This is the home page of Steve Zabarnick. I'm a Research Chemist for the University of Dayton Research Institute working at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. I have a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Penn State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Binghamton University. I do research in the fields of chemical kinetics, fuels and combustion.chemistry, and laser diagnostics. Here is a list of my research publications.

I recently won the prestigious 1997-98 Wohlleben-Hochwalt Outstanding Professional Research Award from my employer (UDRI). Here is the official press release.

My wife, Kathy Webb, is a librarian and Head of Client Services (AKA, very important person) at the University of Dayton Library. And, Sarah is our beautiful little daughter. Lately, I have been spending a lot of my spare time brewing beer and obsessing about golf, that is when Sarah and Kathy let me.

Another hobby is playing with computers. I've been a Macintosh enthusiast for a while and more recently have been having fun exploring the wacky world of unix. But I recently purchased a Windows machine so I'm playing around with the "Dark Side."

My latest obsession is GOLF. Please help me either play better or quit this nightmare of a game! By the way, that picture of me above was taken about seven years ago. I'm MUCH grayer now.

I've been a long time Grateful Dead fan (since 1977), but Jerry's passing has forced me to explore other musical styles such as jazz. Fortunately, David Grisman is still around playing great music.