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Barry offers a living and learning community that values a diversity of perspectives and life experiences. That’s why at Barry, an education is far more than classrooms and tests; learning comes from everything around you.(Academics)

Zuzana Zajickova

Professor of Chemistry, Department Chairperson

Zuzana Zajickova
Zuzana Zajickova Professor of Chemistry, Department Chairperson

Education

  • Ph.D In Analytical Chemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Fl, 2006
  • M.S. In Analytical Chemistry, Slovak Technical University, Slovakia, 2000
  • B.S. In Chemical Technology, Slovak Technical University, Slovakia, 1998

Biography

RESEARCH INTERESTS Preparation and characterization of silica-, alumina- and organo-silica-based monolithic columns for applications in capillary-liquid chromatography SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Zajickova, Z.; Novakova, L.;Svec, F. Monolithic Poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) Columns for Supercritical Fluid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Polypeptide. Analytical Chemistry, 92(17), 11525-11529, 2020 Zajickova, Z. and Špánik, I. Applications of monolithic columns in gas chromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography. Journal of Separation Science, 42 (5), 999-1011, 2019 Narciso Meirelles, L.*; Silva Campos, T.*; Rodriguez, Z.*; Hernandez, R.*; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. “Single-pot” approach towards the preparation of alkyl and polyfluoroalkyl organo-silica monolithic capillaries for reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Journal of Separation Science, 41, 3669-3676, 2018 Zajickova, Z. Advances in the development and applications of organic-silica hybrid monoliths. Journal of Separation Science, 40 (1), 25-48, 2017 Zajickova, Z. Advances in the development and applications of organic-silica hybrid monoliths. Journal of Separation Science, 40 (1), 25-48, 2016 Tuning preparation conditions towards optimized separation performance of thermally polymerized organo-silica monolithic columns in capillary liquid chromatography. Gharbharan, D.*; Britsch, D.*; Soto, G.*; Weed, A-M.*; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. Journal of Chromatography A, 1408, 101-107, 2015 Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Tryptophan by Ferrate(VI). Sharma, V.; Casbeer, E.; Zajickova, Z.; Dionysiou, D. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(9), 4572-4580, 2013 Photopolymerized organo-silica hybrid monolithic columns: Characterization of their performance in capillary liquid chromatography. Weed, K. A-M.*; Dvornik, J.*; Stefancin, J.J.*; Gyapong, A.A.*; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. Journal of Separation Science, 36 (2), 270-278, 2013 In-situ sol-gel preparation of porous alumina monoliths for chromatographic separations of adenosine phosphates. Zajíčková, Z.; Rubi, E*; Švec, F. Journal of Chromatography A, 1218, 2011 Surface Modification of Silica-based Monolith with Poly(pentafluoropropyl methacrylate) Using Single Step Photografting. Zajíčková, Z.; Luna, J*; Švec, F. Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, 33:1640–1648, 2010 RESEARCH SUPPORT APPOINTMENTS AND HONORS 2021-2026 NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) “Engaged STEM Scholars” T. Hamilton (PI), S. Bingham (co-PI), K. Callaghan (co-PI), M. Destin (co-PI), Z. Zajickova (co-PI) $650,000 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant 2018-2019 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Barry University, FL 2019 2011-2015 RUI: National Science Foundation (NSF) "Surface functionalization of photopolymerized organic-silica hybrid monoliths by photoinitiated grafting." $224,114 2007- 2014 User, Molecular Foundry User Facility, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 2008-2010 Appointment to Faculty and Student Team Program, Department of Energy (DOE)/National Science Foundation (NSF) summer internship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) $73,250 2010-2011 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Barry University, FL 2012 2005 Dissertation Year Award, Division of Sponsored Research, Florida Atlantic University, FL UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE Elected Senator, Faculty Senate, 2010-2013, 2014-2017, 2018-2021 Chair, Chemistry Industry/Government Advisory Committee, since 2019 Director, Chemistry and Physics Tournament, 2014 to present Director, Annual S.T.E.M. Research Symposium, 2009-present MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFFESIONAL SERVICE ACS - American Chemical Society, since 2005 CASSS – An International Separation Science Society, since 2007 Guest Editor, Chromatography, Special Issue “Monolithic Columns in Separation Science” Reviewer, - National Science Foundation, Fulbright Egyptian Scholar Program, Chromatography, Journal of Chromatography A, Materials, Macromolecules, Electrophoresis, Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, Journal of Undergraduate Research, Journal of Separation Science, Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, Molecules, Advance Materials
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