Vladimir Fainzilberg Earns Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement


July 6, 2000 - Vladimir Fainzilberg, a professor of chemistry at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, N.Y., was recently awarded a Long Island University Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement (TASA) at the 22nd annual awards ceremony. The TASA Award is bestowed in recognition of the professional contributions of Long Island University's professors throughout its six campuses in the New York metropolitan area. Dr. Fainzilberg's achievements in the field of chemistry have been numerous and noteworthy.

A native of the Ukrainian Republic, Dr. Fainzilberg joined the Department of Molecular and Chemical Physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1969. He earned his M.S. in quantum and theoretical chemistry in 1975, the same year he was appointed research associate in the Institute of Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian Republic. In 1976, he joined the cluster chemistry group at the Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences, and in 1981, earned his Ph.D. in theoretical and mathematical physics from Kishinev State University.

Since joining its faculty in 1992, Dr. Fainzilberg has brought tremendous depth to C.W. Post's Chemistry Department. His research is focused mainly on magnetochemistry radiospectroscopy of exchange clusters consisting of transition and rare-earth ions. His research has been summarized in 36 articles, one monographic review and numerous conference proceedings. He has received more than 100 scientific citations.

For more information, call the C.W. Post Public Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.

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