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Dr. Stephen MezykProfessor, Physical/Environmental
Chemistry Peterson Hall 2, Room 019 email: smezyk@csulb.edu(562)
985-4649 B.Sc. Physical Chemistry/Mathematics, University of
Melbourne, Australia, 1981 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of
Melbourne, Australia, 1990 Research Summary :
107 refereed publications (see recent CSULB Publications)
132 conference presentations
13 current research students (see Students and
Projects)
Research Funding at CSULB ($360,141.00)
from
Research Corporation (2 grants)
Water Reuse Foundation (3 grants)
Idaho National Laboratory (6 contracts)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (1 contract)
Argonne National Laboratory (1 contract)
Orange County Water District (1 contract)
CSULB Student Research Funding ($106,020.00)
from
Research Corporation (4)
Water Reuse Foundation (1)
Beckman Scholarships (3)
CSULB Women and Philanthropy Scholarships (4)
CSULB HHMI program (4)
CSULB RISE program (3)
CSULB MARC (2)
Principal courses taughtCHEM111B - General Chemistry II
(Kinetics, Equilibria, Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry) CHEM377A
Physical Chemistry I (Thermodynamics and Kinetics) CHEM377B
Physical Chemistry II (Quantum Mechanics, Spectroscopy)
Research Interests: Environmental/Analytical/Physical
ChemistryMy major research interests involve using physical and
analytical techniques to study free radical reactions in
environmental chemistry and biochemistry. Specifically I am
concerned with the experimental study of kinetics, energetics, and
mechanisms of short-lived (transient) species such as ions, excited
species, and radicals in the aqueous and gas/supercritical
phases.
Specific projects that we are currently working on
are:
1. Environmental remediation of contaminated
waters. We are interested in using highly energetic radicals such as
hydroxyl radicals and hydrated electrons generated directly in water
to remove organic chemical contaminants. (more)
2.
Chemistry of cancer. Many chemicals are known or are
suspected to cause cancer, however, their reactions and mechanisms
under physiological conditions has not been determined. We are
interested in how radical reactions are involved in these processes.
(more)
3.
Atmospheric ozone depletion chemistry. The radical reactions
of both natural and man-made chemicals contribute to the
upper-atmosphere ozone depletion chemistry. (more)
I
also have interests/projects in the areas of:
4.
Calculating reaction rate constants in water. For many
reactions the rate constants of interest cannot be directly
measured. Here we are interested in developing a computational
complement to experiment. (more)
5.
Kinetics and mechanisms of small radicals reactions in
solution In this project we are interested in how small radicals
behave in different solvents. (more)
6.
Supercritical fluid chemistry Of interest here are the
reactions of oxidizing radicals formed under high
temperature/pressures in planned Gen IV reactors. (more)
These
projects are performed using equipment at CSULB, in conjunction with
short visits to Department of Energy National Laboratories
(Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Brookhaven
National Laboratory, New York, and Idaho National Laboratory,
Idaho).
Please feel free to come by and talk to me about any
of these areas if you are interested.
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