Office: Academic Center 107
                                                      Telephone: 724-589-2050 (office)
                                                      Fax: 724-589-2021
                                                      E-mail: apavlick@thiel.edu

                       Schedule for Spring 2008

                             Chemistry 140 - General Chemistry I

                             Chemistry 370 - Instrumental Analysis

                       Office Hours

                                 T    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

                                 W   1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

                                 Th   11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                                 and by appointment

                       Instrumental Review

                                  F     1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Educational Background

Interests and Experience

Can harmful impacts on the environment be mitigated?  In the broadest sense, I have long been interested in the complex processes that make up the environment and our impacts on those processes.  I have focused on understanding the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment in a variety of aspects including low temperature geochemistry, environmental tobacco smoke, ambient mercury levels, NOx catalysts for diesel engines, and remediation strategies for abandoned mine drainage.  While I still enjoy picking a problem apart into its fundamental components, I have recently become interested in practical, workable approaches to environmental problems. 

Personal Info

There is a Rufino Tamayo poster, Schrödinger's cat, and lots of papers stacked in what appears to be random piles in my office.  I drink tea of all kinds and am very particular about the proper use of safety glasses.  After promising myself that once was enough, I am again refinishing wood floors in an old house.  I love wooden boats and plan to build one someday.

Publications

Abstracts/Posters/Peer Reviewed Articles

Work with Undergraduates is highlighted in red.

Pavlick, A. (2007) Participating in CWCS workshops in the core of one's discipline vs. the periphery:  A comparison of benefits.  Abstracts of Papers, 223rd National Meeting of the ACS, Chicago, IL  March 25-29.

Pavlick, A. (2006) A critical evaluation of interferences associated with standard methods for the determination of acidity in mine drainage. Poster Presentation, Northeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (NERM), Binghamton, NY, October 5-7.

Reinsel, T., and A. Pavlick (2006)  Bisphenol-A:  Everybody has it, but how much are you getting?  Poster Presentation, ACS-SA Regional Meeting, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 22.

Pischera, A., and A. Pavlick (2006) The sorption and photodegredation of Sumigac®:  A method development. Poster Presentation, ACS-SA Regional Meeting, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 22.

Martello D.V., N. J. Pekney, P. C. Rohar and A. Pavlick (2005) Ambient mercury monitoring in the greater Pittsburgh region.  Poster Presentation, American Association for Aerosol Research Particulate Matter Supersites Program & Related Studies Conference, Atlanta, GA, February 7-10.

Timko, S., and A. Pavlick (2005) A Comparison of Methods for the Determination of Acidity in Abandoned Mine Drainage.  Poster Presentation, ACS-SA Meeting in Miniature, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 23.

Pavlick, A., P. C. Rohar, J. P. Tamilia, K. Waldner and D.V. Martello (2004) Ambient air mercury sampling in the Pittsburgh region - 2004.  Poster Presentation, USGS 2004 Mercury Workshop, Reston, VA, August 17-18.

Pankow, J. F., A. J. Tesoriero and A. Pavlick (2000) The importance of solid solutions in determining metal behavior in natural waters.  Abstracts of Papers, 220th National ACS Meeting, Washington DC, June 20-23.

Pavlick, A. and J. F. Pankow (1999) The solid solution/aqueous solution partitioning of cadmium to calcite.  Abstracts of Papers, Northwest Regional ACS Meeting, Portland, OR, June 20-23.

Pankow, J. F., B. T. Mader, L. M. Isabelle, W. Luo, A. Pavlick, and C. Liang (1997) Conversion of nicotine in tobacco smoke to its volatile and available free-base form through the action of gaseous ammonia, Environmental Science and Technology, 31, 2428-2433.

Sheffield, A.E. and A. Pavlick (1993) Surface area and compositional analysis of atmospheric particles, Abstracts of Papers, Eastern Analytical Symposium, November 14-19.