Updated: August 2007
Personal
Education
B.Sc., Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University |
M.Sc. (cum laude), Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University.
Thesis: Transannular Reactions in Cembranes.
Advisor: Prof. Yoel Kashman
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Teaching Certificate, Chemistry, School of Education, Tel-Aviv University |
Ph.D., Organometallic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University
Dissertation: Catalytic Activity of New Types of Cyclopentadienone Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes and Others.
Advisor: Prof. Youval Shvo |
Honors and Awards
Weinberg Award, The Zalman and Sima Weinberg Foundation |
The Engineers Association Award for Achievements in Research |
The Dean's Award, Tel-Aviv University |
Research and Development Experience
M.Sc. Research Scientist, Organic Synthesis, Tel-Aviv University |
Research Chemist, Department of Organic Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University |
Ph.D. Research Scientist, investigated the Mechanism of Water-Gas-Shift-Reaction in the Presence of Ruthenium Catalyst and the Structures of those Ruthenium Complexes, Tel-Aviv University. |
Experience with various information processing software programs that interpret X-Ray Spectrum and Molecular Orbital Energies (HOMO and LUMO) of Organic Complexes of Ruthenium. |
Teaching Assistant for M.Sc. students of Organometallic Chemistry |
1992 - Developed and wrote a laboratory course on General Chemistry - Pathways in Chemistry Laboratories, The Open University of Israel. |
Participated in developing a multimedia software program in Organic Chemistry. |
Planned, developed and applied Qualification Courses in Chemistry for high-school and junior high-school teachers. |
Planning and applied several distance-learning courses in Chemistry. |
Developed and wrote the Computer Applications course for Science courses. |
Developed and wrote the Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry. |
Developed and wrote a General Chemistry course, based on Peter Atkins and Loretta Jones (2004) Chemical Principles – The Quest for Insight. New York: W.H. Freeman and Co. |
Developed and wrote an Organic Chemistry course, based on P.Y. Bruice (2004) Organic Chemistry. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. |
Teaching Experience
Tel-Aviv University |
Guided B.Sc. Students of Life Science in the Organic Chemistry.
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Tel-Aviv University |
Guided B.Sc. Students of Chemistry in the Organic Chemistry Lab. Taught Chemistry in the Preparatory Courses for Science Studies and for Medicine Studies.
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The Abin School for Chemical Engineers |
Instructor, Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry |
The Open University of Israel |
Coordinate and teach courses on General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry (1991-present) |
List of Publications
Y. Kashman, A. Groweiss, S. Carmely, Z. Kinamoni, D. Czarkie and M. Rotem (1982). Recent research in marine natural products from the Red Sea. Pure & Applied Chemistry, 23. |
D. Czarkie, S. Carmely, A. Groweiss and Y. Kashman (1985). Attempted acid-catalyzed transannular reactions in the Cembranoids. Tetrahedron, 41, 1049. |
D. Czarkie and Y. Shvo (1985). Stable imine complexes of Tungsten-carbonyls. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 280, 123. |
Y. Blum, D. Czarkie, Y. Rahamim and Y. Shvo (1985). (Cyclopentadienone) Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes – A New Class of Homogeneous Hydrogenation Catalysts. Organometallics, 4,1459. |
Y. Shvo and D. Czarkie (1986). Catalysis with Tricarbonyl-n4-Cyclopentadienone-Ruthenium(0) complexes: A water-gas type reaction. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 315, C25. |
Y. Shvo, D. Czarkie, Y. Rahamim and D. F. Chodosh (1986). A new group of Ruthenium Complexes: Structure and Catalysis. Journal of American Chemical Society, 108, 7400. |
M.J. Mays, M.J. Morris, P.R. Raithby, Y. Shvo and D. Czarkie (1989). X-Ray Structure, Reactivity, and Catalytic Properties of a (Cyclopentadienone) Ruthenium Dimer, [(C4Ph4CO)(CO)2Ru]2. Organometallics, 8, 1162. |
Y. Shvo and D. Czarkie (1989). Catalytic reduction of nitroaromatics with Carbon - Monoxide and Water using Tricarbonyl Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone Ruthenium (0). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 368, 357. |
Y. Shvo, I. Goldberg, D. Czarkie, D. Reshef and Z. Stein (1997). New Ruthenium Complexes in the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Alkynes: A Study of Structure and Mechanism, Organometallics, 16, 133. |
Conference Presentations
1986 |
Y. Shvo and D. Czarkie, M.J. Mays, M.J. Morris and P.R. Raithby. Catalytic Properties and X-Ray Characterization of Ruthenium Tetraphenylcyclopenta-dienone Dicarbonyl Dimer. Fourth IUPAC Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry directed toward Organic Synthesis, Canada. |
2001 |
Ahuva Leopold, Dorota Czarkie, Chava Gal, Alit Epstein. E-Learning: A New Approach. Software uses Spectroscopic Methods for Assigning Structure of Organic Compounds. The Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, Tel-Aviv. |
2001 |
Ahuva Leopold, Dorota Czarkie, Chava Gal, Alit Epstein. E-Learning: A New Approach. Software uses Spectroscopic Methods for Assigning Structure of Organic Compounds. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, ED-EDIA 2001, Finland. |
2002 |
Ahuva Leopold, Dorota Czarkie, Chava Gal, Alit Epstein, E-Learning: A New Approach. Software uses Spectroscopic Methods for Assigning Structure of Organic Compounds. First MEITAL Annual Conference (The Israeli Inter-University Center for E-Learning - IUCEL). |
2002 |
Dorota Czarkie, Chava Gal, Zvia Kinamoni. Distance Teaching-Learning (E-learning): Integrating the Web into School-Teaching. Moach, The Israeli Association for Information Technologies in Education, 2002, Tel-Aviv. |
2002 |
Ahuva Leopold, Dorota Czarkie, Chava Gal, Alit Epstein. Integration of Software as part of a Didactic Environment in E-learning in Basic Courses in Chemistry. Seventeenth International Conference on Chemical Education ICCE, 2002, China. |
2003 |
Ahuva Leopold, Dorota Czarkie, Chava Gal, Alit Epstein. Integration of software as part of a Didactic Environment in E-learning in Basic Courses in Chemistry. Sixth International Conference on Computer-Based Learning in Science, 2003, Cyprus. |
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