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Memorial Viewpoint for Shulamith Schlick
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09035 Ewa Szajdzińska-Piętek 1 , Krzysztof Kruczała 2 , Mark Benvenuto 3
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09035 Ewa Szajdzińska-Piętek 1 , Krzysztof Kruczała 2 , Mark Benvenuto 3
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On January 15, 2020, we received very sad news about the passing of Shulamith (Shula) Schlick, the internationally renowned physical chemist, our mentor and dear friend. Her death is a great loss for the scientific and academic community. She will be remembered for her professionalism, enthusiasm for science, and creativity. Shula received her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. At the same institution she also obtained her M.Sc. degree in polymer chemistry and her D.Sc. degree in physical chemistry with specialization in molecular spectroscopy (1963, under supervision of Otto Schnepp). She taught at the Technion, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (1976–1983, as a postdoctoral and research scientist in the group of Larry Kevan), and the University of Windsor, Canada (1980–1983, as a senior research associate). In 1983 she accepted the position of professor of physical and polymer chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Detroit Mercy (UDM, in those days Department of Chemistry, University of Detroit) in Detroit, MI. She organized there a modern laboratory of electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, in which she worked for the reminder of her life. During her tenure, she received the University of Detroit President’s Award for Faculty Excellence (1990), and a UDM Distinguished Faculty Award (2007). In 2013 she was awarded the first Distinguished Professor title at UDM. After retirement, her friends and colleagues voted her Professor Emerita status. Shula had outstanding achievements in many research areas: from radiation chemistry of condensed phases, through spectroscopic studies on the structure and dynamics of diverse microheterogeneous systems, in particular self-assembling ionomers and nonionic polymeric surfactants, to the study of degradation and stabilization processes in thermally and chemically treated and UV-irradiated polymers, and also DFT calculations of the geometry and electronic structure of organic radicals with emphasis on fluorinated species. She was a worldwide recognized expert in the field of ESR spectroscopy who significantly contributed to development of the technique of ESR imaging (ESRI) and its application in polymer research. She was one of the first to use ESRI to investigate the diffusion processes in polymers. Then she extended the application of this method to spatially resolved studies on polymer morphology and degradation processes. She made a great contribution to understanding the radical degradation processes of polymer membranes, especially perfluorinated ones, used in fuel cells. Her total scientific output (1960–2018) consists of about 240 publications, including original research articles, reviews as well as book chapters, in addition to being the editor of three highly valued monographs; some of these are noted here.(1−38) Most of these works were realized jointly with foreign partners. She enthusiastically combined travel and research, establishing long lasting international collaborations. She hosted in her laboratory dozens of students, postdoctoral associates, and visiting scientists from all over the world: Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden, France, Italy, Germany, China, South Korea, and Japan, to name only some of the countries. Also Shula herself held visiting professorships and spent sabbatical leaves in many prominent universities and research institutes abroad, inter alia: Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, France (Foreign Collaborator Fellowship of the French Atomic Energy Commission, CENG Grenoble, 1989/90); Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (1990 - Varon Visiting Professor, and 2008 - Weston Visiting Professor); Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (National Science Foundation/Japan Center for Global Partnership Fellowship, 1996/97); University of Florence (1998), Italy; University of Bologna (Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study of Bologna, 2001), Italy; Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany (2004). Equally important were her short scientific visits in such institutions as Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic; Lodz University of Technology, Poland; Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland; Linkoping University, Sweden; Gifu University, Japan; Semenov’s Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; and the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania. Shula was the recipient of many awards. In addition to those mentioned above we have to add the following: National Science Foundation Award for Exceptional Creativity in Research (1990, 1998, and 2007), Founders’ Fellowship of the American Association of University Women (1991/92), J. Heyrovsky Honorary Medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences for Merit in the Chemical Sciences (1996), Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from Linköping University, Sweden (May 2003), Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medal granted by the Polish Radiation Research Society (September 2007) in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the development of radiation research. Shula has always been a passionate mentor to her research students, a teacher committed to excellence in her classes at both the graduate and undergraduate level, and a dedicated partner to her colleagues. Shula was deeply committed to promoting women in science as well as being a role model for many young women as they began their careers. She has left an impressive legacy not just in the published works but also by educating the next generation of scientists who continue the cutting-edge research with the dedication and enthusiasm they have learned from her. She was a loving wife of Haim, mother of three daughters, Tamar, Yaël, and Daphne, and grandma of Sabina, Daniel, and Rafael, her beloved grandchildren. Her professional family, as she used to call her co-workers, will always remember the time spent in her lab, at numerous scientific meetings and lovely social events in the Schlick’s house. We will miss deeply the invaluable support and great friendship we have experienced from Shula. The authors declare no competing financial interest. This article references 38 other publications.
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