Dr. Jack Tuszynski

Professor Jack Tuszyński graduated with an M.Sc. in theoretical physics summa cum laude from the University of Poznan, Poland. He obtained his Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the University of Calgary, Canada. From 1983 to 1988 he was a faculty member at the Department of Physics of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He moved to the University of Alberta in 1988 and since 1993 has been full professor at the Department of Physics. Between 2005 and 2020 he held the prestigious Allard Chair in Experimental Oncology at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton. He served as a Fellow of the National Institute for Nanotechnology of Canada and held visiting professorship and research positions in China, Germany, France, Israel, Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland. He has been professor of bioengineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy since 2017. He is also an affiliate member of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University. He has published over 600 journal papers, and 14 books. He obtained 8 patents in the USA, Canada, Australia, EU, South Korea, Brazil, Japan and Singapore. He received over 100 research grants from Canadian, US and European funding agencies. He is on the editorial board of 30 international journals. He was a founding member of 3 spin-off companies.