Maria R. Hepel
Prof. Maria R. Hepel is professor and chair of chemistry at the State University of New York at Potsdam. She is also the program chair for NERM 2010.
Program chair
If you have questions regarding the program at NERM 2010, please contact Prof. Hepel at hepelmrATpotsdam.edu .
Presentations
Prof. Hepel will present on "Resonance Elastic Light Scaterring (RELS) Spectroscopy for Monitoring Biomolecule-Induced Gold Nanoparticle Assembly" in the symposium Nanotechnology: Emerging analytical/bioanalytical & medical applications. She will also present on "DNA unwinding and oxidative damage caused by toxicants" in the symposium Oxidative stress and antioxidants: diagnosis and therapy.
Biography
Maria Hepel was born in a small town of Wschowa, Poland in a family with four siblings.
Her interest in science was sparked by the high-school chemistry teacher, who was running the Chemistry Club, where students after the class had an opportunity to run a variety of interesting experiments. At her last two years in the high-school she took part in the Regional and National Chemistry Olympics. As the winner of these competitions she was awarded a free entrance to any University in Poland without taking entrance examinations in chemistry programs. To study chemistry, she selected Jagiellonian University in Cracov. Cracov, with medieval architecture not destroyed by the World War II, was at that time the cultural center in Poland. Jagiellonian University was founded in 1364 by the King Jagiello and his wife Jadwiga. Maria has received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemistry at the Jagiellonian University. In the meantime, she got married to Tadeusz Hepel and had two children, Miroslaw and Jaroslaw.
In 1980, she was invited to join the Osteryoung’s group at SUNY Buffalo to do postdoctoral research. Next, she moved to Brooklyn to work at Brooklyn College, CUNY, for two years. After this, she accepted a faculty position at SUNY Potsdam, where she has worked for 25 years.
Her older son Miroslaw graduated from Clarkson University B.S. and SUNY Buffalo with M.Sc degree in computer & electrical engineering. Currently, he works at the Lockheed Co. and lives with his wife and two children Alex and Bruce in Syracuse. Her younger son Jaroslaw graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in biology & psychology. He received his M.D. diploma from the Medical University of Rochester. He did his residency at Tufts University completing his specialization in radiation oncology and he has accepted the Research Professor position at the same school. He lives with his wife and daughter Silvannah in Boston.
