Associate Professor of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA
Phone: (509) 592-7954
Email: czajak@uga.edu
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA
Phone: (509) 592-7954
Email: czajak@uga.edu
Degree | Year | Field of study |
Intern | 1991-1992 | Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland (Neuroscience) |
D.V.M. | 1993 | Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland (Veterinary Medicine) |
* | 1995 | *NCB Specialist: Department of Biological Structures, Functions and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy (Neuroscience) |
Ph.D. | 1997 | Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland (Neuroscience) |
** | 1997 | **Plastination Specialist: The Institute for Plastination and The Anatomical Institute of Heidelberg University, Germany (Plastination methods PEM 27, P 40) |
Postdoc | 1999,2001, 2003 | United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Physiology Research Unit, Athens, Georgia, USA (Trans-synaptic tracing) |
Postdoc | 2004-2007 | Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology (VCAPP), Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA, USA (Feeding behavior) |
Krzysztof Czaja, Associate Professor at University of Georgia in Athens, received his D.V.M. in 1993 from the Veterinary Medicine College at Academy of Agriculture and Technology in Olsztyn, Poland. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroanatomy from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland in 1997. From 1997-2007 he did postdoctoral work at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland; the Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg, Germany and United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Physiology Research Unit, Athens, GA, USA. In 2007, he was appointed to the faculty as an Assistant Professor at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. In 2015, Dr. Czaja joined the Veterinary Biosciences & Diagnostic Imaging Department at University of Georgia in Athens. He is an author of over 50 peer-reviewed research papers and several book chapters.
1992-1993 | Technician: Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland. (Research Associate: 100%) |
1993-1997 | Research Assistant/Ph.D. Student: Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland. (Research: 60%; Teaching: 40%- Gross Anatomy, Comparative Animal Anatomy, And Clinical Anatomy) |
1995-2001 | Member: Warmia and Mazury Veterinary Chamber |
1997-1998 | Postdoc Fellow: Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland. (Research: 50%; Teaching: 50%- Gross Anatomy, Comparative Animal Anatomy, and Clinical Anatomy) |
1998-2004 | Adjunct Professor: University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland. (Research: 50%; Teaching: 50%- Gross Anatomy, Comparative Animal Anatomy, and Clinical Anatomy) |
2002-2004 | Public Council of Hospitals: Voivodeship Representative Voivodeship Ecological Council– Secretary |
2004-2007 | Research Assistant Professor: VCAPP Department, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA. (Research: 100%) |
2007-2008 | Clinical Assistant Professor: VCAPP Department, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA. (Research: 50%; Teaching: 50%- Gross Anatomy) |
2008-2014 | Assistant Professor: VCAPP Department, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA. (Research: 45%; Teaching: 45%- Gross Anatomy; Service: 10%) |
2014-2015 | Associate Professor: IPN, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA. (Research: 45%; Teaching: 45%- Gross Anatomy; Service: 10%) |
2015-present | Associate Professor: VBDI, UGA, Athens, GA, USA. (Research: 45%; Teaching: 45%- Gross Anatomy; Service: 10%) |
1993 | Outstanding Veterinary Medicine Graduate Student, University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn, Poland |
1998 | Outstanding PhD Thesis, Prime Minister of Poland |
1999 | Award of Olsztyn Science Forum, President of City of Olsztyn, Poland |
1999 | USDA Award for Polish-American Science Promotion, Athens, GA, USA |
2000 | Presidential Award, University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn, Poland |
2009 | Awarded the WSU Honors College Faculty Thesis Advisor of the Year 2009 |
2009 | Nominated the WSU 2009 Mentor of the Year Awards Program |
2012 | Award of Excellence for Outstanding Performance and Lasting Contributions as a Faculty Advisor, GPSA, WSU (Fall 2011) |
2014 | Jerry Newbrey Teaching Scholar |
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