Jozef Jan Zwislocki
Engineering and neuroscience scholar
Born Mar.19, 1922, Lwow, Poland; came to U.S., 1951.
Education: diploma (in electrical engineering), 1944, Doctor of Science (Sc.D.), 1948, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland); Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.), A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland), 1991.
Career: research assistant, head, Electroacustic Laboratory, University of Basel (Switzerland), 1945-51; research fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 1951-57; at Syracuse University (NY) - research associate prof., (audiology), 1957-62, director, Bioacustics Laboratory, 1958-63, associate prof. (electrical engineering), 1960-62, prof. (electrical engineering), 1962-73, founding director, Laboratory of Sensory Communication, 1963-73, prof. (sensory sciences), 1973-84, founding director, Institute for Sensory Research, 1973-84, prof. (neuroscience), 1984-88, prof., Special Education in the Area of Commumcative Disorders, School of Education, 1982-92, prof. (bioengineering), L. C. Smith College of Engineering, 1986-92, Distinguished Prof. of Neuroscience, 1988 -, Distinguished Research Prof., Institute of Sensory Research, 1992 -; associate research prof., 1961-67, research prof., 1967 -, State University of New York (SUNY) Health Center, Syracuse; consultant, Bausch & Lomb, Rochester (NY), Bell & Howell, Pasadena (CA), Consolidated Electrodynamics, South Bend (IN); General Food, White Plains (NY), Grason - Stadler, Concord (MA), Maico, Minneapolis (MN), Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton (OH), National Research Council, National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Author: numerous conference papers and scientific articles in professional journals.
Member of, i.a.: Advisory Council member, Institute for Sensory Research; board member, American Journal of Otolaryngology, British Journal of Audiology, Perceptual and Motor Skills; fellow, Acoustical Society of America, American Speech and Hearing Association; International Union of Pure and Applied Physics; International Union of Physiological Sciences; National Academy of Sciences; American Standards Association; Psychonomic Society; Society for Neuroscience; Collegium Oto - Rhino - Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum; American Otological Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); International Society of Audiology; Eastern Psychological Association; New York Academy of Sciences; Association for Research in Otolaryngology; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: Sigma Xi; Amplifon prize, International Centro Riceche a Studi (Italy), 1976; chancellor citation for exceptional academic achievement, Syracuse University, 1980; Javits Neuroscience Investigator award, 1984; First Bekesy Medal, Acoustical Society of America; 1985; Award of Merit, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1988; grants, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1957-62, 1962-91, 1963-67, Office of Naval Research, 1958-59, 1959-69, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1968-71.
Language: English, Polish.
Office: Syracuse University, Institute of Sensory Research, Syracuse, NY 13244.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.