Background
DeFrank, Joseph John was born on November 3, 1946 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Frank James and Christine Virginia (Ciraulo) DeF.
DeFrank, Joseph John was born on November 3, 1946 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Frank James and Christine Virginia (Ciraulo) DeF.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, St. John Fisher College, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University Miami (Florida), 1975.
Director microbiology, Bio-Technology Resources, Inc., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1977-1981; senior research chemist, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries Inc., Pittsburgh, 1981-1983; research chemist, United States Army Chemical Research, Development & Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., since 1984; team leader biochemistry division, United States Army Chemical Research, Development & Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., since 1992. Division advisory board member Hazardous Substance Management Research Center, Newark, since 1987. Lead United States technical person North Atlantic Treaty Organization Working Group of Experts-6, since 1990.
With United States Army, 1969-1970, Vietnam. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Maryland section 1991), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Microbiology, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Industrial Microbiology, Sigma Xi.
Married Linda Diane Koser, August 1, 1981.