# Wacław Szybalski

> Polish physician

**Wikidata**: [Q7958905](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7958905)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacław_Szybalski)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wac-aw-szybalski

## Summary

Wacław Szybalski was born on September 9, 1921, in Lviv[1][2] and died on December 16, 2020, in Madison[2]. He worked as a physician, oncologist, geneticist, scientist, and university teacher[3], having received his education from Lviv Polytechnic. His professional fields encompassed oncology, genetics, and biotechnology[3].Throughout his career, he was employed by the Gdańsk University of Technology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Rutgers University, and the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research[4][2]. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Learning and the Polish Academy of Sciences[5]. His awards included honorary doctorates from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, the University of Gdańsk, the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, and the Gdańsk University of Technology[6][7][8][9]. Additionally, he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[6][7][8][9].


## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Czech National Authority Database
3. [Source](https://www.cshl.edu/personal-collections/waclaw-szybalski/)
4. [Source](https://mcardle.wisc.edu/2020/12/24/dr-waclaw-tadeusz-szybalski-september-9-1921-december-15-2020/)
5. [Doktorzy honoris causa - Uniwersytet Jagielloński](https://www.uj.edu.pl/uniwersytet-z-collegium-medicum/nagrody-i-wyroznienia/dhc)
6. [Source](https://pg.edu.pl/about/hc-doctors/waclaw-szybalski)
7. [Source](http://pg.edu.pl/o-uczelni/uczelnia/historia/doktorzy-honoris-causa/waclaw-szybalski)
8. [Source](https://www.aaas.org/fellows/historic?field_last_name_value=All&field_year_elected=2008&page=16)
9. [Source](https://viaf.org/viaf/data/viaf-20230206-links.txt.gz)
10. [Source](http://czlonkowie.pan.pl/czlonkowie/sites/WynikiWyszukiwania.html?s=SZYBALSKI,%20Wac%C5%82aw)
11. [Source](https://www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituary/DrWaclaw-Szybalski)
12. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
13. Polish Science