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.  Jang, S., Voth, G.A. Can quantum transition

state theory be defined as an exact t = 0+ limit? Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016, 144, 084110.

B.  Kang, M., Zhang, P., Cui, H., Loverde, S.M. π-π Stacking Mediated Chirality in Functional Supramolecular Filaments Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 994-1001.

C.  Akinkunmi, F.O., Jahn, D.A., Giovambattista, N., Effects of temperature on the thermodynamic and dynamical properties of glycerol-water mixtures: A computer simulation study of three different force fields Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015 , 119, 6250-6261.

D.  Sharma, S.D., Kraft, J.J., Miller, W.A., Goss, D.J., Recruitment of the 40S ribosomal subunit to the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of a viral mRNA, via the eIF4 complex, facilitates cap-independent translation Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015, 290, 11268-11281.

Research Areas • Spectroscopy • Energy conversion and storage • Kinetics and dynamics • Computational Chemistry • Fuel chemistry • Theoretical developments • Biophysical Chemistry • Chemical & dynamical processed in solution • Physical processes in nanomaterials and nanostructures

Physical Chemistry focuses on the applications of state-of-the-art experimental and computational techniques and equipment, and theories of physics to the study of chemical and biological systems. With over thirty experimental and theoretical physical chemistry faculty, physical chemistry research ranges from spectroscopy, kinetics and dynamics to material science, energy conversion, and life science.

Physical Chemistry Prof. Jianbo Liu, Subdiscipline Chair Jianbo.liu@queens.cuny.edu  

Daniel L. Akins, Ph.D. Professor & Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry The City College Marshak Science Building 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 akins@ccny.cuny.edu www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~akins

Publications "High-Yield Photolytic Generation of Brominated Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and their Application for Gas Sensing," Deon Hines, Mark Rümmeli, David Adebimpe and Daniel L. Akins, Chem. Commun., 50, 11568-11571 (2014). "Controllable modification of electronic Structure of Carbon-Supported Core–Shell Cu@Pd Catalysts for formic acid oxidation," Ren, Mingjun; Zhou, Yi; Tao, Feifei; Zou, Zhiqing; Akins, Daniel; Yang, Hui, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 12669−12675 (2014). "Enhanced Raman Scattering by Molecular Nanoaggregates (Invited Review Article)," Daniel L. Akins, Nanomater Nanotechnol, 2014, 4:4. "Highly alloyed PtRu black electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation prepared using magnesia nanoparticles as sacrif icial templates," Liangliang Zou, Jing Guo, Juanying Liu, Zhiqing Zou, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, Journal of Power Sources, 248, 356-362 (2014). "Vibrational and electronical properties of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes and double-walled boron nitride nanotubes," M. Aydin and D. L. Akins in Physical and Chemical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes. Edited by: Satoru Suzuki. ISBN 978-953-51-1002-6; Published 2013-02-27.

Dr. Akins has been a Professor of Chemistry at The City College of New York since 1981, and director of the C U N Y- C e n t e r f o r Analysis of Structure and Interfaces since 1988.

2014- current Professor & Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

1988-2015 Director, CUNY–Center for Analysis of Structures and Interfaces (CASI).

1981-2015 Professor of Physical Chemistry. 1979-1981 Senior Scientist, Polaroid Corp. 1968-1969 Postdoc: Institute of Molecular

Biophysics, The Florida State University.

1968 Ph.D.: University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Daniel L. Akins

Research Interests Keywords: Syntheses of semiconductor and magnetic oxide nanoparticles and nanorods; spectroscopic and dynamical investigations of spontaneous and nonlinear laser Raman scattering by monomeric and aggregated molecules on surfaces; excited state dynamics and determination of photophysical parameters for cyanine dyes and donor-acceptor Systems; quantum chemical calculations of porphyrins and dye molecules.

