Background

Polya, Gideon Maxwell was born on May 8, 1944 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of John Bela and Ethel Robin (Barker) Polya.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1965. Graduate with 1st class honors in chemistry, University Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 1969.

Career

Research fellow, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1968-1970; research fellow, Australian National U., Canberra, 1971-1972; lecturer, La Trobe U., Melbourne, 1972-1974; senior lecturer, La Trobe U., Melbourne, 1975-1980; associate professor biochemistry, La Trobe U., Melbourne, since 1981. Executive director Asian-Australian Center for Study of Bioactive Medicinal Plant Constituents, Melbourne, since 1992. Member Center for Protein and Enzyme Technology, Melbourne, since 1988, Center for Comparative Genocide Studies, Sydney, since 1995.

Achievements

• Gideon Maxwell Polya has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemistry educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Australian Society Biochemists and Molecular Biology, Australian Society Plant Physiologists, American Society Plant Physiologists.

Interests

• Avocations: painting, history, wildnerness, advocacy.

Connections

Married Zareena Lateef, December 12, 1966. Children: Daniel, Michael, Susannah.

Father:

John Bela Polya

Mother:

Ethel Robin (Barker) Polya

Spouse:

Zareena Lateef

child:

Michael Polya

child:

Daniel Polya

child:

Susannah Polya