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Musielak, Zdzislaw Edward was born on February 13, 1950 in Piwonice, Kalisz, Poland. Son of Edward and Irena (Bak) Musielak. came to the United States, 1983.
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Zdzislaw Edward Musielak, Polish Physicist, educator. Achievements include research on theoretical models of stellar chromospheres, general and unique form of wave equation in inhomogeneous media, acoustic and magnetohydrodynamic wave energy fluxes for main sequence stars, non-decaying magnetohydrodynamic bending waves, stellar X-ray emissions, stellar wind acceleration.
Education
Master of Science in Physics, Adam Mickiewicz U., 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Gdansk, 1980; honorary scholar, U. Gdansk, 1990.
Career
Teaching assistant, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 1976-1977;
research assistant, U. Gdansk, Poland, 1977-1980;
instructor, U. Gdansk, Poland, 1980-1982;
visiting scientist, U. Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1982-1983;
research staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983-1986;
NAS/National Research Council fellow, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1986-1989;
professor, U. Alabama, Huntsville, since 1989. Visiting scientist Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophy., Cambridge, 1985. Consultant University Chicago, Illinois, since 1988.
Visiting professor University Heidelberg, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member Solidarity, Gdansk, 1980-1983, deputy, 1980. Member National Geographic Society, Washington, 1984. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union (grants 1982, 88), American Geophysical Society, Polish Astronomical Society (travel grant 1979, 80).
Connections
Married Dora Elia Gonzalez, December 14, 1996. 1child by previous marriage, Agnieszka Maria.