Dr Dorthe M. Eisele

Dr Dorthe M. Eisele Department of Chemistry, City College Center for Discovery and Innovation Advanced Science Research Center 85 Saint Nicolas Terrace, New York, NY 10031 eisele@ccny.cuny.edu http://eiselegroup.com/ www.cuny.edu/asrc

Selected Publications Eisele, D.M., Arias, D.H., Fu, X., Bloemsma, Steiner, C.P., Jensen, R., Rebentrost, P., Eisele, H., Llyod, S., Tokmakoff, A., Knoester, J., Nicastro, D., Nelson, K.A., & Bawendi, M.G. “Robust Excitons in Soft Supramolecular Nanotubes.” PNAS 111 (2014) E3367-E3375. Eisele, D.M., Cone, C.W., Bloemsma, E.A., Vlaming, C.G.F. van der Kwaak, S.M., Silbey, R.J., Bawendi, M.G., Knoester, J., Rabe, J.P., and Vanden Bout, D.A. “Utilizing Redox-Chemistry to Elucidate the Nature of Exciton Transitions in Supramolecular Dye Nanotubes.” Nature Chem. 4 (2012) 655–662. Eisele, D.M., v. Berlepsch, H., Böttcher, C., Stevenson, K.J., Vanden Bout, D.A., Kirstein, S., and Rabe, J.P. “Photoinduced growth of sub-7 nm silver nanowires within a chemically active organic nanotibular template.” JACS 132, (2010) 2104-2105. Eisele, D.M., Knoester, J., Kirstein, S., Rabe, J.P., and Vanden Bout, D.A. “Uniform exciton fluorescence from individual molecular nanotubes immobilized on solid Substrates.” Nature Nanotech. 4 (2009) 658-663.

Research Interests Keywords: New materials & design principles for solar energy systems; Artificial and biological model systems for light-harvesting (LH) in order to better understand the fundamental processes that govern nature's highly efficient photosynthetic masterpieces; Collective phenomena found in self-assembled nanoscale systems such as supra-molecular assemblies (Frenkel exciton systems), semiconductor nanostructures (Wannier exciton systems), metallic nanostructures (plasmonic systems), and organic/inorganic hybrid systems; Energy and electron transport processes in nanoscale systems; steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy combined with microscopy techniques.

Dorthe Eisele is a Professor of Chemistry at City College and a member of the Graduate Center. Her research interests are in materials research and nanoscience, with a focus on new materials and design principles for solar energy systems.

Current: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, City College of New York, Principal Investigator, CUNY Graduate Center (Chemistry).

Previously: Postdoctoral Associate,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

Dr.rer.nat (Ph.D. equivalent), Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Cherice M. Evans Associate Professor Queens College -- CUNY Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 65-30 Kissena Blvd Flushing, NY 11367 cherice.evans@qc.cuny.edu chem.qc.cuny.edu/~cevans

Publications C. M. Evans, Kamil Krynski, Zachary Streeter and G. L. Findley, Energy of the quasi-free electron in H2, D2 and O2: Probing intermolecular potentials within the local Wigner-Seitz model, J. Chem. Phys., submitted. C. M. Evans, Holden T. Smith, Ollieanna Burke, Yevgeniy Lushtak and G. L. Findley, Field ionization and photoionization of CH3I perturbed by diatomic molecules: Electron scattering in H2, HD, D2 and O2, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 (2014) 035204. Yevgeniy Lushtak, C. M. Evans and G. L. Findley, The energy of the quasi-free electron in near critical point nitrogen, Chem. Phys. Lett. 546 (2012) 18 – 23. Yevgeniy Lushtak, Samantha B. Dannenberg, C. M. Evans and G. L. Findley, Quasi-free electron energy in near critical point helium, Chem. Phys. Lett. 538 (2012) 46 – 49. Yevgeniy Lushtak, C. M. Evans and G. L. Findley, Field enhanced photoemission: A new technique for the direct determination of the quasi-free electron energy in dense fluids, Chem. Phys. Lett. 515 (2011) 190 – 193.

