Jan S. Tkacz
Biochemist
Born Oct. 24, 1944, Kittery (ME), U.S.; son of Stanley and Josephine (Olesniewicz); married Mary Anne Talle.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1966; Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ), 1971.
Career: postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard University Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1971-73; research associate, Department of Biological Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey (PA), 1973-74; assistant research prof., 1975-78, assistant prof., 1978-81, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Piscataway (NJ); consultant, Johnson & Johnson Company, New Brunswick, 1980-81; senior research investigator, Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton (NJ), 1981-87; senior research fellow, Department of Fermentation Microbiology, 1987-92, director, Department of Microbial Biochemistry and Process Research, 1993 -, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway (NJ).
Author: 1 patent; 26 scientific publications in American and international professional journals.
Member of: American Society for Microbiology; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Chemical Society.
Honors: fellowship, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1971.
Affiliation: Independent.
Language: English.
Home: 620 South Randolphville Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.