Chemistry is the called the central science because it not only impacts virtually all fields of science and technology but also because it is a central contributor to the modern life that society enjoys. The PhD Program in Chemistry at the City University of New York (CUNY) provides students with a strong foundation in all areas of chemistry: analytical, biological, inorganic, materials, nano, organic, polymer, and physical.

Chemistry

Research Areas

• Analytical Chemistry • Inorganic Chemistry • Organometallic Chemistry • Biochemistry • Materials Chemistry • Polymer Chemistry • Biophysics • Medicinal Chemistry • Photochemistry • Chemical Biology • Nanoscience • Physical Chemistry • Computational Chemistry • Organic Chemistry • Radiochemistry

CUNY  Chemistry        •  Diverse  faculty        •  100+  faculty  mentors        •  250  papers  per  year    Interdisciplinary  efforts        •  Molecular  biophysics        •  Radiochemistry        •  Nanotechnology        •  Photonics        •  Medicinal  chemistry  

CUNY prides itself on the diversity of its faculty and students. Each student choses a research mentor from over 100 members of the CUNY doctoral faculty in Chemistry. These mentors are distributed among seven CUNY campuses and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center that fosters interdisciplinary interactions. A flexible curriculum allows each student to personalize the coursework to their specific needs. Additional training in professionalism, safety, pedagogy, and career opportunities are provided to ensure your career success.

All students admitted to the PhD Program in Chemistry are awarded a CUNY Science Scholarship. This five-year award allows our student to concentrate on their research. CUNY Science Scholars spend the first year at the CUNY Graduate Center taking courses and learning about the research opportunities available to them. There is no teaching in year one. Students select a mentor and move to their mentors campus by the end of year one.

CUNY Science Scholars

Student comments The   chemistry   Ph.D  program  at   CUNY  has   allowed  me   to   pursue  my   interest.   I   have   greatly  benefited  from  my  experience  with  my  mentor,  professors  and  fellow  students.  

     Zhantong Mao (PhD 2015)   CUNY   is   dense   with   fantasLc   faculty,   administrators   and   fellow   students   that   collecLvely  engender  a  strong  likelihood  of  success.  

       Douglas Achan (PhD 2015)

CUNY Science Scholarship • five year support package • competitive stipend • low-cost health insurance • tuition remission

Years 2-5 are spent at a CUNY campus focused on their dissertation research and perhaps teaching.

CUNY offers s tudents the opportunity to do cutting-edge chemical research in a supportive program that has the feel of a small college while living in one of the world’s most dynamic cities. The PhD Program in Chemistry is unique amongst its peers in that it is a consor t ium of seven campuses throughout New York City. While all student receive their degree from the CUNY Graduate Center, they do their research at one of the CUNY colleges or the Advanced Science Research Center. The size of CUNY offers the resources to do world-class science while working at a campus with a small college feel.

World-Class Science + Intimate Setting

Research Centers The   jewel   in  the  crown  of  CUNY’s  mulL-­‐billion  dollar   investment   in   interdisciplinary  scienLfic  research   is   the   CUNY   Advanced   Science   Research   Center   (hTp://asrc.cuny.edu).     Brimming  with   state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art   instrumentaLon   and   experLse   in   nanoscience,   structural   biology,  photonics,   environmental   science,   and   neuroscience,   it   is   open   to   all   CUNY   students   and  faculty.     This   collaboraLve   resource   augments   the   resources   and   instrumentaLon   found   on  each   of   the   CUNY   campuses.     In   addiLon,   students   further   their   research   efforts   using   the  CUNY  High  Performance  CompuLng  Center  (hTp://www.csi.cuny.edu/cunyhpc/).

Participating Colleges • Brooklyn College • City College of New York • College of Staten Island • Hunter College • Lehman College • Queens College • York College

Publications A.  Aussignargues, C., Pandelia, M.-E., Sutter,

M., Plegaria, J.S., Zarzycki, J., Turmo, A., Huang, J., Ducat, D.C., Hegg, E.L., Gibney, B.R., Kerfeld, C.A. Structure and Function of a Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Engineered to Bind a [4Fe-4S] Cluster J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 , pp. 5262-5270.