Research Interests Our lab is currently investigating the quasi-free electron energy in near critical point anisotropic fluids with a focus on CO2, NH3 and H2O. The theoretical work on this problem will be performed at Queens College. The experimental work will be performed at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices in Baton Rouge, LA. We are also studying the mobility of electrons through near critical point fluids, with a focus on Ar, Xe, CH4 and C2H6. The theoretical work is being performed at Queens College and at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The experimental work will be performed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and at Queens College.

Physical chemist investigating the effects of local solvent structure on reactivity in near critical point fluids. This work involves experimental and theoretical studies performed at Queens College, the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (Baton Rouge, LA) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, NY).

2012 – current Associate Professor of Chemistry, Queens College

2004 – 2009 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Queens College

2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics. University of Virginia

1998 – 2001 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Louisiana State University

Dr. Cherice M. Evans

Emilio Gallicchio Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY egallicchio@brooklyn.cuny.edu sites.google.com/site/emiliogallicchiolab

Publications Emilio Gallicchio, et al. BEDAM Binding Free Energy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-Acid Host Challenge. J. Comp. Aided Mol. Des.  29, 315-325 (2015). Emilio Gallicchio, et al. Virtual Screening of Integrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding Free Energy Calculations: the SAMPL4 Challenge. J Comp Aided Mol Design, 28, 475-490 (2014). Guohua Yi, Mauro Lapelosa, Emilio Gallicchio, Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al. Chimeric Rhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes Elicit Anti-HIV Neutralizing Responses. PLoS ONE 8(9), e72205 (2013). Gallicchio E. Role of Ligand Reorganization and Conformational Restraints on the Binding Free Energies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors to HIV Reverse Transcriptase. Computational Molecular Bioscience, 2, 7-22 (2012).

Research Interests - Thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand binding - Virtual drug screening -  Protein conformational equilibria - Statistical thermodynamics of protein folding and misfolding - Thermodynamics of solvation of biological macromolecules - Force field development and high resolution protein modeling - Design of high performance computational chemistry algorithms - Parallel and distributed computing

Emilio Gallicchio’s research is in the area of computational molecular biophysics. He uses advanced computational models to investigate the dynamics and thermodynamics of biological systems.

2013- current Asst. Professor, Dept. Chemistry, Brooklyn College 2012-2013 Research Professor, Dept. Chemistry, Rutgers University 2001-2012 Associate Director, BioMaPS Institute, Rutgers University 1997-2000 Postdoctoral, Rutgers University 1991-1996 PhD Columbia University, Chemical Physics

Dr. Emilio Gallicchio

Dr. Dixie Goss Hunter College Chemistry Dept. 695 Park Ave New York, NY 10065 dgoss@hunter.cuny.edu http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/chemistry/faculty/Dixie/goss-group-1/resume

Publications  Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3' Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA, via the eIF4F Complex, Facilitates Cap-independent Translation. Das Sharma S, Kraft JJ, Miller WA, Goss DJ. J Biol Chem. 2015 Mar 19. Pokeweed antiviral protein, a ribosome inactivating protein: activity, inhibition and prospects. Domashevskiy AV, Goss DJ. Toxins (Basel). 2015 Jan 28;7(2):274-98. Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE) RNA/iron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNA/eIF4F complexes respond differently to metal ions. Khan MA, Ma J, Walden WE, Merrick WC, Theil EC, Goss DJ. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jun;42(10):6567-77. Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3'-untranslated region correlates with translation efficiency. Banerjee B, Goss DJ. J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 14;289(7):4286-94. Poly(A) binding proteins: are they all created equal? Goss DJ, Kleiman FE. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA. 2013 Mar-Apr;4(2):167-79.

Research Interests Keywords: protein synthesis, virus, protein-nucleic acid interactions We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function. Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer. We are interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis.

