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.