B.  Fernandez-Gallardo, J., Elie, B. T., Sanau, M., Contel, M. Versatile synthesis of cationic N-heterocyclic carbene-gold(I) complexes containing a second ancillary ligand. Design o f heterob imeta l l i c ru then ium-go ld anticancer agents. Chem. Commun, 2016, 52, 3155-3158.

C.  Jitianu, A., Gonzalez, G., Klein, L.C. Hydrid Sol-Gel Glasses with Glass-Transition temperatures below room temperature. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2015, 3673-3679.

Research Areas • Coordination Chemistry • Organometallic chemistry • Synthesis and catalysis • Bioinorganic chemistry • Material science • Radiochemistry • Nanoscience • Surface science and catalysis

Inorganic Chemistry covers the synthesis and properties of compounds across the entire periodic table. This includes discrete coordination and organometallic compounds as well as nanoscale minerals. Eighteen faculty research groups at CUNY are studying various aspects of inorganic chemistry. This includes its application in nanoscience, its importance in biological systems, its role in catalysis, and its use in clinical radiochemistry.

Inorganic Chemistry Prof. Andrei Jitiano, Subdiscipline Chair Andrei.Jitiano@lehman.cuny.edu  

Mark R. Biscoe Assistant Professor of Chemistry The City College of New York 160 Convent Ave. New York, NY 10031 mbiscoe@ccny.cuny.edu http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~mbiscoe/index.html

Publications Li, L.; Zhao, S.; Joshi-Pangu, A.; Diane, M.; Biscoe, M. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14027-14030. Li, L; Wang, C.-Y.; Huang, R.; Biscoe, M. R. Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 607-612. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Biscoe, M. R. Synlett 2012, 23, 1103-1107. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Ma, X.; Diane, M.; Iqbal, S.; Kribs, R.; Huang, R.; Wang, C.-Y.; Biscoe, M. R. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 6629-6633. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Wang, C.-Y.; Biscoe, M. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8478-8481. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Ganesh, M.; Biscoe, M. R. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1218-1221.

Research Interests Keywords: Transition metal catalysis, Organic synthesis, Asymmetric synthesis Broadly, research in the Biscoe group focuses on catalysis. The two major types of catalysis in which we are interested are transition metal catalysis and macromolecular catalysis. Our primary goals involve the development of practical and reliable processes for the construction of C–C and C–X (X = heteroatom) bonds. We are particularly interested in the development of new processes for the formation of common structural motifs of importance in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.

Prof. Biscoe is an organic/organometal l ic chemist i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f n e w reaction methodologies for a p p l i c a t i o n i n d r u g discovery.

2009- current Professor, City College of New York 2005-2008 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT 2000-2005 PhD, Columbia University

Dr. Mark R. Biscoe

Yu Chen Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing NY Yu.chen1@qc.cuny.edu http://chem.qc.cuny.edu/~ychen/homepage.htm

Publications Das, S.; Hong, D.; Chen, Z.; She, Z.; Hersh, W. H.; Subramaniam, G.; Chen, Y. “Auto-Tandem Palladium Catalysis: From Isoxazole to 2-Azafluorenone”, Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 5578-5581. Domaradzki, M. E.; Long, Y.; She, Z.; Liu, X.; Zhang, G.; Chen, Y. “Gold-Catalyzed Ammonium Acetate Assisted Cascade Cyclization of 2-Alkynylarylketones”, J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 11360-11368. Chen, Y.; Huang, C.; Liu, X.; Perl, E.; Chen, Z.; Namgung, J.; Subramaniam, G.; Zhang, G.; H e r s h , W . H . “ S y n t h e s i s o f Dibenzocyclohepten-5-ones by Electrophilic Iodocyclization of 1-([1,1'-Biphenyl]-2-yl)-alkynones”, J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 3452-3464. Chen, Y.; Liu, X.; Lee, M.; Huang, C.; Inoyatov, I.; Chen, Z.; Perl, A. C.; Hersh, W. H. “ICl-Induced Intramolecular Electrophilic Cyclization of 1-(4'-Methoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-alkynones—A Facile Approach to Spiroconjugated Molecules”, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9795-9799. Long, Y.; She, Z.; Liu, X.; Chen, Y. “Synthesis of 1-Aminoisoquinolines by Gold(III)-Mediated Domino Reactions from 2-Alkynylbenzamides and Ammonium Acetate”, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 2579-2588. Research Interests

