Biographical Sketch of Chirakkal V. Krishnan

Education:

The University of Madras: B.Sc., Chemistry (1957); The University of
Bombay: M.Sc., Chemistry (1963); Ph. D., Chemistry (1966).

Appointments:

2002- Present. Consultant, Stony Brook Applied Research (STAR) and consultant, Garnett McKeen Lab, Islip, New York.

1971-2002 Teacher (full time), East Islip High School, Long Island, New York.

1986-2002 Visiting Professor of Chemistry and Director, Chemical Education ResourceCenter, University at Stony Brook.

1977-1986 Adjunct Associate Professor, University at Stony Brook.

1979-1986 Visiting Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.

1970-1976 (Half time) and 1967-1970 (full time) Postdoctoral Research Associate, University at Stony Brook.

1957-1967 Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Bombay, India.

Award and Honors:

Valedictorian, high school; Gold medal for Ph.D. thesis. 1984 Presidential Award from the President of the United States. 1984 American Chemical society's Nichols Award for High School Teaching.

1989 Chemical Manufacturers Associations National Catalyst Award, 1984 CMA's Regional Award. 1991 National Science Teachers Association's "Tapestry" award. 1991 Tandy Technology Award. 1992. Walt Disney's "American Teacher Award". "Educator of the Year 2000" by the Board of Directors of the For the Kids Foundation of East Islip, in conjunction with East Islip Public Schools.

Continuing Education:

1993, Disney workshop, "Communicating Disney Style"; 1990 & 1992 "Spring, sixteen credits in Restructuring Schools for Excellence in Education", "Patterns for l.D.E.A.S", A..F.T. Educational Research and Dissemination Program", "Keys to Motivation", and "Magnetic Levitation". 1984. One month Camille and Henry Dreyfus Institute in Chemical Education at Princeton University 1970 & 1971. Twelve credits in "Philosophy of Education" at the University at Stony Brook.

Teaching Experience:

32 years in high school. A. P. Chemistry, New York State Regents Chemistry and Physics, General Chemistry, Physical Science, Fundamentals of Science, Sports Science and Scientific Research.

Teaching at the University at Stony Brook: Freshmen Chemistry, Elementary Chemistry and Biological Chemistry for Non-Science and Allied Health Professions Majors. Five graduate courses for teachers and liberal arts majors: Methods of Teaching Chemistry in Jr. High Schools. Methods of Teaching Chemistry in High Schools. Chemistry for Elementary Schools. Demonstrations in Chemistry. Chemistry in Human Culture. "Introduction to Research in Chemistry" to gifted and talented high school students on Long island. Parents - Children Partnership in Chemistry ands physics, for children (K- 6) and their parents, hands-on activities summer workshops, chemistry, since 1987, and Physics, since 1991. Three research projects courses in chemistry for science and technology entry program minority students at the University at Stony Brook and at College of Westbury. 1985 Summer Teaching chemistry and supervising research, gifted and talented students (with SAT scores of more than 1500) from U. S. A., China and Israel, at Rickover Science Institute, Washington.

Director:

Woodrow Wilson Foundation TORCH Teacher institutes: Exocharmic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry of Life, Chemistry of Household Materials, Genes‑R‑Us, Mathematical Modeling, and IntegratingTechnology into Science. Short courses for teachers, supported by National Science Foundation and Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, at Stony Brook. Workshops in chemistry for teachers, at Science Teachers Association of New York State Annual Conferences. More than 600 "Magic of Chemistry" demonstrations shows during the last sixteen years to students (K - 12), and to students in several colleges. Director, Intel Summer Research Program for high school students at the University at Stony Brook, 2000 Spring - present. New York State Science Congress (1985 - 1986); Director, Long island Science Congress (1982 - 1984), Education Committee Chairman, American Chemical Society's Long island Section (1985 - 1987); Committee Member 1984 - 1990. Director, Intel (Westinghouse) Research Program for talented high school students at University at Stony Brook (1999-2000).

Publications:
Solution thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics of ionic solutions.
ionophorous antibiotics, inorganic photochemistry, electrochemistry and ion exchangers. Thirty six research publications. Contributions to chapters in four books related to solution thermodynamics. Seven chemical education publications, two books related to hands‑on chemistry and physics activities for parents and children, one lab manual for under-prepared college freshmen.

Consultant and Reviewer:
Bureau of Science Education, New York State.Co-authorof the New York State Regents Chemistry Syllabus, 1977 - 1998. Involved in the development of the new format of the Periodic Table of Elements adopted by IUPAC. Consultant for Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Suffolk and Nassau Counties, Long island. Workshops in chemistry and physics for gifted and talented students. Consultant for the lawyers, Yannacone associates, in the Agent orange Case (1980). Gave a course in basic chemistry and chemistry of agent orange to the lawyers, representing Vietnam Veterans. Consultant for Garnett McKeen Laboratory inc., involved in the electrochemistry of palladium enzymes used in cancer research. Reviewer ofCollege Freshmen andHigh school Chemistry Texts, Journal of Solution Chemistry and Journal of Chemical Education.