Jadwiga Wild (Wroblewska)

Biologist, scientist

Born Sept. 4, 1944, Pinsk, Poland; came to U.S., 1987; daughter of Bronislaw and Leokadia (Lewkowicz); married Krzysztof Wild; child: Paula.

Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Uuniversity of Warsaw (Poland), 1968; Ph.D. (in biology), 1974, habilitation (in molecular genetics), 1987, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw.

Career: research assistant, 1969-75, assistant prof., 1978-87, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics; postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette (IN), 1975-77; visiting scientist, International Institute of Genetics, Naples (Italy), 1979; scientist, Department of Bacteriology, 1987-93, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, 1994 -, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Author: 16 scientific papers in professional journals, 1974-94; editor, Gene (international journal), 1994.

Member of: Polish Society of Biochemistry, and Polish Society of Microbiology 1970-87; Polish Society of Genetics, 1984-87; American Society for Microbiology; Polish Heritage Club.

Honors: Best Publication of the Year, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, 1984.

Affiliation: Catholic.

Languages: Polish, Russian, English.

Hobbies: jazz, travel, art.

Home: 1217 Brookwood Road, Madison, WI 53711.

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