Orlando E. Raola

Classes

• Section 6896 of CHEM 1A: General Chemistry -- Spring 2013: 01/14/2013 - 5/25/2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 6897 of CHEM 1A: General Chemistry -- Spring 2013: 01/14/2013 - 5/25/2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 8562 of CHEM 1A: General Chemistry -- Spring 2013: 01/14/2013 - 5/25/2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  

Biography

Born in Havana, Cuba in 1955. Lives in Greenbrae with his wife Elsa Torres. Their son Abel (born 1987) attends Humboldt State University.

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of California Santa Barbara (2005)
M.S. in Chemistry at California State University, Hayward (1999).
B.S. in Chemistry (Sp. Licenciado) at University of Havana, Havana, Cuba (1978).

Academic Experience

2004 - 2005 Penn State Univeristy, Erie, Penn.
Lecturer for Chem 12 General Chemistry, Chem 221 Quantitative Analysis, Chem 445 Instrumental Analysis.

2004 University of California Santa Barbara
Lecturer for Chem 101: Problems in Environmental Chemistry

2003 Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Instructor for Chemistry 155: General Chemistry.

2001-2003 University of California Santa Barbara
Occasional substitute for Professor in Chem 268A, Chem 268B: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

1999-2002 University of California, Santa Barbara
Teaching Assistant for Chem 1AL, 1BL, 1CL, 1AC, 1BC, 1CC: General Chemistry Lab.

Work and Consulting Experience

1998-1999 XRF Applications Specialist, Kevex Instruments, Valencia, Calif.

1996-1998 Chemist Matheson Gas Products Newark, Calif.

1995-1996 Chemist, General Chemical Corp. Pittsburg, Calif.

1994-1995 Chemist, Charles Evans & Assoc. Redwood City, Calif.

Professional Areas of Interest

Chemical Education: Exploring the ways in which people solve problems, looking for the most effective approaches to teach that ability. Developing new textbook and laboratory materials that succeed to convey to the future scientist and engineers the exciting atmosphere and extraordinary variety of contemporary chemical knowledge.

Analytical chemistry and materials science: Application of a vast array of analytical techniques, including synchrotron radiation sources, as well as neutron and x-ray diffraction/scattering probes to the characterization of nano-phase materials and samples of environmental interest.

Professional Involvement and Community Service

Member of the American Chemical Society, I have received training in mentoring individuals belonging to traditionally underrepresented groups in the physical sciences in order to help them overcome any barriers towards a successful career in this field.

Presentations and Publications

Raola, Orlando E. and Strouse, Geoffrey F. (2003), X-ray absorption and Mossbauer spectroscopic study of the local environment of doping europium ion in nanocrystalline CdSe, Abstracts of Papers, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September 7-11, 2003, INOR-570.

Kawai, Jun; Tohno, Susumu; Kitajima, Yoshinori; Raola, Orlando E.and Takaoka, Masaki (2003),Depth selective chemical state analysis of Pb and S in fly ash in municipal solid waste incinerators using X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Spectrochimica Acta, Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 58B, 4, 635-639.

Raola, Orlando E. and Strouse, Geoffrey F. (2002), Synthesis and Characterization of Eu-Doped Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals, Nano Letters, 2, 12, 1443-1447

Links

My teaching portfolio presented for the California College and University Teaching Certificate at UCSB