Piotr Drabik, former head of the Biological Regeneration Lab and Assistant Professor at the University School of Physical Education in Gdansk, wrote articles for Stadion Publishing on use of supplements in sports training, on how physical efforts affect immunity, and on the mechanisms of fatigue.
Until September 2006 (when he disapeared) a NSERC Visiting Fellow at National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, Edmonton, Alberta. Before that a NSERC Visiting Fellow at Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec.
He holds a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from the University School of Physical Education in Gdansk. The thesis was awarded by the Prime Minister of Poland as the best Ph.D. dissertation in Poland in 1998, a M.Sc. in Biological Regeneration and Physiotherapy (University School of Physical Education in Gdansk), a M.Sc. in Molecular Biology (Faculty of Biology, Geography and Oceanography, University of Gdansk). He also has a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk) and a M.Sc. in Astrophysics (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Gdansk).
Thanks to his background in physiology, molecular biology, and chemistry, Piotr Drabik offered state-of-the art insight to knowledge about supplementation and speeding up recovery.
His fluency in English, Polish, and Russian, and his direct professional contacts with the Institutes of Physical Education and Sports in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine keep him very well-informed of the latest research and practices of leaders in the use of means of recovery.
Piotr Drabik, like all authors working with Stadion Publishing, is an athlete. He competed in taekwondo (WTF) with considerable success at the national level. He competed in the Junior Championships of Poland (silver in 1990), Youth Championships of Poland (silver in 1992 and 1993), Senior Championships of Poland (silver in 1992, bronze in 1995), and the International Tournament in Taekwondo, Lomza, Poland (silver in 1994). His other athletic interests are mountaineering, trekking (in the world’s most remote areas), yachting, skydiving, and scuba diving.
His intellectual hobbies are philosophy (epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion), astrobiology, meteorology, and history (the middle ages, polar explorations).
Piotr Drabik has disappeared in September of 2006 after he landed on the island of Kaua’i, Hawaii, where he was seen on airport security cameras. He arrived there from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), through Salt Lake City, Utah, and Honolulu, Hawaii.
Police in Utah and in Hawaii have long ago stopped searching for him. His father, Jozef Drabik (author of Stadion’s book Children and Sports Training), has not given up and asks for any leads.
Here is a physical description of Piotr Drabik:
Male, Caucasian, age 37 (born 05/14/1972), height 184 cm (6 ft 1 in), build slim (about 175 pounds), hair dark brown/black, a bird-like cross tattoo on his upper left arm. Polish citizen, employed by Canada’s National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada in Edmonton, Alberta. He was 34 years-old when he disappeared.
If you have seen him on or after September of 2006, or know anything about his whereabouts, please e-mail us at infoATstadionDOTcom.