Keywords:  late  transiLon  metal  catalysis,  heterocyclic  chemistry,  asymmetric  catalysis    The  Chen  group  is  working  in  the  area  of  late  transiLon  metal  mediated  catalysis,  heterocyclic  chemistry   and   asymmetric   catalysis.   They   have   been   developing   new   syntheLc  methods   for  biologically  interesLng  frameworks  using  Lewis  acid  mediated  transformaLons  of  alkynes,  and  have  successfully  developed  new  atom-­‐economical  routes  for  the  synthesis  of  a  variety  of  core  structures,   including   isoxazoles,   2-­‐azafluorenones,   isoquinolines,   indenones,  dibenzocyclohepten-­‐5-­‐ones,  and  etc.  

T h e C h e n g r o u p i s interested in late transition metal catalysis, heterocyclic chemistry and asymmetric catalysis.

2009-current Current position 2007-2009 Postdoc 1999-2004 PhD

Dr Yu Chen

Publications Fernández-Gallardo, J. et al. Versatile Synthesis of Cationic N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Gold(I) Complexes Containing a Second Ancillary Ligand. Design of Heterobimetallic Ruthenium-Gold Anticancer Agents’. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 3155-3158. Contel, M. et al. Titanocene Gold Derivatives Comprising Thiolato Ligands. US Patent 20,150,353,591 (2016). Frik, M. et al. ‘Cyclometalated Iminophosphorane Gold(III) and Platinum (II) Complexes. A Highly Permeable cationic Platinum (II) Compound with Promising Anticancer Properties’. J. Med. Chem. 2015, 58, 5825-5841. Fernández-Gallardo, J. et al. ‘Heterometallic titanium-gold complexes inhibit renal cancer cells in vitro an in vivo.’ Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 5269-5283. Frik, M. et al. In vitro and in vivo Evaluation of Water-soluble Iminophosphorane Ruthenium(II) Compounds. A Potential Chemotherapeutic Agent for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. J. Med. Chem. 2014, 57, 9995–10012.  

Research Interests

Keywords: Organometallic, Cancer, Antimicrobial, Gold Catalysis, Water-soluble, C-C and C-Heteroatom Bond formation Our group is focused on the synthesis of metallodrugs as anticancer and antimicrobial agents with a special interest on heterometallic gold-based compounds. We study the biological activity and possible mode of action of the compounds (in our own cell culture room). We use gold derivatives in homogeneous catalysis and we study the possible mechanism of these catalysts by using different techniques.

M a r i a C o n t e l i s a n inorganic/organometall ic synthetic chemist. Her main interests lie on the rational design of metallodrugs and homogeneous catalysts.

2011- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College 2006-2010 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College 2001-2006 Senior Researcher CSIC-University of

Zaragoza, Spain 1999-2000 Postdoc University of Utrecht, Holland 1997-1999 Postdoc Australian National University, Australia 1993-1996 PhD Public University of Navarra, Spain

Dr. Maria Contel

Maria Contel Associate Professor Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY mariacontel@broklyn.cuny.edu http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/mariacontel/

Charles Michael Drain Professor Hunter College & Rockefeller University Department of Chemistry 695 Park Avenue New York NY cdrain@hunter.cuny.edu www.hunter.cuny.edu/chemistry/mike/drain

Publications T. M. Shaffer, M. A. Wall, S. Harmsen, V. A. Longo, C. M. Drain, M. F. Kircher, J. Grimm, Nano Letters 2015, 15, 864-868. "Silica Nanoparticles as Substrates for Chelator-free Labeling of Oxophilic Radioisotopes" S. Singh, A. Aggarwal, N. V. S. D. K. Bhupathiraju, B. Newton, A. Nafees, R. Gao, C. M. Drain, Tet. Let. 2014, 55, 6311-6314. "Synthesis and cell phototoxicity of a triply bridged fused diporphyrin appended with six thioglucose units" A. Aggarwal, S. Thompson, S. Singh, B. Newton, A. Moore, R. Gao, X. Gu, S. Mukherjee, C.M. Drain. Photochem. Photobiol. 2014, 90, 419–430. “Photophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of a Chlorin, Isobacteriochlorin and Bacteriochlorin for Photodynamic Theragnostics: Discovery of a Two-photon-absorbing Photosensitizer” M. Jurow, A. Varotto, V. Manichev, N. A. Travlou, D. A. Giannakoudakis, C. M. Drain, RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 21360–21364, “Self-organized nanostructured materials of alkylated phthalocyanines and underivitized C60 on ITO” M. Jurow, V. Manichev, C. Pabon, B. Hageman, Y. Matolina, C. M. Drain Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 10576-10582. “Self-Organization of Zr(IV) Porphyrinoids on Graphene Oxide Surfaces by Axial Metal Coordination” Research Interests

