Stephanie Zaleski, PhD Faculty Profile

Stephanie  Zaleski, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

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.