Background
Spokas, Eric George was born on May 31, 1947 in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Bruno Andrew and Marion Jeannette (Nicholas) Spokas.
Spokas, Eric George was born on May 31, 1947 in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Bruno Andrew and Marion Jeannette (Nicholas) Spokas.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, Columbia University, 1979.
Assistant research pharmacologist, Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute, Rensselaer, New York, 1969-1972;
graduate teaching assistant Department Pharmacology, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1977-1978;
research associate Department Pharmacology, U. Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, Memphis, 1978-1979;
instructor Department Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, 1979-1981;
assistant professor, New York Medical College, 1981-1985;
research scientist Department Cardiovascular Diseases Research, Searle Research and Development, Skokie, Illinois, 1985-1989;
senior research scientist Department Medicinal Chemistry, Florida Institute Technology, Melbourne, 1989-1991;
director, Triton Science, Inc., Satellite Beach, Florida, since 1991. United States Public Health Service predoctoral trainee in pharmacology Columbia University, 1972-1976. Exch.scientist under National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute program with Italy New York Medical College, 1982.
Radon measurement specialist United States Environmental Protection Agency, since 1992.
Member City of Melbourne Watershed Action Committee, since 1991, Florida Audubon Society (Indian River chapter), since 1992. Member American Society of Nephrology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Toxicology Division (certified), Southwestern Society of Toxicology, Sigma Xi.
Married Paula Kaye Felter, November 17, 1978. Children: Lora Bowne Spokas, Barbara Snell Spokas.