Edward McNelis, Marek Zielinski, Kenneth Slotnick

Prof. Edward McNelis (Chairman, Chemistry Dept.), Dr. Marek Zielinski (Senior Scientist), Dr. Kenneth Slotnick.

Edward McNelis  

Edward McNelis, Chairman of the Chemistry Department in the Faculty of Arts and Science. He conducted groundbreaking research in the field of organic chemistry and was a distinguished member of the American Chemical Society. His recent research activities included papers on olefin metathesis, tamoxifen synthesis and the”6-5-7” method for bond angle estimation. His work resulted in over 70 publications and patents.

Marek Zielinski

          Dr. Zielinski came to the RSSL as a visiting scientist from the laboratory of Prof. Marion Kryszewski in Lodz, Poland.  He chose to remain in this country and was an extremely productive member of the laboratory, making important contributions to photoemission and photoconductivity studies.

Kenneth Slotnick  

          Dr. Slotnick was my doctoral student in the early 1980’s.  He successfully demonstrated the electrolysis of water to produce free oxygen at the anode portion or at the anode surface of an anthracene crystal.  He received his Ph. D. in 1982 and went on to a successful career in the pharmaceutical  industry.