Prof. Jack Adam Tuszynski

Current Positions

•  Allard Endowed Research Chair (three terms: 07/2005-06/2010; 07/2010-06/2015, 07/2015-06/2020), Department of Experimental Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada.

• Full Professor (from 07/1993 till present). Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
•  Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta (from May 5, 2013).
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta (from July1, 2013).
• NINT Fellow (from 01/2012 to 31/12/2016), National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council, Edmonton, Canada

 Recent awards

• Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Award for Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Tier I for Basic Science (2015)
• Spinoff Achievement Award (2014) TEC Edmonton for ProPhysis Inc. (jointly with Drs. M. Houghton, L. Tyrrell, L. Schang and D. Evans)
• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Office) Science Ambassador for Canada (2012-2014)
• Selected by the Swedish Academy of Sciences as a Nominator for the 2009, 2012 and 2015 Nobel Prizes in Physics

 

Research activity

 

Jack Tuszynski’s  has applied diverse physical, computational and mathematical methods to resolve concrete biological problems such as the molecular model of memory (with Dr. Hameroff of the University of Arizona), the role of zinc in Alzheimer’s disease (with Dr. Tanzi of Harvard Univ.) or bioelectronics/biomechanical properties of actin filaments and microtubules (with Dr. Cantiello of Harvard Medical School).

 

Jack Tuszynski’s scientific activity has been always paralleled by a marked attention to technology transfer, moved by the awareness that translation to bedside of scientific discoveries is fundamental in a modern society as witnessed by over 20 patents applications and four awarded international patents.

 

Jack Tuszynski’s is author of over 400 Papers in Refereed Journals.