Keywords: porphyrins, photophysics, phototherapy, nanotechnology, supramolecular Bottom-up self-organization of functional photonic materials composed of porphyrinoid dyes allows fabrication of next generation sensors, solar energy harvesting, and biomedical devices. Click-chemistry makes the dye commercially viable, and the fundamental photophysical properties of these materials guides development of more efficient dyes. (2) Porphyrinoid dyes are being developed as theranostics (the same compound is used for both therapy and diagnostic) for photodynamic therapy of diseases such as cancer. (3) Biomedical applications of nanoparticles composed of organic and inorganic materials, including radiolabled materials, for imaging and therapy are being developed in collaboration with Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Rockefeller University.

CM Drain is chair of the Department of Chemistry at H u n t e r C o l l e g e w i t h research in supramolecular materials, photonics, photo-therapeutics, and medical photo-diagnostics

1996- present Professor, Hunter College CUNY 1990- present Adj. Faculty, Rockefeller University 1990-1993 Postdoc, Univ. of Strasburg, France 1984-1988 PhD, Tufts University

Dr. Charles Michael Drain

Harry D. Gafney Professor Queens College Department of Chemistry, 206 Remsen Hall 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367 Email.harry.gafney@qc.cuny.edu www.cuny.edu/hgafney

Publications Gafney,  H.D.;  Jagassar,  P.;  Perri,  A.;  Ibarrola,  G.  “Ligand  IniLated  Self-­‐Assembly    of  Pt  and  Ir  NanoparLcles  about  Ru(II)  Diimines  in  Room  Temperature  Fluid  SoluLon” J.  Phys.  Chem.  C  (2013),  117(94),  1925-­‐1934.          Gafney,  H.D.;  Look  E.C.  “Photocatalyzed  Conversion  of  CO2  to  CH4:  An  Excited  State  Acid-­‐Base  Mechanism” J.  Phys.  Chem.  A  (2013),  117(47),  12268-­‐12279.        Gafney,  H.  D.,  Look,  E.  G.  Zaitsev,  V.;  Xu,  S.;  “Nature  and  DistribuLon  of  Tungsten  Oxides  in  Porous  Vycor  Glass” J.  Non-­‐Crystal.  Solids,  (2015),  409,  1-­‐7.      Selmani,  A.;  Spadina,  M.;  Plodinec,  M.;  Delač  Marion,  I.;  Willinger,  M.  G.;  Lützenkirchen,  J.;  Gafney,  H.D.;  Redel,  E.  “An  Experimental  and  TheoreLcal  Approach  to  Understanding  the  Surface  ProperLes  of  One-­‐Dimensional  TiO2  Nanomaterials” J.  Phys.  Chem.  C    (2015),  119,  19729-­‐19742.      J.  L.  Dominguez-­‐Juarez,  J.L.;  Moocarme,  M.;  Lempel,  A.;  Singh,  N.D.;    Zhang,  C.J.    Gafney,  H.D.;  Vuong,  L.T.  “Influence  of  Solvent  Polarity  on  Light-­‐Induced  Thermal  Cycles  in  Plasmonic  Nanofluids” OpAca    (2015),  2,  447-­‐453.

Research Interests Keywords: Ru(II) Diimines, Transition Metal Oxides, Photocatalysis, Nanoporous Silica Matrices

Current research focuses on excited state electron-transfer and acid-base chemistry, photocatalysis of multi-electron, multi-proton conversions such as CO2 to CH4 and NOx to N2, synthesis of mixed valent metal oxides in nanoporous silica matrices, absorption and emission properties of tungsten and molybdenum oxides, ground and excited state acid-base properties of tungsten and molybdenum oxides.

