Background
Pavlista, Alexander Dimitri was born on March 5, 1947 in Praha, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1951. Son of Dimitri and Veroslava (Dembowski) Pavlista.
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Alexander Dimitri Pavlista
Edit Profileresearcher agricultural biologist
Alexander Dimitri Pavlista, American agricultural biologist, researcher. Achievements include patent for Substituted Nitro and Cyano Guanidines and Their Uses for Increased Crop Yields; discovery of family of synthetic plant growrh regulators which affect crop yields and growth; improvement of potato production and utilization; identification of enzymes involved in lettuce seed germination, control methods of parasitic weeds.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Manhattan College, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York, 1977.
Career
Research trainee National Institutes of Health Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1968-1971. Adjunct lecturer H.H. Lehman College, Bronx, New York, 1971-1977. Research associate North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1977-1979.
Research biologist American Cyanamid Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1979-1988. Horticulture extension specialist University Nebraska, Scottsbluff, since 1988.
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Married Victoria Ataman. 1 child, Jacqueline.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1968
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1977
Career
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1968 - 1971
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1971 - 1977
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1977 - 1979
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1979 - 1988
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1988