Jerzy Jurka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerzy Jurka

American scientist

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1950

Place of Birth: Ponikiew, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Jul-2014

Profession: biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jerzy Wladyslaw Jurka (June 4, 1950 – July 19, 2014) was a Polish-American computational and molecular biologist.
He served as the assistant director of research at the Linus Pauling Institute prior to founding the Genetic Information Research Institute.
He collaborated with several notable scientists including George Irving Bell, Roy Britten, Temple Smith, and Emile Zuckerkandl.
His Erdos number is 3, using the path through Temple Smith and Stanislaw Ulam.