Background
Jardetzky, Oleg was born on February 11, 1929 in Yugoslavia. Came to United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Son of Wenceslas Sigismund and Tatiana (Taranovsky) Jardetzky.
Jardetzky, Oleg was born on February 11, 1929 in Yugoslavia. Came to United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Son of Wenceslas Sigismund and Tatiana (Taranovsky) Jardetzky.
Bachelor, Macalester College, 1950. Honorary Doctor of Science, Macalester College, 1974. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1954.
Doctor of Philosophy (American Heart Association fellow), University Minnesota, 1956. Postgraduate, University Cambridge, England, 1966. Honorary Doctor of Laws, California Western University, 1978.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Graz, Austria, 1994. Doctorate (honorary), University Aix-Marseille II, 1998.
Research fellow University Minnesota, 1954-1956. National Research Council fellow California Institute of Technology, 1956-1957. Associate Harvard University, 1957-1959, assistant professor pharmacology, 1959-1966.
Director biophysics and pharmacology Merck & Company, 1966-1968, executive director, 1968-1969. Professor Stanford University, 1969—2006, professor emeritus, since 2006, director Stanford Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, 1975-1997, director Nuclear magnetic resonance Center School Medicine, 1983-1984, director emeritus, since 1998. Visiting fellow Merton College, Oxford (England) University, 1976.
Consultant, visiting professor, lecturer in field. Chairman International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biology, 1972-1974. Director Internat School on Magnetic Resonance in Biology, since 1993.
Member advisory board Ettore Majorana, since 2006. Chairman biotechnology panel World Federation Scientists, 1998-2003.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics Society, Association Advanced Technology in biomedical Sciences (president 1981-1988), International Society Magnetic Resonance (chairman division of biology and Medicine 1986-1989, fellow since 2008), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Erika Albensberg, July 21, 1975. Children by previous marriage: Alexander, Theodore, Paul.