Zuzana Zajickova Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D. in 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

Joined Barry: August 2006

Courses

• CHE 111, CHE 111L General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis with Lab, I 
• CHE 321 Quantitative Analysis & Lab
• CHE 421 Instrumental Analysis & Lab
• CHE 395, 495 Research
• CHE 300 Special Topics

Research Interests

• Preparation and characterization of monolithic capillary columns with surface nanolayer of polymer coating
• Detection of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in rubber products
• Studies of excited state dipole moments

Selected Research Publication

• Synthesis of bis-intercalators with an aminochloropyrimidine ring as potential anticancer agents, Yuxiang Zhao, Hui Liang Yuan, Zuzana Zajíčková, and Cyril Párkányi, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry (2006), 43, 1729
• Photodegradation of the 2-mercaptobenzothiazole disulfide and related benzothiazoles, Zuzana Zajíčková and Cyril Párkányi, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Sep-Oct. 2007, submitted

Selected Conference Presentation

• Photodegradation of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole disulfide, 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006

Collaborators

• Švec František Ph.D., Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis Facility, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
• Párkányi Cyril Ph.D., Department of chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Honors / Awards

• Dissertation Year Award, Division of Sponsored Research, Florida Atlantic University, 2005

Professional Memberships

• Reviewer for the Journal of Separation Science
• American Chemistry Society
• Gamma Sigma Epsilon, Chemistry Honor Society
• Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society

Contact Information

Office: Wiegand 128
Telephone: 305-899-3238
Fax: 305-899-3479
E-mail: zzajickova@mail.barry.edu