StephanieZaleski, PhD Faculty Profile

Stephanie Zaleski, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

stephanie.zaleski@csueastbay.edu
(510) 885-3452
(341) 336-6537
M 10-11 am, W 1-2 pm, or by appointment
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What makes me unique

Stephanie Zaleski joined the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at CSU East Bay in Fall 2020. She obtained her BA in Biochemistry from Barnard College in 2011 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University in 2016, where her thesis work focused on the combination of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with electrochemistry to study single molecule electron transfer and develop new sensors for drug analysis. Between 2016-2020, she held postdoctoral research positions at multiple cultural institutions across the US, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, and Northwestern University – Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts.

My research group works at the interface of analytical, physical and materials chemistry. We study the fundamental optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies and apply the chemical sensitivity of vibrational spectroscopies such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to molecular sensing problems relevant to art conservation, point of care sensing and environmental monitoring.
PhD, Northwestern UniversityBA, Barnard College

Fall Semester 2025

Course #	Sec	Course Title	Days	From	To	Location	Campus
CHEM 420	1A	Instrumental Analysis	W	2:00PM	4:30PM	SC-N447	Hayward Campus
CHEM 112L	1B	General Chem Lab II	TTH	2:00PM	4:30PM	SC-S421	Hayward Campus
CHEM 161	1B	Basic Chem Health Sciences	TU	8:15AM	10:45AM	SC-S421	Hayward Campus
CHEM 681	05	Research	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 690	02	Independent Study	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 697	01	Issues in Chemistry	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 680	01	Seminar	M	12:00PM	12:50PM	SC-S302	Hayward Campus
CHEM 480	01	Undergrad Research	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 490	05	Independent Study	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 690	01	Independent Study	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 420	01	Instrumental Analysis	MW	11:00AM	11:50AM	SC-S302	Hayward Campus

Select Publications
1. S. Zaleski, E. Montagnino*, L. B. Brostoff, C. L. Ward-Bamford, F. France, I. S. Muller, A. C. Buechele, M. Loew. “Application of Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy for the Detection of Historical Glass Deterioration.” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103 (1), 158-166 (2020)
2. Zaleski, Y. Takahashi, M. Leona. “Natural and Synthetic Arsenic Sulfide Pigments in Japanese Woodblock Prints of the Late Edo Period.” Heritage Science, 6 (32), (2018)
3. Zaleski, K. C. Clark*, M. Smith*, J. Y. Eilert, M. Doty, R. P. Van Duyne. “Rapid Identification and Quantification of Intravenous Therapy Drugs using Normal Raman Spectroscopy and Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” Anal. Chem., 89, 2497-2504 (2017)
4. F. Pozzi, S. Zaleski, F. Casadio, R. P. Van Duyne. “SERS Discrimination of Closely Related Molecules: A Systematic Study of Natural Red Dyes in Binary Mixtures” J. Phys. Chem. C, 120 (37), 21017-21026 (2016)
5. S. Zaleski, M. F. Cardinal, J. M. Klingsporn, R. P. Van Duyne. “Observing Single, One-Electron Heterogeneous Charge Transfer Reactions” J. Phys. Chem. C. 119 (50), 28226-28234 (2015)
*denotes undergraduate contribution

StephanieZaleski, PhD Faculty Profile