Documentation to "My Case"

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Tibor Gasparik
352 Plad Blvd
Holtsville, NY 11742

Phone: (631) 447-2168
E-mail: tomanti@optonline.net
Web site: http://www.mpi.stonybrook.edu/ResearchResults/PhaseRelationsGasparik/

OBJECTIVE:
Position as earth science or general science teacher

CERTIFICATION:
Earth science 7-12
General science
Chemistry in progress

EDUCATION:
MAT (Earth Science) SUNY at Stony Brook, May 20, 2005
PhD (Experimental Petrology) SUNY at Stony Brook, 1981
MS (Geology) Komensky University, Bratislava, now Slovakia, 1973

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teaching: Ralph G. Reed Middle School in the Central Islip School District, May-June 2005
Centereach High School, Middle Country School District, September-November 2005
Student Teaching: Riverhead Senior High School in the Riverhead School District
Ralph G. Reed Middle School in the Central Islip School District
Other Teaching Experience: Teaching Assistant, Biology Teaching Lab (BTL)
Other Experience:
Managed a research laboratory for 16 years, was responsible for supervision and training of lab users.
Participated and gave presentations of research results at over 100 national and international scientific meetings.
Mentored high school students for the Westinghouse Science Competition.
Mentored undergraduate students from universities and colleges nationwide who participated in summer research programs at SUNY Stony Brook.
Served as a judge at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair.

PROFESSIONAL:
1989-Present: Research Associate Professor, SUNY at Stony Brook
1986-1989: Research Assistant Professor, SUNY at Stony Brook
1985-1986: Research Associate, SUNY at Stony Brook
1981-1985: Post-Doctoral Associate, University of Chicago
1978-1981: Research Assistant, SUNY at Stony Brook
1973-1975: Research Associate, Komensky University, Bratislava, now Slovakia

OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS:
1986-2002: Manager of a high-pressure laboratory, SUNY at Stony Brook
1987-2002: Member, Mineral Physics Institute, SUNY at Stony Brook
1990-2002: Member, NSF Science and Technology Center for
High-Pressure Research, SUNY at Stony Brook
2001: Co-Editor (with L. L. Perchuk) of a special issue of Lithos (v. 60):
Mineral equilibria in mantle-derived rocks

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Geophysical Union
Mineralogical Society of America
National Science Teachers Association
Science Teachers Association of New York State

RESEARCH INTERESTS, ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS:
Experimental studies of phase relations and solution properties of mantle materials at high pressures and temperatures, determination of the mineral and chemical composition of the Earth's mantle and its evolution with time. Principal investigator on 5 NSF research grants from 1988 to 2002. Author of 70 refereed articles (see the Web site) and a book: Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists: An Atlas of the Earth’s Interior (Springer-Verlag 2003). The book was listed on Amazon.com as the most popular book in petrology from January 2004 to March 2005.