Chemical Engineering – Mark Orazem PhD., Last Lecture & Reception Celebration

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Please join us in celebrating the distinguished career of Dr. Mark Orazem, a renowned expert in electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida.
Dr. Orazem will reflect on his career, sharing insights into his journey in academia, his passion for teaching, and the experiences that shaped his research and professional path.

Thursday, April 23, 2026
4:00 PM -6:00PM
Reitz Union, Room 3315
A reception with dinner will follow at the Arredondo Café.
We hope you will join us for this special occasion honoring Dr. Orazem’s remarkable contributions.

Speaker: Mark Orazem, PhD

Title: How I got Here. And What I Learned Along the Way.

Abstract: In this presentation, I will explore my origins, the factors that convinced me to become a professor, and the approach I took to build my career. Looking back, I see that I received my love of teaching from my parents. My father was a professor, and my mother taught high-school math. I will describe the five-year plans I used to orient my career, my consulting activities, and how my consulting work fed my research funding and inspired me to revamp our chemical process safety course. I will also introduce how I became addicted to writing books. It’s been a good run, and I am grateful to my students, my colleagues, and my family who helped me along the way.

Bio: Mark Orazem is a recognized expert on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. He is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, the William P. and Tracy Cirioli Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Prof. Orazem is a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, the International Society of Electrochemistry, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as President of the International Society of Electrochemistry and co-authored, with Bernard Tribollet of the CNRS in Paris, a textbook entitled Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, now in its second edition. Their new book, Problem Solving in Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: Methods, Data Analysis and Case Studies, will be published by Wiley in May. Prof. Orazem received the Henry B. Linford Award of the Electrochemical Society, the Electrochemical Society Corrosion Division H. H. Uhlig Award, and with his co-author Bernard Tribollet, the 2019 Claude Gabrielli Award for contributions to electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.