Background
Mayer, Jozef was born on May 21, 1939 in Lodz, Poland. Son of Jan and Eugenia (Szenfelder) Mayer.
Mayer, Jozef was born on May 21, 1939 in Lodz, Poland. Son of Jan and Eugenia (Szenfelder) Mayer.
Master of Science, Technology University, Lodz, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Technology University, Lodz, 1969. Doctor of Science, Technology University, Lodz, 1978.
Honorary Doctorate, University Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1998. Honorary Doctorate, University Abertay, Dundee, Scotland, 1999.
In the same year he started work in the Department of Physical Chemistry. In 1988 he became Associate Professor and in 1994 he received the title of Professor of TUL. Mayer’s research was focused on radiation chemistry and involved work on the matter of excited state and ion recombination admixtures in liquid hydrocarbons. He also did research on the process of reactivity transmission in solid polymers by means of impulse methods.
He wrote 110 articles and presented 120 reports and papers at conferences in Poland and abroad.
He promoted four doctors. In years 1994-2007 Józef Mayer held the post of president of the Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry of TUL. In years 1987-1990 he was Associate Dean and in 1990-1993 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of TUL. Józef Mayer held a position of students’ affairs dean in 1993-1996.
He was the Rector of TUL in 1996-2002. He retired in 2008.
National Education Committee Medal (1996)
Prime Minister Laurels (2001)
Honorary Badge of Łódź (1990)
Honorary Badge of Łódź Voivodeship (2002)
Badge in merit to TUL (1987)
Honorary Badge In Merit to Bielskie Voivodeship (1997)
Badge In Merit to Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna in BielskoBiała (2004)
Medal of M. Sklodowska-Curie Polish Radiation Society for scientific research (1989).
He was a member of “Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry” editorial committee, the Polish Chemical Society, the president of Polish Radiation Society in years 1989-1995. Józef Mayer was also a member of Miller Trust for Radiation, the Science Committee of Nuclear Institute in Warsaw, the Science Committee in Polish Academy of Science of Polymer Chemistry in Zabrze and the State Committee for Atomics, and also a member of the Department Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences in Łódź.
Married Krystyna Lucyna Ciszewska, May 26, 1966. 1 child, Marcin.