Maria Radzislawa Hepel (Skiba)
Chemistry educator, researcher
Born Wschowa, Poland; came to U.S., 1980; daughter Jozef and Janina (Markowska); married Tadeusz Hepel; children: Miroslaw, Jaroslaw.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), 1969, Ph.D., 1976, Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland).
Career: instructor, 1969-73, senior instructor, 1973-76, assistant prof., 1977-80, Jagiellonian University; research associate, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, 1980-82; senior research associate, 1982-85, assistant prof., 1983-84, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY); associate prof. (chemistry), 1985-91, prof., 1991 -, State University of New York (SUNY), Potsdam; consultant, State University of NewYork (SUNY), Air Force Project, Buffalo, 1987, 1989; visiting scientist, Syracuse University, 1990 (summer), Bristol University (United Kingdom), 1991, KFA Forschungszentrum, Julich (Germany), 1992, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1992 (summer).
Author: 3 book chapters; over 50 articles in the field of electro-chemistry and electroanalytical chemistry in professional journals; over 90 conference papers; 7 patents in the field of mineral processing; reviewer for: Analytical Chemistry, Electrochimica Acta, Journal of Electrochemical Society, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Trends in Polymer Science, Bioactive and Biodegradable Polymers.
Member of: International Society of Electrochemistry (co-chairman, Analytical Electrochemical Division, 1991-93); International Association for Hydrogen Energy; Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry; New York Academy of Science; Electrochemical Society; American Chemical Society; American Physical Society; Amrican Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society; American Association of University Women (AAUW).
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; grants, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), State University of New York (SUNY), National Science Foundation (NSF); Outstanding Teaching Assistant, 1974, chancellor's award, 1977, Jagiellonian University; award for outstanding Ph.D. thesis, Ministry of Science (Poland), 1977; Young Chemist award, Polish Chemical Society, 1978; Significant Research Enhancement award, Graduate Research Institute, State University of New York (SUNY), Albany, 1988; Five Years of Service recognition award, State University of New York (SUNY), Potsdam, 1990; Research Corporation award, Bristol - Meyers Squibb Pharmacy, 1991; listed in: Who's Who in American Science and Engineering, 1992, Who's Who of American Women, 1993, Who's Who in the World, 1994.
Languages: Polish, English.
Office: State University of New York, Chemistry Department, Potsdam, NY 13676.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996