Andrea P.T. Palounek

Background

Palounek, Andrea P.T. was born on October 26, 1956 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Daughter of Lubos R. and Irene B.Palounek. came to United States, 1964.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University, 1978; Master of Arts in Physics, Duke U., 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Duke U., 1984.

Career

Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Nuclear science, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1987; physicist, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Palo Alto, California, 1988; postdoctoral fellow, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 1988-1991; postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1991. Lecturer, consultant Governor's School of North Carolina, since 1974, Governor's School of Arkansas, 1993.

Achievements

• Andrea P.T. Palounek has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lecturer to elementary, middle and high school students in North Carolina, California, New Mexico, since 1974. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Am Physical Society, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocation: oboist.

Connections

Father:

Lubos R.

Mother:

Irene B.Palounek