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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

Spring Semester 2026

Course #	Sec	Course Title	Days	From	To	Location	Campus
CHEM 691	04	University Thesis	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 112L	1B	General Chem Lab II	MW	2:00PM	4:30PM	SC-S411	Hayward Campus
CHEM 693	01	Review Paper	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 111	01	General Chem I	TTH	9:30AM	10:45AM	SC-S204	Hayward Campus
CHEM 690	03	Independent Study	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 111L	1C	General Chem Lab I	TU	2:00PM	4:30PM	SC-S421	Hayward Campus
CHEM 681	03	Research	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 690	06	Independent Study	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 480	02	Undergrad Research	ARR			ARR	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