Education:
Ph.D., Hebrew University of Israel - 1969 (Physical Chemistry)
M.Sc., Hebrew University - 1963 (Physical Chemistry)
Areas of Expertise:
Environmental issues, science and society, photoelectrochemistry, electrochemistry, physics and chemistry of solid-liquid interfaces, morphology and transport properties of composite media, solar energy conversion and storage, photovoltaic devices, batteries.
Doctoral Rotation Projects:
Students will learn how to do energy audits and carbon footprints on a variety of scales. Students will do longitudal studies on the various components of the global efforts to change energy sources from reliance on fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. In doing so, students will investigate ways to quantify global environmental impacts and apply the scientific method on issues that traditionally are outside the scope of science. Students are finding themselves wondering if in doing so they are doing physics. They soon realize that, whatever the label, the work is important, researchable and publishable, and requires the set of skills on which they were trained.
For a brief review, see: Micha Tomkiewicz, "Global Warming: Science, Money and Self-Preservation" ; Compte Rendus C.R. Chimie 9 (2006) 172-79.
Books and Publications
Ostrovskiy, Yevgenie, Michael Cheng and Micha Tomkiewicz. "Intensive and Extensive Parametrization of Energy Use and Income in U.S. States and in Global Urban Environments." The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses. Under review. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
Tomkiewicz, Micha and Lori Scarlatos. "Bottom-up Mitigation of Climate Change." The International Journal of Climate Change and Responses 4: 27-48. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Weekly blog on climate change: http://climatechangefork.blog.brooklyn.edu/ (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
Climate Change: The Fork at the End of Now. Momentum Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2011
Hainline, Louise, Peter Lesser, Eleanor Miele, Wayne Powell, Seraphina Tisch and Micha Tomkiewicz. "Early Exploration of Opportunities in Science and Careers Encourages Students to Pursue Science Majors." Journal of College Science Teaching, May 11. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
"Environmental Aspects of Electrodeposition." Modern Electroplating 5th ed. Ed. M. Schlesinger. John Wiley. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2010
"On the Feasibility of a Timely Transition to a More Sustainable Energy Future." Sustainability 2: 204-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Scarlatos, L.L., M. Tomkiewicz, A. Bulchandani, K.A. Srinaivasan and P. Naik. "Intelligent Energy Choices." Proceedings of the 20th IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation. Banff, Alberta, July 6-8. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
DeLuca, G. and M. Tomkiewicz. "Personalizing the Anti-plagiarism Campaign." Plagiary 9.1. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
"'Global Warming' Science, Money, and Self Preservation." Compte Rendus Chimie 9: 172. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"Computer Simulation of Energy Choices," Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Research Award, for "Correlation of Intensive and Extensive Parameters of Global Energy Use." (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
PSC-CUNY Research Award, for "Construction of Model Systems to Probe Dynamics of Global Sustainable Development." (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
NSF-GK-12, for "City as a Lab." Co-PI. $3,000,000; 2007-13. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Bottom-up Mitigation of Global Climate Change: Fuel Selection and Classroom Exposure." Fifth International Conference on Climate Change: Impact and Response. Mauritius. July. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Challenges of Climate Change." Stony Brook University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"Quest for Energy. "Julian's 2nd Annual Wild and Scenic Film Ou Jour. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Rozell, Matt and Micha Tomkiewicz. "Liberation of a Death Train at Farsleben, Germany and the Power of Responsibility in the Holocaust." Vanderbilt Virtual School. April 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"Climate Change and the Tragedy of the Commons." The Weizmann Institute. Israel. December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Democratization of Climate Change." Department of Physics, Queens College. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Never Again." Scranton Holocaust Commission. Scranton, Pa., May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"The Global Energy Transition: Moving Toward the 4th Industrial Revolution." Economic Club, Brooklyn College. December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"The Power of Responsibility in the Holocaust and the Age of Genocides." Tennessee Holocaust Commission. March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Ostrovskiy, Yevgenie, Michael Cheng and Micha Tomkiewicz. "Intensive and Extensive Parametrization of Energy Use and Income in U.S. States and in Global Urban Environments." Fourth International Conference on Climate Change: Impact and Response. Seattle, July. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Tomkiewicz, Micha and Lori Scarlatos. "Bottom-up Mitigation of Global Climate Change." Fourth International Conference on Climate Change: Impact and Response. Seattle, July. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"From Bergen-Belsen to Climate Change: What This Has to Do With Me." Academy of Urban Planning. March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"From Bergen-Belsen to Climate Change: A Personal Note on Past, Present, and Future." Brooklyn College, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Tomkiewicz, Micha and Lori Scarlatos. "Reality-based STEM Teaching With Participatory Digital Learning Systems: Energy Choices and Climate Change." CUNY IT Technology Conference. December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Scarlatos, Lori, Micha Tomkiewicz, Karthikeyan A.S., Parag Naik and Aneesha Bulchandani. "Energy Choices." Advanced Energy Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
15th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy. July. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
Ninth Annual Conference on Environmental Issues. Medgar Evers College. Brooklyn, N.Y. March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
