Sergey Nizkorodov's CV

CONTACT INFO

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE

• Taught upper-division undergraduate, lower-division undergraduate, and graduate level courses
• Excellent teaching evaluations from students at all levels
• Direct supervision of graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral researchers
• Research with undergraduate students resulting in peer-reviewed publications
• Extensive public education and outreach work
• Over fifty research papers in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and others
• Over fifty seminars, invited talks, public talks, contributed talks, and poster presentations
• Extensive department, university, and research community service
  

EDUCATION

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor of Chemistry (July 2002 - present)
Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California

• Developed a new research program in photochemistry of organic aerosol particles
• Directly supervised 7 graduate students, 10 undergraduate students, and 3 postdoctoral researchers
• Organized a training summer program for grade 8-12 high school teachers

Dreyfus Postdoctoral Scholar in Environmental Chemistry (November 2000 - June 2002)
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Mentors: Dr. Mitchio Okumura, Dr. Paul Wennberg, Dr. Stanley Sander, Dr. Geoffrey Blake

• Spectroscopy of gas-phase HOONO
• Pressure broadening effects in the high-resolution absorption cross-section of NO₂
• Photodissociation of peroxy nitrates in the near-IR overtone bands

Postdoctoral Research Associate (October 1997 - October 2000)
JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado
Mentor: Dr. David J. Nesbitt

• Spectroscopy of rotationally-resolved water dimer overtones
• Vibrationally-mediated photodissociation of H₂O and Ar-H₂O
• State-to-state dynamics of fluorine atom hydrogen-abstraction reactions
• Chemical kinetics in the HO_x + O₃ system

Research Assistant (1993 - 1997)
Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Mento: Dr. John P. Maier

• High-resolution vibrational predissociation spectroscopy of proton-bound ionic complexes
• Solvent effects in spectroscopy of ionic clusters
• State-resolved photodissociation of ionic complexes

Research Assistant (1992 - 1993)
Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, Russia
Mentor: Dr. Vladimir I. Makarov

• Self-reactions of electronically excited NO₂
• Influence of a magnetic field on NO₂ fluorescence

PUBLICATIONS

• Fifty research papers in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and others
• Presented over thirty seminars, invited talks, public talks, contributed talks, and posters

REVIEWING EXPERIENCE

• Journal Article Reviews: Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters, Journal of Chemical Physics, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Atmospheric Research, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Langmuir.
• Proposal Reviews:ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Department of Energy SBIR program, Department of Energy ASP program, National Science Foundation – multiple programs, Research Corporation, Department of Energy PNNL lab, US Civilian Research and Development Foundation.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Chem 1C General Chemistry (Spring 07)
• Chem X416 AirUCI Summer Training Program in Environmental Chemistry for Science Teachers (Summers 05-09)
• Chem 5 Computational Skills (Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007)
• Chem 130C Physical Chemistry (Spring 2004)
• Freshman discussion (Winter 2005, Fall 2005, Fall 2007)
• Chem 206 Laboratory Skills (rotations; Summer 2003, 2004, 2007)
• Chem 290 Physical Chemistry Seminar (2003-2004)
• Chem 152L Advanced Analytical Chemistry undergraduate class (Winter 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
• Chem 245 Atmospheric Chemistry graduate class (Fall 2002, 2003, 2004)
• Physical chemistry – laboratory (1994-1997)

AFFILIATIONS

• American Chemical Society
• American Association for Aerosol Research
• American Geophysical Union
• Americal Physical Society

AWARDS

• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2007)
• UCI School of Physical Sciences Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education (2006)
• Coblentz Award (2005)
• Research Corporation Research Innovation Award (2003)
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Scholarship (2000)
• International Journal Student Paper Award from Elsevier Science and Finnigan MAT (1996)

OUTREACH

• Coordinating AirUCI Science teacher training program (2005-2009)
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) participant (2005)
• UCI COSMOS participant (2004-2006)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Chair of the School of Physical Sciences Steering Committee, UCI (2006-07)
• UCI Divisional Senate Assembly member, UCI (2005-2007)
• Graduate fellowships/awards committee member, UCI (2004-2006)
• Atmospheric chemistry graduate student advisor, UCI (2002-2006)
• Physical Chemistry Seminar chair (2003-2004)
• Informal graduate student seminar organizer (Summer 2003)

REFERENCES

• Prof. V. Ara Apkarian / University of California, Irvine (USA)
• Prof. Evan J. Bieske / University of Melbourne (Australia)
• Prof. Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts / University of California, Irvine (USA)
• Prof. John Hemminger / University of California, Irvine (USA)
• Prof. John P. Maier / University of Basel (Switzerland)
• Prof. David J. Nesbitt / University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)
• Prof. Mitchio Okumura / California Institute of Technology (USA)
• Dr. Stanley P. Sander / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA)
• Prof. Paul O. Wennberg / California Institute of Technology (USA)