Coordination Chemistry Photochemistry Photophysics Material Science Integrated Optics

1981- current Professor 1970-1973 Postdoc, Northwestern, USC 1970 PhD

Dr Harry D. Gafney

Publications Assignargues, C. et al. “Structure and Function of a Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Engineered to Bind a [4Fe-4S] Cluster”,IJ. Am. Chem. Soc. . 2016, 138, 5262-5270. Reddi A.R. et al. “Evaluation of the Intrinsic Zn(II) Affinity of a Cys3His1 Site in the Absence of Protein Folding Effects”, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 5942-5948. Chan, K.L. et al. Characterization of the Zn(II) Binding Properties of the Wilms’ Tumor Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger Peptide”, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 6309-6320. Gibney, B.R. Heme, Encylcopedia of Biophysics, Gordon Roberts, Ed. Springer, 2013. Gibney, B.R. Metallopeptides as Tools to Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability in Protein Folding and Metal Ions – Mechanisms, Biology and Disease, Gomes, C and Wittung-Stafshede, P. Eds. 2011, 227-245. Deng, B. et al. Unique Heme Pocket in Human Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain Electron Transfer. J. Biol. Chem. 2010, 285, 30181-30191.

Research Interests Keywords: De novo metalloprotein design, inorganic coordination chemistry, biophysics, bioenergetics, electrochemistry Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination chemistry and biophysical perspective. We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene expressions in human cancer, and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease.

The Gibney Lab uses metalloprotein design to investigate the fundamental engineering of biological systems. These studies provide insight into metal-induced protein folding, heme electrochemistry, and the role of chemically modified hemes in biology.

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College 2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University 2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University 1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania 1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan 1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr. Brian R. Gibney

Brian R. Gibney Associate Professor Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 bgibney@broklyn.cuny.edu http://www.biochemistry.nyc

Andrei Jitianu Associate Professor Lehman College 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx,10468 NY andrei.jitianu@lehman.cuny.edu http://www.lehman.edu/academics/chemistry/prof-jitianu.php

Publications L. Predoana, A Jitianu, S. Preda, B. Malic, M. Zaharescu, Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2 powders, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2015, 119, 145-153. L. C. Klein , B. McClarren, and A. Jitianu, Silica-Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite “Melting Gels”, Materials Science Forum, 2014, 783-786, 1432-1437. M. Jitianu, DC. Gunness, DE. Aboagye, M. Zaharescu, A. Jitianu, Nanosized Ni-Al layered double hydroxides - Structural characterization, Materials Research Bulletin, 2013, 48, 1864-1873. L. Gambino, A. Jitianu, L.C. Klein, Dielectric behavior of organically modified siloxane melting gels, Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012, 24, 3501-3504. A. Jitianu, K. Lammers, G.A. Arbuckle-Kiel, L.C. Klein, Thermal analysis of organically modified siloxane melting gels, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2012, 107, 2039-2045.

Research Interests Keywords: Sol-gel, Nanocomposites, Hybrids Organic- Inorganic, Coatings, My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic, gas-sensing, electric and optical properties. At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications. Beside this, studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out.

J i t ianu ’s r esea rch i s f ocused on ma te r i a l s chemistry, specifically on sol-gel chemistry with directt applications in anticorrosive, hermetic coat ings and nanomaterals for electronic industry.

2013- current Associate Professor, Lehman College-CUNY 2008-2013 Assistant Professor, Lehman College-CUNY 2005-2008 Research Associate, Rutgers University 2002-2003 “Marie Curie” Postdoctoral fellow, University

of Orleans, France 1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest, Romania

Dr. Andrei Jitianu

Dr. Aneta Mieszawska Assistant Professor, Nanomedicine Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York NY ACzajkowska@brooklyn.cuny.edu www.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty

