L. Zaikowski addresses the audience at the
9th Annual Symposium on the South Shore Estuary.
Lori Zaikowski, Ph.D.
E-mail
(631)244-3180
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dowling College
Oakdale, NY 11769
FAX: (631)244-1033
Education
Ph.D and M.S.: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 1996. Dissertation Title: Flash Vacuum Thermolysis of Non-Volatile Compounds.

B.S.: Biological Sciences major, Environmental Science and Public Policy minor State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 1986. Research Assistant at the Marine Sciences Research Center SUNY Stony Brook 1985-87.

Permanent New York State Teaching Certification in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and General Science, Grades 7-12.

Undergraduate courses
CHM 3025A, 3026A Organic Chemistry Lecture I and II
CHM 3027A, 3028A Organic Chemistry Laboratory I and II
CHM 4076A, 4076L Instrumental Analysis Lecture and Laboratory
CHM/BIO 4101A Biochemistry
CHM 4187A Environmental Chemistry
CHM 4181A Special Topics in Chemistry: Soil Chemistry
NSC 2003C Science and the Concept of Evolution
NSC 2004C The Science of Natural Systems
MSC 1006A Elements of Oceanography
First Year Experience Seminars:
FYE 1041A Environmental Restoration: Brownfields to Greenfields
FYE 1042A Chemical Change Across Space and Time
Senior Seminars:
ASC 4139C Our World and its Future
ASC 4186C Science, Technology, and Values

Graduate courses
Environmental Chemistry CHM 6601A
Ethics and Values in Science NSM 6603A

Other Professional Experience
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY. Guest Research Appointment and Faculty and Student Team Program (FaST). Chemistry Department: Thermal and Photoreactions Group.
Columbia University, New York, NY. Adjunct Associate Professor. School of International and Public Affairs. Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy Program.

Book Publication:
Zaikowski, L. and Friedrich, J.M. (Eds.) (2008) Chemical Evolution across Space and Time: From the Big Bang to Prebiotic Chemistry. American Chemical Society Symposium Series #981. New York: Oxford University Press.

"Chemical Evolution II: From Origins of Life to Modern Society" Symposium at the 2008 American Chemical Society National Meeting. April 7-8, 2008.

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Areas of Technical Expertise:
Proton and carbon NMR, GC/MS, IR, UV/vis, HPLC, water quality monitoring, flash vacuum thermolysis, organic synthesis, solenoid valve and injector systems, construction of electronic circuitry, machine shop equipment, nutrient autoanalyzer, and cell culture.

Instrumental talents:
violin and guitar

Languages:
Spanish and French

Links:
Biosketch
NSF Noyce Scholarship Program
Field Biology Club
Chemistry in Action Research program
South Shore Estuary Watch
Annual South Shore Estuary Symposium and Clam Bake
Environmental Council
Dowling College Department of Chemistry