Prof. dr. Maciej Nalecz

CURRICULUM VITAE AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

  1. Born in 1922 in Warsaw, Maciej Nalecz spent years 1927-1930 with his parents (Aleksander & Stefania born Sikorski) in the USA where he began Public School in Hamtramck, Mich. After returning to Poland, his education at Highschool and Liceum of King Vladislav IV in Warsaw was interrupted by the World War II in 1939. During the Nazi occupation he prolonged studies at the underground Technical University in Warsaw. In 1952 married Zofia born Bozowska (lawyer). In 1953 Maciej Jan Nalecz jr. was born, now Professor in Molecular Biology.
  2. Foreign Students Summer Project - M.I.T., Cambridge USA (1948). Master Degree, Technical University, Warsaw (1949). Assistant Prof. at Techn. Univ. (1949-61). Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959). Associate professor (1962), full professor (1972). Corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1967); full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1974). Member of Presidium (1972-89). Founder and Chairman of the Committee of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences (1972 till now).
  3. Organizer and director of The Institute of Automatic Control, Pol. Ac. Scs. (1962-1972); Organizer and director of the Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences (1975-1993); Scientific Secretary, Division IV for Technical Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (1972-1980). Deputy Scientific Secretary of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1980-1983). Organizer and director of the International Center of Biocybernetics, Warsaw (1988 till now). The Center organized 63 seminars, ESAO and ESEM Conferences. Bilateral 4 seminars with USA and 5 with Japan (Prof. Tatsuo Togawa). Head of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering (1991, reappointed 1996). Member of the Polish Parliament (1985-1989). He served in Science and Technology Commission and belonged to Non-Party Members Club.
  4. Over 180 publications, including 7 books on instrumentation. Hall Effect application to seismograph, accelerometer, wattmeters (11 patents) and biomedical engineering including artificial kidney, artificial pancreas, magnetocardiography and mechanocardiography. Editor and coauthor of Six Volume Monograph on "Problems of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering", 2500 pages, (1990-1991). State of Art and Development of BME in Poland, Monograph, Editor and coauthor (1994).
  5. Honorary Member of the following Polish Scientific Societies: Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Electr. Engineering (1988); Polish Soc. of Medical Informatics (1994); Polish Society of Sensors Technology (1997) and Polish Society of Biomedical Engineering (2001).
  6. Postdoctoral fellow, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio (1961) - on invitation of Prof. James Reswick. Visiting professor, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1967-1968) - on invitation of Prof. John Truxal. Distinguished visiting professor, Ohio State University (1979-1980) - invitation of Prof. Herman Weed. Visiting professor, University of Campinas Brasil (1985) - invitation of Prof. Ubiratan D'Ambrosio. Visiting professor, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1985) - invitation of Prof. Yukihiko Nose. Distinguished visiting scientist of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (1988) -invitation of Prof. Kiichi Tsuchiya. Visiting professor, Institut für Regelungstechnik University of Hannover (1990) - invitation of Prof. Manfred Thoma. In 1990 was elected to prestigeous position of the Fogarty International Center Scholar-in-Residence at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (1991-1992) - on invitation of Prof. Murray Eden.
  7. Foreign member of the Russian (USSR) Academy of Sciences (1976); Member of World Academy of Cybernetics and System Scientists (1979) of the World Org. of General Systems and Cybernetics; Foreign member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1996); Doctor Honoris Causa Polytechnic University in Tbilisi (2002); Foreign member of the Ukrainian Academy of Higher Education (1998); Founder and Member, International Academy of Biological and Medical Engineering (IFMBE) (1998).
  8. Member, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in the headquarters (1966-1990)- awarded by Diploma of Outstanding Service to IFAC (1987); Member, Administrative Council International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) (1988-1994) - Honorary Life Member of IFMBE (2000); Founder, Member of Board of Directors (1991-1994) and Vice President (1994-1997) of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine (ESEM).
  9. Activities in the field of peace, disarmament and development:
    1972 till now - chairman of the Polish PUGWASH Committee at Presidium of the Polish Academy of Science, 1973-1974 - member of the PUGWASH COUNCIL, the governing body of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. From 1974 till 1997 (23 years) - chairman of the PUGWASH COUNCIL. Reelected to this position in Munich (1977), Warsaw (1982), Gmunden (1987) and Berlin (1992 till 1997). For the term 1997-2002, after his resignation as chairman of Council, elected to serve further as a member of the PUGWASH COUNCIL.
    Attending 71 Pugwash Conferences and Symposia. The main organizer of 7 Pugwash meetings which took place in Poland.
    In 1995 Pugwash as organization and Prof. J. Rotblat as founder and President of Pugwash received Nobel Peace Prize 10th December 1995. M. Nalecz delivered a speech in the name of Pugwash and J. Rotblat in his personal name before the Symphonic Concert which celebrated the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
  10. Distinctions: Professor Nalecz was awarded by several Polish distinctions. Among them: Krzyz Komandorski z Gwiazda (Commander Cross with Star); Krzyz Oficerski (Officer Cross) and Krzyz Kawalerski (Knight Cross) of "Polonia Restituta"; Sztandar Pracy (Work Banner), First & Second Class. He has also been awarded for "Service to the Health of the Nation" by the Council of the State Distinction in 1983 - the only such award given to an engineer to this day.
    Scientific awards: "Copernicus Medal" (1989) the award given for scientific achievements - by the Polish Academy of Sciences; "Krizik Medal" (1988) for engineering achievements given by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
  11. The last 12 years M. Nalecz spent on preparation of the basis for future development of biomedical engineering in Poland. Ten of his younger long lasting co-workers and pupils received title of Professor; a new large 9-volume Monograph "Biocybernetics and Biomedical Enginering 2000", 500 authors and 6000 pages (M. Nalecz editor in chief) will be completed in 2002.
    On M. Nalecz initiative, 5 buildings were constructed for biomedical engineering activities within Polish Academy of Sciences. They are devoted to laboratories, lecture halls, exhibition area, cafeteria and 20 guest rooms.
  12. In Oct. 1999 M. Nalecz received an award from Prime Minister J. Buzek for "Life Time Scientific Achievements".
  13. In April 2002, President of Polish Republic, Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski, decorated Prof. M. Nalecz with the First Class, Large Cross of "Polonia Restituta" for promotion of science.

Prof. Nalecz is currently the Director of the International Center of Biocybernetics
Polish Academy of Sciences
4, Ks. Trojdena Str., 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
Tel. (+48 22) 658 28 77
Fax (+48 22) 658 28 72
e-mail Maciej.Nalecz@ibib.waw.pl