Jozef John Zwislocki (March 22, 1922 – May 14, 2018) was a Polish-born American neuroscientist. A native of

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, Poland, Zwislocki attended the

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in Zurich, Switzerland, and taught at the

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from 1945 to 1951. He left for a research fellowship at

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and was a member of the

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faculty between 1957 and 1992. Zwislocki held twelve patents. Over the course of his career, Zwislocki was granted fellowship into the

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, as well as membership to the

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, and

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, among others. He lived in Fayetteville, New York, and died on May 14, 2018, aged 96.

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1922 births 2018 deaths American neuroscientists Auditory scientists Polish emigrants to the United States ETH Zurich alumni Syracuse University faculty University of Basel faculty Scientists from Lviv Fellows of the Acoustical Society of America Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science {{Neuroscientist-stub