"Potpourri" - Joe's New Book Now Available on Amazon
Peppe (Joe) Polacco
Author
Biochemist, Professor Emeritus, World Traveler, and Native Brooklynite
Potpourri fits well in a title for one man's diverse travels, adventures, and experiences. Joe Polacco captures them them with a variety of poetic genres. The effect, instead of dizzying, is a pleasing kaleidoscope of imagery, understanding, and feeling.
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BIO
Joseph C. ( Joe) Polacco is currently Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the
University of Missouri in Columbia MO.
He was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn NY and was educated in New York
City public schools, followed by a BS in Biochemistry at Cornell (1966) and a PhD
in Biochemistry and Genetics at Duke (1971).
Joe combined foreign experience and Biochemisty at the Universidad del
Valle (Cali, Colombia, 1972-1973); Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1999-2000); Universidad
Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina (Aug-Dec 2005); Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul,
Brasil (2008-2010), and Visiting Professor, Escola Superior de Agricultura, Universidade Federal de
São Paulo (Piracicaba) (2012).
Joe was recognized with awards in teaching, and in foreign involvement including two Fulbright
Fellowships, to Spain and Argentina. He has an extensive scientific publication record and, since
retiring from active science research, Joe has authored five non-science-themed books, including
Peppe ( Joe) Polacco’s Potpourri: Prose-Poetry Paired Peripatetic Perspectives (2026).
Joseph C. ( Joe) Polacco is currently Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the
University of Missouri in Columbia MO.
He was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn NY and was educated in New York
City public schools, followed by a BS in Biochemistry at Cornell (1966) and a PhD
in Biochemistry and Genetics at Duke (1971).
Joe combined foreign experience and Biochemisty at the Universidad del
Valle (Cali, Colombia, 1972-1973); Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1999-2000); Universidad
Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina (Aug-Dec 2005); Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul,
Brasil (2008-2010), and Visiting Professor, Escola Superior de Agricultura, Universidade Federal de
São Paulo (Piracicaba) (2012).
Joe was recognized with awards in teaching, and in foreign involvement including two Fulbright
Fellowships, to Spain and Argentina. He has an extensive scientific publication record and, since
retiring from active science research, Joe has authored five non-science-themed books, including
Peppe ( Joe) Polacco’s Potpourri: Prose-Poetry Paired Peripatetic Perspectives (2026).
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