Prof. Goss is a professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry 1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry 1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc. U. of Nebraska and U. of Georgia

1975 Ph.D U. of Nebraska

Dr. Dixie J. Goss

Michael E Green Professor City College of New York Dept. of Chemistry 160 Convent Ave New York NY 10031 green@sci.ccny.cuny.edu http://forum.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/people/science-division-directory/b009

Publications A. M. Kariev and M. E. Green, "Caution is required in interpretation of mutations in the voltage sensing domain of voltage gated channels as evidence for gating mechanisms.," Int'l J. Molec. Sci. (2015) 16, 1627-1643. A. M. Kariev and M. E. Green, "Quantum Effects in a Simple Ring with Hydrogen Bonds " J. Phys. Chem. B (2015)119,5962-5969 A. M. Kariev, P. Njau, and M. E. Green, "The Open Gate of the Kv1.2 Channel: Quantum Calculations Show The Key Role Of Hydration," Biophys J. (2014). 106, 548-555 A. M. Kariev and M. E. Green, "Voltage Gated Ion Channel Function: Gating, Conduction, and the Role of Water and Protons," Int'l J. Molec. Sci. (2012) 13, 1680-1709

S. Liao and M. E. Green, "Quantum calculations on salt bridges with water: Potentials, structure, and properties," Comput. Theo. Chem. (2011) 963, 207-214.

Research Interests Keywords: Description of research activities and strategy.

Dr. Green is a computational chemist, with a principal in terest in b iophysical problems, especially related to a class of proteins, ion channels, responsible for the nerve impulse, among other things.

Dr. Green has been a faculty member in Chemistry at CCNY since Sept 1966.

Research Interests    Keywords: Quantum calculations, proteins, water structure, hydrogen bonds, salt bridges, membranes, water transport through membranes Research Strategy: Primarily we carry out quantum calculations on overlapping sections of proteins, such as voltage sensing domains of ion channels, to determine structure, bonding, energetics, and transitions of protein, water, hydrogen bonds, and salt bridges, leading to mechanisms, for example, of sensing voltage.

Dr. Michael Green

Steve Greenbaum Position Professor of Physics Affiliation Hunter College Address 695 Park Avenue Address 1220N New York NY 10065 Email.steve.greenbaum@hunter.cuny.edu www.hunter.cuny.edu/physics/faculty/greenbaum

Publications “An Iodide Based Li7P2S8I Superionic Conductor”, with Ezhiylmurugan Rangasamy, Zengcai Liu, Mallory Gobet, Kartik Pilar, Gayatri Sahu, Wei Zhou, Hui Wu, and Chengdu Liang, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(4):1384-7 (2015) “Comparative Study of Ether-Based Electrolytes for Application in Lithium−Sulfur Battery”, with Lorenzo Carbone, Mallory Gobet, Jing Peng, Matthew Devany, Bruno Scrosati, and Jusef Hassoun, Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS), (2015), 7, 13859−13865. “Interactions between water and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium ionic liquids”, with Tatiana A. Fadeeva , Pascale Husson, Jessalyn A. DeVine, Margarida F. Costa Gomes, and Edward W. Castner, Jr., Journal of Chemical Physics, 143, 064503 (2015). “Novel Solid Polymer-in-Ceramic Electrolyte Formed by Electrophoretic Deposition”, with R. Blanga, L. Burstein, M. Berman, and D. Golodnitsky. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162(11) D3084-D3089 (2015).

Research Interests Keywords: Nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic reson- ance, structure of disordered solids battery and fuel cell Materials characterization

We  invesLgate  the  structure  and  funcLon  of  solid  materials  at  the  atomic  and  molecular  level  by  solid  state  NMR.  Most  of  these  materials  have  applicaLon  in  renewable  energy  technologies.  I  value  diversity  in  the  scienLfic  workforce  as  reflected  by  my  lab  group  members.  

