Background
Kopecko, Dennis Jon was born on January 14, 1947 in Ironwood, Michigan, United States. Son of Norbert Robert and Dorothy E. (La Chapelle) Kopecko.
Kopecko, Dennis Jon was born on January 14, 1947 in Ironwood, Michigan, United States. Son of Norbert Robert and Dorothy E. (La Chapelle) Kopecko.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Virginia Military Institute, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1973.
Postdoctoral research fellow, Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, California, 1972-1976;
research scientist, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1976-1980;
senior research scientist, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1980-1994;
head molecular genetics and R-DNA unit, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1983-1986;
assistant chief department bacterial immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1986-1994;
chief laboratory enteric and sexually transmitted diseases, Food and Drug Administration-CBER, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1994. Research advisory National Research Council and Fogarty International Fellowships, Washington, since 1980. Instructor National Institutes of Health Graduate School, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1980.
Science research consultant IGI Biotechnology Inc., Columbia, 1981-1982. Member panels science consultant at National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Department Of Defense, Agency for International Development, since 1979. Adjunct Professor U. Maryland., College Park, since 1984.
Volunteer Heart Association Montgomery County, Rockville, Maryland, since 1980, American Cancer Society, since 1980, Children's Hospital, Washington, since 1980. Trustee Barrie School, Silver Spring, Maryland, since 1992. Served to captain United States Army, 1976-1979.
Member American Society Microbiology (chairman microbial pathogenesis div 1990), Genetics Society of America, Federal Executive and Professional Association, Mid-Atlantic Regional Extrachromosomal Genetic Elements Group (co-founder), Sigma Xi.
Married Patricia Guerry, December 10, 1977. 1 child, Jennifer Kristen.