Journal of Medical Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense

JMedCBR Editorial Board

 

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Michael Andrzej Bartoszcze, DVM, PhD

Poland

Dr. Bartoszcze is a microbiologist and a specialist in countering bioterrorism . He graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University School of Agriculture, Lublin, (Vet.Surg., 1966); doctor of veterinary sciences at the Agricultural-Technical University, Olsztyn (Ph.D, 1974); doctor habilitatus (Assist. Prof., 1982); Assoc. Prof of The General Karol Kaczkowski Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, WIHE or MIHE (1997). He is a member of the Polish Society of Microbiologists; Consultation Group of the National Safety Council for the Assessment of Biological Threats; Commission for Bioterrorism of the Sanitary-Epidemiological Council; Council for Ecology and Environment Protection at the Ministry of Defence; Committee of Veterinary Sciences of the Dept. of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences; Council of the Military Universities; American Academy on Veterinary Disaster Medicine.

 

Dr. Bartoszcze has over 200 original and review papers on rapid methods of detection of biological agents and on countering bioterrorism. He was the initiator of research collaboration of MIHE and US Army institutions, and since 1996 has served as the technical project officer for the US-Poland Master Information Exchange Agreement.

 

Dr. Bartoszcze has served as head of the Sanitary Epidemiological Laboratory, UNEF, Egypt (1975); head of Dept. of Microbiology and Epizootiology at ONBSW, Pulawy (1976-1985); commandant of the Military Research Centre of Veterinary Service, Pulawy (1985-89); deputy commandant of MIHE and head of ONBSW (1989-2002); deputy director of MIHE and head of Biological Threat Identification and Countermeasure Centre, Pulawy (from 2002).

 

Specialities: Poland and Eastern Europe BW defense systems, BSL-3 laboratory design, biodetection.