Dr. Finzel is the Chairman of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at Hofstra University and has served in this position since 1990. He served on the faculty in this Department from 1981 to 1990. Dr. Finzel’s research interests have focused on the mechanisms of organic reactions. He has extensive experience on the use of kinetic methods and nuclear magnetic resonance to study mechanistic pathways. He also has considerable expertise in computational chemistry and teaches courses on this subject.
Dr. Finzel has been an active participant in the American Chemical Society over the past 25 years. He chaired the New York Section of the ACS in 1989 and served on the Board of Directors for nearly 10 years. He chaired the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the ACS in 1995, and served for five years on the jury of the prestigious Nichols Medal. Dr. Finzel has published numerous papers in prestigious journals, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of Physical Chemistry. Dr. Finzel has been involved with research on the TCP technology for over three years. Dr. Finzel received his B.S. degree in Chemistry and an M.S. degree in Organic Chemistry from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from Northwestern University. |