Samuel S. Markowitz

Samuel S. Markowitz

Professor Emeritus

email: markowit@berkeley.edu
office: 115 Lewis Hall
phone: (510) 642-2922


Biography

  • Born 1931
  • B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1953)
  • M.A. Princeton University (1955)
  • Ph.D. Princeton Univerisity (1957)
  • LeRoy McKay Fellow, Princeton (1955)
  • Charlotte Elizabeth Proctor Fellow, Princeton (1956)
  • U.S. National Science Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Birmingham, (1958-59)
  • U. S. National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Faculte Des Sciences de L'Universite de Paris a Orsay, Laboratoire Joliot-Curie de Physique Nucleaire (1964-65)
  • Visiting Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1973-74)
  • Director, Board of Education of the Berkeley Unified School District (1969-73)
  • President of the Board (1971-72)
  • Elizabeth McFeely D'Urso Memorial Public Official Award of the Alameda County Education Association for "Oustanding Service to Public Education" (1973)
  • Member ACS, APS
  • Fellow AAAS, Sigma Xi Research Honorary, N.Y. Academy of Sciences, California Institute of Chemists, American Institute of Chemists; ACS, CA Section, Board of Directors (1983-85), Chair (1991), Chair of Budget Committee, National Councilor
  • Chairman and Faculty Liaison to Students Afiliates of ACS (SAACS)
  • Faculty Sr Scientist, Energy and Environmental Div., Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
  • Petersen Award Winner, ACS Calif Section, "Service to Chemistry" (2003)
  • ReElected ACS Natl Councilor, (2005-2007)
  • Keynote Speaker, Chico State Univ, 50th Anniversary of SAACS Chapter, (2006)
  • Calif Section, Ex-Comm
  • SAACS Chrmn

Teaching

Mainly Chem 1A, 1B; Chem 5, Chem 144 (Nuc Chem Lab)

Research

  • High-Energy Nuclear Reactions, Meson-Induced Nuc Rns
  • Nuclear Rns Induced by Helium-3 Ions
  • Sensitive Chem Analysis via He-3 Nuclear Rns
  • Chemistry of Atmospheric Aerosols