pmazzocc@umd.edu

B.S. Queens College of the City, University of New York, 1961

Ph.D. Fordham University, 1966

National Institutes Health postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, 1965-1967

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Maryland, 1967

Professor, University of Maryland, 1977

Associate Chair of the Chemistry Department, 1979-82

Chair, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1982-89

Acting President (Director) of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 1985

Provost (Deputy Director), University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute 1986 to 1989.

Acting Dean of the College of Agriculture, 1989-92

Interim Dean and Dean of the College of Life Sciences, 1989 ­ 2000

Acting Director, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) 1996-98

Associate Director, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) 1998-

Director, Master of Life Sciences Program, 2000-

Professor Emeritus, 2002-

Research Interests: Synthetic and Mechanistic Photochemistry, Science Education

Paul Mazzocchi has been in leadership positions at the University of Maryland throughout his career. He is well known for his ability and interest in starting new programs and shepherding them to the point of stability. Examples include his efforts as the founding leader of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, the College of Life Sciences, JIFSAN and his newest venture in launching the University of Maryland¹s first on line degree program, the Master of Life Sciences (MLFSC) program. He teaches LFSC 680, Chemical Ecology with his best friend and colleague, Bruce Jarvis

In retirement he continues to serve as the MLFSC Director and as the Associate Director of JIFSAN as he pursues his hobbies and his always elusive golf game.