (MD); research visitor, Fulbright scholar, 1989-91, associate prof., research associate prof., 1992 -, Department of Pharmacognosy, and Research Institute of Pharmacy Sciences, University of Mississippi.
Author: 26 patents; 24 publications.
Member of: Main Technical Organization - Naczelna Organizacja Techniczna (NOT); Polish Chemical Society; Phytochemical Society of Europe; American Chemical Society; American Society of Pharmacognosy.
Honors: Rho Chi; awards, Polish Ministry of Chemical Industry, 1976, Main Technical Organization, 1977, Polish Ministry of Higher Education, 1978; Fogarty fellowship, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1978-80; Fulbright scholar, United States Information Agency (USIA), 1988-89.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, French, German.
Hobbies: music, books, movies.
Home: 3322 Whippoorwill Lane, Oxford, MS 38655.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.