Zbigniew Janusz Witczak

Pharmacist, educator, researcher

Born Jul. 13, 1947, Zgierz, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Edward and Bogumila (Strus); married Wanda (Stefankiewicz); children: Grzegorz, Thomas.

Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1973, Pharmacy Doctor, 1979, Pharmacy Department, Lodz Medical Academy (Poland).

Career: senior assistant, adjunct, Lodz Medical Academy, 1973-81; visiting fellow, Biochemistry Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette (IN), 1981-86; senior research chemist, A. E. Stanley Manufacturing Company, Decatur (IL), 1987-91; assistant, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, 1991 -.

Author: 3 U.S. patents; over 35 scientific papers in professional journals i.a. in: Carbohydrate Research, Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters, Heterocycles; 3 book chapters.

Member of: executive committee member, Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, American Chemical Society; American Association of University Professors (AAUP); American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Honors: fellowship, University of Connecticut, 1991.

Affiliation: Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German.

Hobbies: numismatics, tennis.

Office: The University of Connecticut, 372 Fairfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269.

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