1983- current Current position 1981-83 Postdoc, Naval Research Lab 1976-81 PhD, Brown University

Dr Steve Greenbaum

Edward G. Hohenstein Assistant Professor City College of New York Marshak Science Building, Rm. 1032 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 ehohenstein@ccny.cuny.edu http://www.hohenstein-chem.com

Publications E.G. Hohenstein, Mechanism for the Enhanced Excited-State Lewis Acidity of Methyl Viologen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 10.1021/jacs.5b08177 E.G. Hohenstein, M.E.F. Bouduban, C. Song, N. Luehr, I.S. Ufimtsev, and T.J. Martínez, Analytic First Derivatives of Floating Occupation Molecular Orbital-Complete Active Space Configuration Interaction on Graphical Processing Units, J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 143, 014111 E.G. Hohenstein, N. Luehr, I.S. Ufimtsev, and T.J. Martínez, An Atomic Orbital-Based Formulation of the Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field Method on Graphical Processing Units, J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 142, 224103 E.G. Hohenstein, R.M. Parrish, C.D. Sherrill, and T.J. Martínez, Tensor Hypercontraction. III. Least-Squares Tensor Hypercontraction for the Determination of Correlated Wavefunctions, J. Chem. Phys., 2012, 137, 221101

Research Interests Keywords: Theoretical, Computational, Photochemistry The accurate treatment of excited electronic states is a uniquely challenging and important problem in electronic structure theory. We are actively developing new methods for treating excited states as well as highly efficient and scalable implementations of these methods that exploit modern advances in computer hardware. We apply these methods to problems in photochemistry. Processes occurring in the condensed phase, such as excited-state proton transfer, are of particular interest. We are also working to apply similar methodology to design light harvesting complexes.

Prof. Hohenstein is a t h e o r e t i c a l c h e m i s t s p e c i a l i z i n g i n t h e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d implementation of new e l e c t r o n i c s t r u c t u r e methodology and the appl icat ion of these methods to problems in excited-state chemistry.

2014- current Assistant Professor, CCNY 2011-2014 Postdoc, Stanford University 2007-2011 PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Edward G. Hohenstein

Laura Juszczak Associate Professor Brooklyn College 3119 Ingersoll Hall 2900 Bedford Ave. New York NY LJUZAK@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Publications S. Eisenberg and L. J. Juszczak “ The Broken Ring: Reduced Aromaticity in Lys-Trp Cations and High pH Tautomer Correlates with Lower Quantum Yield and Shorter Lifetimes.” J Phys Chem B (2014) 7059-69. A. S. Eisenberg and L. J. Juszczak “Relating TrpGlu Dipeptide Fluorescence to Molecular Conformation: The Role of the Discrete Chi 1 and Chi 2 Angles.” J Comp Chem (2013) 34 1549-60. X. Meng, T. Harricharan, L.J. Juszczak “Substituted indoles lift 1La –1Lb transition degeneracy - a spectroscopic study.” Photochem Photobiol (2013) 89, 40-50. . L.J. Juszczak, R.Z.B. Desamero. "Extension of the Tryptophan Dihedral Angle - W3 Band Frequency Relationship to a Full Rotation: Correlations and Caveats." Biochemistry 48 (2009) 2777-2787.

Research Interests Keywords: Tryptophan photophysics, fluorescent probe synthesis, fluorescence and UV resonance Raman spectroscopy, molecular dynamics/quantum mechanics calculations

Laura Juszczak i s a phys ica l chemis t w i th extensive experience in spectroscopic study of tryptophan in proteins. Group expertise allows extension to theoretical study. A new area of interest i s d e v e l o p m e n t o f biologically compatible, Trp-based visible fluorophores (PHOXI).

