Leonidas Petrakis

Background

Petrakis, Leonidas was born on July 23, 1935 in Sparta, Greece. Son of Lina Contos Petrakis. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1956.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northeastern U., 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1961.

Career

Faculty research grantee, National Research Council, Canada, 1961-1962; professor of chemistry, U. Maryland., College Park, 1962-1963; researcher, DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1963-1965; senior scientist, Gulf-Chevron Research Company, Richmond, California, 1965-1989; senior scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1989; department chairman applied science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1989-1994. Senior visiting lecturer Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1972-1973. Visiting professor U. Paris, 1985, 91, 95.

Adjunct Professor U. Pittsburgh, 1981-1985. Member Council for Chemical Research.

Achievements

• Leonidas Petrakis has been listed as a notable Research scientist, educator, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Liquid Fossil Fuels (Analytical Spectroscopy Library)

Membership

Member environmental committee Long Island Association. Board advisors Barnett Institute, Northeastern U. Member Organizing Group and Science and Business Advisory Board for Long Island Research Institute.

Member American Chemical Society (advisory board 1979-1983, officer 1974-1978, Pittsburgh award 1984), American Physical Society(symposium organizer), American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Foundation (grantee, Washington 1981-1985, also symposium organizer), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ismene Lempesis, June 21, 1959. Children: Ismene L., Alexis L.

Father:

Lina Contos P. Petrakis

Spouse:

Ismene Lempesis

child:

Alexis L. Petrakis

child:

Ismene L. Petrakis