Wanda Wyrwicka
Biologist, scientist
Born Sept. 8, 1912, Pabianice, Poland; came to U.S., 1966; daughter of Jacob and Weronika (Rytwinska); married Leszek Kolodziejczyk; child: Joanna.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), 1937, Ph.D. (in zoology), 1947, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland).
Career: assistant, A. Mickiewicz University, 1945-46; adjunct, University of Lodz (Poland), 1947-51; adjunct, 1951-54, docent, 1954-65, prof., 1965-66, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Lodz - Warsaw (Poland); researcher, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1966 -; Retired.
Author: The Mechanisms of Conditioned Behavior, 1972; The Development of Food Preferences, 1981; Brain and Feeding Behavior, 1988; over 100 articles on neurobehavioral problems.
Member of: International Brain Organization; American Physiological Society; Society for Neuroscience; Pavlovian Society.
Honors: Pavlovian Award, 1977.
Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.