Wlodzimierz Szer

Biochemist, educator

Born Jun. 3, 1924, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1968; son of Max and Chaja (Szapiro); married Felicja (Kirsz); children: Karolina, Ilona.

Education: Master of Science (M.S.), University of Lodz (Poland), 1950; Ph.D., 1959, Doktor habilitowany (Dr.hab.) (Poland), 1964, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.

Career: associate prof., Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. 1963-68; assistant prof. to associate prof., 1968-73, prof., 1973 -, New York University (NYU), New York City.

Author: over 150 scientific articles, chapters in monographs, reviews in professional journals, and monograph series.

Member of: American Society of Biology Chemists and Molecular Biology; Harvey Society.

Honors: J. Parnas Award, Polish Biochemical Society, 1964; faculty award, American Cancer Society, 1973; grants, National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States Public Health Service (USPHS), since 1971; listed in Who's Who in America.

Languages: Polish, Russian, Yiddish, English.

Office: New York University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

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