2006- current assistant/associate professor 1999-2006 research associate, A. Einstein Coll. of Med. 1992-1999 Postdoc, AECOM 1992 PhD, New York University

Dr Laura Juszczak

Mark N. Kobrak Professor Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College -- CUNY 2900 Bedford Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11210 mkobrak@brooklyn.cuny.edu http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/mkobrak/

Publications C. H. C. Janssen, A. Sanchez and M. N. Kobrak, Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids: A Novel Thermodynamic Approach to Separations, ChemPhysChem, 2014, 15, 3536. C. H. C. Janssen, A. Sanchez, G.-J. Witkamp and M. N. Kobrak, A Novel Mechanism for the Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids, ChemPhysChem, 2013, 14, 3806. M. N Kobrak, A Proposed Voltage Dependence of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model, J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 2013, 25, 095006. H. Li and M.N. Kobrak, Instantaneous Normal Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts, ChemPhysChem, 2012, 13, 1934. M. N. Kobrak and H. Li, Electrostatic Interactions in Ionic Liquids: The Dangers of Dipole and Dielectric Descriptions, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 1922.

Research Interests Keywords: Ionic Liquids, interfaces, molecular dynamics, thermodynamics The group’s interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this novel class of materials. The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and solvent polarity in ionic liquids, aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of interest. Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase. Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid interfaces. The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface.

M a r k K o b r a k i s a theoretical physical chemist with expertise in classical and quantum dynamics simulations. Current work centers on theoret ical description of ionic liquids, and studies of solid-liquid interfaces.

2013- current Professor, Brooklyn College 2006- 2013 Associate Professor, Brooklyn College 2001- 2006 Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College 2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow, Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow, University of Houston

1992-1997 PhD, University of Chicago

Dr. Mark N. Kobrak

Thomas Kurtzman Assistant Professor Lehman College 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx,10468 NY http://www.lehman.edu/faculty/tkurtzman/

Publications Wickstrom, L. et al. Parameterization of an effective potential for protein-ligand binding from host-guest affinity data. J. Mol. Recognit. (Accepted Journal of Molecular Recognition) Nguyen, C. N., Cruz, A., Gilson, M. K. & Kurtzman, T. Thermodynamics of Water in an Enzyme Active Site: Grid-Based Hydration Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa. J. Chem. Theory Comput. (2014). doi:10.1021/ct401110x Armaiz-Pena, G. N. et al. Src activation by β-adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour metastasis. Nat. Commun. 4, 1403 (2013). Nguyen, C. N., Kurtzman Young, T. & Gilson, M. K. Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory: Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril. J. Chem. Phys. 137, 044101–044101–17 (2012) *Young, T., Abel, R., Kim, B., Berne, B. J. & Friesner, R. A. Motifs for molecular recognition exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in protein–ligand binding. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104, 808 –813 (2007). *Formerly published as T. Young

   Research Interests

Keywords: Solvation Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Computer Aided Drug Design Research  in  the  Kurtzman  lab  focuses  on  the  development  of  computaLonal  tools  that  can  aid  in  the  discovery  and  raLonal  design  of  new  drugs.    His  approach  applies  staLsLcal  mechanical  theory  and  computer  simulaLons  to  beTer  understand  the  physical  principles  that  govern  the  molecular   recogniLon   between   proteins   and   small   molecule   ligands   (drugs).     A   parLcular  emphasis   is   placed   on   the   role   that   water   plays   in   the   molecular   recogniLon   process.     A  principal  goal  of  this  research  is  to  help  design  and  discover  drugs  that  bind  with  high  affinity  and  selecLvity  to  given  protein  targets  

The Kurtzman group focuses on the development of methodologies to characterize the structure and thermodynamics of water on the surface of proteins and the exploitation of solvation properties for the discovery and design of new drugs.

