Norbert Myslinski is a neuroscientist who has devoted his professional life to teach about the human brain around the world. He helps fight neurological and psychological disorders by educating doctors, nurses, and research scientists in the field of neuroscience. He founded the International Brain Bee (IBB), to inspire and motivate young men and women to become professionals to treat and find cures for more than 1000 brain disorders. The IBB has now expanded to 200 chapters in 50 countries in 6 continents.
Born into a large family on a small farm in New York State, Norbert always had a passion for life. His grandparents fled from Poland to the United States just before World War I. His father fought in World War II, and Norbert served as a Captain in the Medical Service Corp during the Viet Nam War. A devoted Catholic all his life, Norbert was schooled by nuns and priests in elementary school, high school and college where he excelled as a star football player.
Norbert fell in love and married his high-school sweet heart who served as a nurse for the American Red Cross. They followed their dreams from Buffalo to Chicago to Boston to Baltimore for ten years, until she tragically died of a brain tumor. His father suffered from Guilain-Barre Syndrome and died of a stroke. His brother suffers from spinal cord injury and polyneuroma. His cousins are also victims of other brain disorders including multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, autism and drug addiction. Norbert cares for his mother who still lives with Alzheimer’s disease. Norbert eventually remarried and is the proud father of his son, Matthew, and daughter, Kelly.
Having received his doctorate in neuropharmacology from the University of Illinois, Norbert continued his training in post-doctoral studies in neurochemistry at Tuft’s University, sabbatical studies in sensory neurophysiology at Bristol University in England, as well as courses in cognitive neuroscience from Harvard University and journalism from Johns Hopkins University. He has served as a professor at the University of Maryland for the last four decades, and is adjunct professor in psychology at Stevenson University. He contributed to the curriculum of the Community College of Baltimore, the On-Line Laureate University, and the University of Dubai. He is also devoted to improving the lives of the lay public by giving free lectures at public libraries, museums, elementary schools, high schools, colleges, the deaf and the blind, the Baltimore Prison System and universities throughout the world.
Dr. Myslinski is the author of hundreds of professional and lay publications, recipient of millions of dollars in grant money, and numerous awards. Awards include the best All-Round Student Award from high school, Distinguished Military Graduate from college, the top Founder’s Day Award for Public Service from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, the Neuroscience Education Award from the Society for Neuroscience, Alumni of the Year Awards from Saint Mary’s High School and Canisius College, and Best Teacher of the Year Award. He was President of the Baltimore Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. He has appeared dozens of times on television and radio, and has been cited hundreds of times in the press world-wide.
For the future, Dr. Myslinski remains devoted to his family and neuroscience education. Compassion for his fellow man drives him to continue building better brains to fight brain disorders.
