Degree

PhD in Chemistry

Colorado State University

BA in Chemistry and Studio Art (Double Major)

College of Wooster

Published Works

• Lazorski, M., Devi, N., Akintayo, D., Paredes, U. J., Leach, G., Millan, L., Couture, N., Braunecker, W., Gish, M., Mulder, D., Ambre, S., Srinivasan, S., Martin, P. J., Filbin, E. M., McMillan, A., Penley, K., Giron, M., Gennett, T. (2025). Overcoming Barriers through Intentional Design: Photosensitizers and Workforce Development. ECS Meeting Abstracts, https://doi.org/10.1149/ma2025-01422290mtgabs
• Lazorski, M., Aguila, B., Cooley, J., Bork, M., Hurst, S., Stieber, C. (2022). Analyzing the Proposed Reaction Profile in “Changing the Charge: Electrostatic Effects in Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling”. Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource (VIPER), https://www.ionicviper.org/literature-discussion/analyzing-proposed-reaction-profile-changing-charge-electrostatic-effects-pd
• Cooley, J., Hurst, S., Lazorski, M., Aguila, B., Bork, M., Stieber, C. (2022). 1FLO: Electron Counting and Electrostatic Effects in Palladium Carborane Complexes. Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource (VIPER), https://www.ionicviper.org/problem-set/1flo-electron-counting-and-electrostatic-effects-palladium-carborane-complexes
• Earley, J., Zieleniewska, A., Ripberger, H., Lazorski, M., Mast, Z., Sayre, H., Knowles, R., McCusker, J., Scholes, G., Reid, O., Rumbles, G. (2022). Ion Pair Reorganization Regulates Reactivity in Photoredox Catalysts. Nature Chemistry, 1446–753. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-00911-6.
• Srinivasan, S., Palmer, A., Jacobs, B. M., Lazorski, M., Swisher, H. H., Boles, K. (2021). . ,
• Lazorski, M. . Review of Chemistry : Atoms First, 2nd ed.. OpenStax, https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/chemistry-atoms-first
• Lazorski, M., Schapiro, I., Gaddie, S. R., Lehnig, P. A., Atanasov, M., Neese, F., Steiner, E. U. (2020). Spin-Chemical Effects on Intramolecular Photoinduced Charge Transfer Reactions in Bisphenanthroline Copper(I)-Viologen Dyad Assemblies. Chemical Science, 11511-5525. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC00830C.
• Deng, F., Lazorski, M., Castellano, F. (2015). Photon Upconversion Sensitized by a Ru(II)-Pyrenyl Chromophore. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A , 3730140322. .
• Mosca, L., Khnayzer, S. R., Lazorski, M., Danilov, O. E., Castellano, N. F., Anzenbacher, P. (2015). Sensing of 2, 4, 6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 2, 4-Dinitrotoluene (2, 4-DNT) in the Solid State with Photoluminescent RuII and IrIII Complexes. Chemistry-A European Journal, 21(10), 4056--4064. .
• Lazorski, M., Castellano, N. F. (2014). Advances in the light conversion properties of Cu (I)-based photosensitizers. Polyhedron, 827-70. .
• Lehnig, P. A., Lazorski, M., Mingroni, M., Pacheco, A. K., Elliott, M. C. (2014). Oxidation of 2, 9-Diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline to Generate the 5, 6-Dione and Its Subsequent Alkylation Product. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 468 -1471. .
• Lazorski, M., Gest, H. R., Elliott, M. C. (2012). Photoinduced Multistep Charge Separation in a Heteroleptic Cu (I) Bis (phenanthroline)-Based Donor--Chromophore--Acceptor Triad. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(42), 17466--17469. .

Research Interests

1. Design and production of 3D printable spectroelectrochemical cells for use in existing spectroscopic instrumentation
2. Optimizing 3D printing materials for increasing chemical resistance in spectroelectrochemical cells
3. Designing novel 3D printable optically transparent electrode materials for spectroelectrochemical cells
4. Intelligent design of donor-chromophore-acceptor materials
5. Spectroelectrochemical analysis and characterization of donor-chromophore-acceptor materials
6. Photophysical characterization of donor-chromophore-acceptor complexes for solar energy conversion applications

Teaching Interests

General Chemistry
Inorganic and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Spectroscopy
Electrochemistry
Analytical Chemistry

Office Hours

Varies per semester