2010- Present Assistant Professor, Lehman College-CUNY 2008-2010 AsssistantProfessor,  San  José  State  Univ.  2007-2008 Visiting Professor, Yeshiva University 2004-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University 2002 Doctorate, Stanford University

Tom Kurtzman

Themis Lazaridis Professor City College of New York Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry 160 Convent Ave New York NY tlazaridis@ccny.cuny.edu http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~themis/

Publications Brice A., Lazaridis T. "Structure and Dynamics of a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the Membrane Surface: Comparison of Molecular Simulations and NMR", J. Phys. Chem. B, 118:4461-70 (2014) Lazaridis T., Versace R. "The treatment of solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling", Isr. J. Chem., 54:1074-83 (2014) Lazaridis T., Leveritt JM, PeBenito L. "Implicit membrane treatment of buried charged groups. Application to peptide translocation across lipid bilayers", BBA Biomembranes, 1838:2149-59 (2014) Prieto L., He Y., Lazaridis T. "Protein arcs may form stable pores in membranes", Biophys J, 106:154-161 (2014) Rahaman A., Lazaridis, T. "A thermodynamic approach to alamethicin pore formation", BBA Biomembranes 1838:98 (2014)

Research Interests My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry, which aims to understand how biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry. Biomolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function. Our goal is to understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models for their energy as a function of conformation. Such models are useful in many ways, such as predicting the three-dimensional structure from sequence, characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function, or predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules.

The Lazaridis lab works in the area of theoretical and computational Biophysics. In the past few years we have worked on the interaction of proteins with biological m e m b r a n e s . W e a r e especially interested in the process of pore formation by antimicrobial peptides and other toxins.

1998- City College 1992-1998 Postdoc, Harvard University 1987-1992 PhD, University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu Associate Professor Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Queens, NY 11367 Jianbo.liu@qc.cuny.edu http://chem.qc.cuny.edu/~jliu/Liu_page/Liu_main.htm

Publications Fangwei Liu, Wenchao Lu, Yigang Fang, and J. Liu*, "Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine: Non-reactivity in the gas phase, peroxides in hydrated clusters, and pH dependence in solution", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 22179-22191. J. Liu*, Steven D. Chambreau, and Ghanshyam L. Vaghjiani, "Dynamics simulations and statistical modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide", J. Phys. Chem. A., 2014, 118, 11133-11144. Wenchao Lu, Fangwei Liu, Rifat Emre, and J. Liu*, "Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg): The influence of amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated mechanism at low energies", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 118, 3844-3852. Rui Sun, Matthew R. Siebert, Lai Xu, Steven D. Chambreau*, Ghanshyan L. Vaghjiani, Hans Lischka, Jianbo Liu*, and William L. Hase*, "Direct dynamics simulation of the activation and dissociation of 1,5-dinitrobiuret (HDNB)", J. Phys. Chem. A, 2014, 118, 2228-2236.   Research Interests

Keywords: mass spectrometry, singlet oxygen, reaction dynamics/kinetics, spectroscopy Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches (e.g., mass spectrometry, laser spectroscopy, and ion-molecule reactions) to probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from isolated biomolecules, through micelles and aerosols, to biomolecule solution. The experiments are complemented by extensive computational efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations. We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation methods and nanotechnologies.

Physical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Computational Chemistry Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor, Queens College 2016-2013 Assistant Professor, Queens College 1999-2000 Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley Lab 1997 Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry)

Dr. Jianbo Liu

Gustavo E. Lopez Professor Lehman College Department of Chemistry 250 Bedford Park Blvd West Bronx, NY gustavo.lopez1@lehman.cuny.edu

Publications (select) Effect of surface corrugation on low temperature phases of adsorbed (p-H2)7 : A quantum path integral Monte Carlo study, Cruz, A., López, G.E. 2014, Phys. Lett. A, 378, 1375.

The gamma-butyrolactone receptors BulR1 and BulR2 of Streptomyces tsukubaensis: tacrolimus (FK506) and butyrolactone synthetases production control, Salehi-Najafabadi, Z.; Barreiro, C; Rodriguez-Garcia, A.; Cruz, A.; Lopez, G.E.; Marin, J.F. 2014 Appl Microbiol Biotechnol , (DOI 10.1007/s00253-014-5595-9).

Quinoline-2-thiol Derivatives as Fluorescent Sensors for Metals, pH, and HNO, 2014, O’Connor, N.A.; Lopez, G.E.; Cruz, A., Curr. Chem. Lett. (DOI 10.5267/j.ccl.2014.3.001).

