Jozef John Zwislocki

Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Emeritus Syracuse University L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science Institute for Sensory Research 621 Skytop Road Syracuse, NY 13244-5290 E-mail: Phone: 315.443.4164

Education:

Dipl. Electrical Engineering, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Sc. D. Technical Sciences, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

Past Academic Employment (selected)

University of Basel, Switzerland:

Head, Electroacoustic Lab. Dpt. of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (1945-1951)

Harvard University, U.S.A.:

Research Fellow, Psychoacoustic Laboratory, Dpt. of Experimental Psychology (1951-1957)

Syracuse University, U.S.A.:

Research Associate Professor of Audiology, Special Education (1957-1962)

Director, Bioacoustics Laboratory (1958-1963)

Professor of Electrical Engineering (1962-1973)

Founding Director, Institute for Sensory Research, Prof. Sensory Sciences (1973-1984)

Distinguished Prof. of Neuroscience (1988-1992)

Specialization:

Psychophysics and auditory biophysics. Research on the auditory system, its psychophysics, biophysics, and psychophysiology.

Membership in Professional Societies:

Fellow:

Acoustical Society of America

American Speach Language and Hearing Association

Charter Member:

Psychonomic Society

Society for Neuroscience

Elected Member:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.)

Polish Academy of Sciences

New York Academy of Sciences

Collegium Oto-Rhino-Larygologicum Amicitiea Sacrum

American Otological Society (Associate Member)

Senior Member:

American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Member:

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Society of the Sigma Xi

Associetion for Research in Otolaryngology

American Auditory Society

Past Member:

International Society of Audiology

Eastern Psychological Association

Awards:

Sigma Xi Rearch Award (1973)
International Centro Recerche e Studi Amplifon Prize (Italy, 1976)
Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement (Syracuse U., 1980)
Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (1984)
First Békésy Medal (Acoustical Soc. of America, 1985)
Award of Merit (Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1988)
Dr. h.c. (Adam Mickiewicz U., Poznan, Poland, 1991)
Kwiek Medal (Acoustics Insititute, Adam Mickiewicz U. Poznan, Poland, 1991)
Medal of the Medical Academy (Poznan, Poland)
Medal of the Acoustical Society of Poland (1991)
Hugh Knowles Prize (North Eastern U., 1992)
Carhart Memorial Lecture (American Auditory Society, 1992)

Patents:

"Akustisches Schutzgerat für das Ohr" - Swiss Pat. No. 254103, 1948
"Electroakustischer Wandler" - Swiss Pat. No. 253511, 1948
"Apparecchio acoustico di protezion dell' orecchio" - Italian Pat. No. 453603, 1949
"Akustisches Schutzgerat für das Ohr" - German Pat. No. 843883, 1949
"Improvements in or Relating to Acoustic Ear Protectors" - British Pat. No. 643927, 1950
"Knochentelaphon" - Swiss Pat. No. 283260, 1952
"Horschutzgerat" - Swiss Pat. No. 287384, 1953
"Earplug" - U.S. Pat. No. 2,803,247, 1954
"Audiometer and Method of Audiometry" - U.S. Pat. No. 2,753,397, 1956
"Earplug" - U.S. Pat. No. 3,047,089, 1959
"Acoustic Bridge" - U.S. Pat. No. 3,294,193, 1966
"Layered Earplug" - U.S Pat. No.5,153,387, 1992
"Ear Muffler" - U. S. Pat. No. 5,824,967, 1998

Publications:

Over 200 publications: articles in refereed journals, reports, handbook chapters, monographs (see...).
Book: Auditory Sound Transmission; An Autobiographical Perspective, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Mahwah, New Jeresey, 2002.

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