Publications Mieszawska AJ, Kim Y, Gianella A, van Rooy I, Priem B, Labarre MP, Ozcan C, Cormode DP, Petrov A, Langer R, Farokhzad OC, Fayad ZA, Mulder WJ.; “Synthesis of polymer-lipid nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual modality therapy” Biocojug Chem. 2013, PMID 23957728. Gianella A, Mieszawska AJ, Hoeben FJ, Janssen HM, Jarzyna PA, Cormode DP, Costa KD, Rao S, Farokhzad OC, Langer R, Fayad ZA, Mulder WJ. “Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of a mul t i funct ional and surface-swi tchable nanoemulsion platform.” Chem Commun. 2013 PMID 23877789. Mieszawska AJ, Mulder WJ, Fayad ZA, Cormode DP.; “Multifunctional gold nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapy of disease” Mol. Pharm. 2013, PMID 23360440. Mieszawska AJ, Gianella A, Cormode DP, Zhao Y, Meijerink A, Langer R, Farokhzad OC, Fayad ZA, Mulder WJ.; “Engineering of lipid-coated PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical imaging” Chem. Commun. 2012, PMID 22555311. Research Interests

Keywords: second generation nanoparticles, theranostics, biodegradable polymers, nanocrystals The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease. These theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers, such as PLGA or PLA, that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules. The primary goal is to target and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells. This interdisciplinary research involves active collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Aneta Mieszawska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Brooklyn Col lege. Her research is focused on n a n o m e d i c i n e a n d application of nanoparticle based systems for cancer detection and treatment.

2013- current Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College 2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate, Tufts University 2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr. Aneta Mieszawska

Maria C. Tamargo Professor The City College of New York Department of Chemistry 160 Convent Avenue New York NY 10031 mtamargo@ccny.cuny.edu www.ccny-mbe.com

Publications J. DeJesus, G. Chen, L. C. Hernandez-Mainet, A. Shen, M. C. Tamargo, Strain compensated CdSe/ZnSe/ZnCdMgSe quantum wells as building blocks for near to mid-IR intersubband devices, Journal of Crystal Growth 425, 207 (2015) Z. Chen, T. A. Garcia, L. C. Hernandez-Mainet, L. Zhao, H. Deng, L. Krusin-Elbaum, and M. C. Tamargo, Molecular beam epitaxial growth and characterization of Bi2Se3/II-VI semiconductor heterostructures, Applied Physics Letters 105, 242105 (2014) A. P. Ravikumar, T. A. Garcia, J. De Jesus, M. C. Tamargo, and C. F. Gmachl, High detectivity short-wavelength II-VI quantum cascade detector, Applied Physics Letters 105, 061113 (2014) S. Dhomkar, U. Manna, L. Peng, R. Moug, I. C. Noyan, M. C. Tamargo and I. L. Kuskovsky, Feasibility of submonolayer ZnTe/ZnCdSe quantum dots as intermediate band solar cell material system, Solar Energy materials and Solar Cells, C 117, 604–609 (2013) Y. Yao, A. Alfaro-Martinez, K. J. Franz, W. O. Charles, A. Shen, M. C. Tamargo, and C. F. Gmachl, Room temperature and narrow intersubband electroluminescence from ZnCdSe/ZnCdMgSe quantum cascade laser structures, Applied Physics Letters 99, 041113 (2011)

Research Interests Keywords: Molecular Beam Epitaxy, compound semiconductors, II-VI semiconductors, photonic devices, nanomaterials, topological insulators. Materials growth, properties and applications of semiconductor multi-layered structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Areas of research activity include III-V compounds, strained-layer and short-period superlattices, surface and interface chemistry, visible light emitters, optoelectronic devices, wide bandgap II-VI compounds, II-VI/III-V heteroepitaxy, low dimensional nanostructures, selective area epitaxy, intersubband devices, quantum cascade lasers, VECSELs, topological insulators.

Maria C. Tamargo is Professor of Chemistry at the City College of New York. Her research is in semiconductor materials and nanostructures design, growth by epitaxial growth techniques, characterization methods, and applications.

1993 - present The City College of New York and

The Graduate Center - CUNY 1984-1992 Bellcore 1978-1984 AT&T Bell Labs 1972-1978 PhD (Johns Hopkins University) 1968-1972 BS (University of Puerto Rico)

Dr. Maria C. Tamargo

Michele Vittadello Associate Professor of Chemistry and Env. Science Medgar Evers College of CUNY 1638 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn NY 11225 mvittadello@mec.cuny.edu www.gc.cuny.edu

Publications Bertasi,  F.  et  al.  Electrolytes  for  Secondary  Magnesium  BaTeries  Based  on  Chloroaluminate  Ionic  Liquids.  ChemSusChem,  2015,  8,  3096-­‐3076.      Negro,  E.  et  al.  The  influence  of  the  caLonic  form  and  degree  of  hydraLon  on  the  structure  of  NafionTM.  Solid  State  Ionics  2013,  252,  84-­‐92.    Harrold,  J.  W.  Jr  et  al.  FuncLonal  Interfacing  of  Rhodospirillum  rubrum  Chromatorphores  to  a  ConducLng  Support  for  Capture  and  Conversion  of  Solar  Energy.  J.  Phys.  Chem.  B  2013,  117,11249-­‐11259.        ViTadello,  M.  et  al.  Iodide-­‐ConducLng  Polymer  Electrolytes  based  on  Poly-­‐Ethylene  Glycol  and  MgI2:  Synthesis  and  Structural  CharacterizaLon.    Electrochimica  Acta  2011,  57,  112-­‐122.      Di  Noto,  V.  et  al.  Broadband  dielectric  and  conducLvity  spectroscopy  of  Li-­‐ion  conducLng  3D-­‐HION-­‐APEs  based  on  PEG400,  Zr  and  Al  Nodes.  Electrochimica  Acta  2011,  57,  192-­‐200.  

Research Interests Keywords: Energy Nanotechnology and Materials, Biohybrid Photosynthetic/Mitochondrial Systems, Polymer Electrolytes, Lithium/Magnesium Batteries, Supercapacitors, Fuel Cells, Photovoltaic Devices, Bionanotechnology, Environmental Elemental Analysis, Radioremediation. Investigation of fundamental physical-chemical properties of nanomaterials, materials and biomaterials with potential applications in the field of energy storage/generation and biotechnology; Design and assembly of new devices; High quality publications and patents.

Dr. Vittadello’s research is focused on the areas of nanotechnology and materials science, inorganic and physical chemistry

2015- current Associate Professor 2008-2015 Assistant Professor 2005-2008 Postdoc (Rutgers University) 2003-2005 Postdoc (Hunter College) 2000-2003 PhD (University of Padua)

Dr Michele Vittadello

Guoqi Zhang Assistant Professor Department of Sciences John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 W 59th Street, 10019 New York NY Email: guzhang@jjay.cuny.edu http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/guoqi-zhang

Publications Z. Yin, G. Zhang, S. Zheng, T. Phoenix, J. C. Fettinger, “Assembling mono-, di- and tri-nuclear coordination complexes with a ditopic analogue of 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine: syntheses, structures and catalytic studies”, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 36156-36166. G. Zhang, G. Proni, S. Zhao, Ed C. Constable, C. E. Housecroft, J. A. Zampese, M. Neuburger, “Chiral tetranuclear and dinuclear copper(II) complexes for TEMPO-mediated aerobic oxidation of alcohols: are four metal centres better than two?”, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 12313-12320 G. Zhang, K. V. Vasudevan, B. L. Scott, S. K. Hanson, “Understanding the mechanisms of c o b a l t - c a t a l y z e d h y d r o g e n a t i o n a n d dehydrogenation reactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8668-8681. G. Zhang, S. K. Hanson, “Cobalt-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of C=O and C=N bonds”, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 10151-10153. G. Zhang, B. L. Scott, S. K. Hanson, “Mild and homogeneous cobalt-catalyzed hydrogenation of C=C, C=O, and C=N bonds”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12102-12106.

Research Interests Keywords: Inorganic/Organometallic Catalysis, Energy Conversion; Forensic Chemistry Description of research activities and strategy: Our research concerns over the design and synthesis of novel non-precious metal complexes and their applications in energy-related catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, anticancer drugs and forensic science.

Prof. Zhang is an inorganic chemist who has broad research in te res ts i n inorganic/organometalic chemistry, non-precious metal catalysis and forensic chemistry, with a focus on the synthesis of novel organic-inorganic functional materials.

2013- current Assistant Professor 2006-2013 Postdoc Los Alamos National Lab and

Uni. Basel 2001-2006 Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, CAS

Dr. Guoqi Zhang