Src activation by β-adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour metastasis, Armaiz-Pena, G.N.; Allen, J.K.; Cruz, Anthony; Villares, G.J.; Cruz, A.; Stone, R.L.; Nick, A.M.; Lin, Y.G.; Han, L.Y.; Mangala, L.S.; Villares, G.J.; Vivas-Mejias, P.; Rodriguez-Aguayo, C.; Nagaraja, A.S.; Gharpure, K.M.; Wu, Z.; English, R.D.; Soman, K.V.; Shazhad, M.M.K.; Zigler, M.; Deavers, M.T.; Zien, A.; Soldatos, T.G.; Jackson, D.B.; Wiktorowicz, J.E.; Torres-Lugo, M.; Young, T.; Geest, K.D.; Gallick, G.E.; Bar-Eli, M.; López-Berestein, G.; Cole, S.W.; López, G.E.; Lutgendorf, S.K.; Sood, A.K., 2013, Nature Comm., 4, doi:10.1038/ncomms2413.

Research Interests Keywords: computational chemistry, path-integral Monte Carlo, molecular hydrogen, fluids, proton wires Professor Gustavo Lopez is interested in developing computational techniques to describe various systems in computational phase. Specifically, quantum and classical Monte Carlo techniques are applied to describe nanostructured systems, molecular hydrogen adsorbed on surface or trapped in fullerenes, and quantum liquids. Additionally, ab-initio techniques are used to describe molecular wires formed in helical peptides, metal oxides, and semiconductors

Gustavo Lopez is a Lehman College computational and theo re t i ca l chemis t . He specializes in developing and a p p l y i n g c o m p u t a t i o n a l methods to describe system in condensed phase. Some of the system considered are quantum fluids, proton wires, molecular hydrogen trapped in fullerenes, and biomolecular systems.

2010-present Professor, Lehman College 1994-2010 Professor, UPR-Mayaguez 1993-1994 Assistant Professor, IU-PR 1992-1994 Postdoc, U of Rhode Island 1986-1992 PhD, UMASS-Amherst

Gustavo E. Lopez

Hiroshi Matsui Professor Hunter College 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 lmassa@hunter.cuny.edu http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/chemistry/faculty/Lou/Lou

Publications Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional Theory, Lulu Huang, Andrew Shabaev, Sam Lambrakos, Noam Bernstein, Vern Jacobs, Dan Finkenstadt, Lou Massa, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7), 1120-1132.

The Kernel Energy Method: Application to Graphene and Extended Aromatics, Lulu Huang, Hugo Bohorquez, Cherif F. Matta and Lou Massa, IJQC, Vol. 111, 15, 4150-4157 (2011) The Kernel Energy Method: Construction of 3 & 4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel Interactions, Lulu Huang, Lou Massa, Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Vol. 962, issue 1-3, 72-79 (2010) Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method, Huang, L.; Massa, L.; Karle, I.; Karle, J. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 106, No. 10, 3664-3669 (2009) The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth Order Terms, Huang, L.; Massa, L.; and Karle, J. PNAS, Vol. 105, No. 6, 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests Keywords: differential equations, density matrices, density functional theory, Xray crystallography, kernel energy method, information theory, Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and solids.

Postdoc: Brookhaven National Laboratory PhD: Theoretical Molecular Physics, Georgetown University

Dr. Louis Massa

Yolanda A. Small Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry CUNY York College and The Graduate Center 94 - 20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11451-0001 ysmall@york.cuny.edu www.york.cuny.edu/portal_college/small-yolanda-1

Publications Small, Y. A. “Bridging Thermodynamic and Kinetic Processes in Electrochemically Relevant Calculated Pourbaix Diagrams” J. Nat. Sci.., 2016, 3(2), 2334-2951. Small, Y. A.; et. al. “Proton Management as a Design Principle for Hydrogenase-Inspired Catalysts” Ener. and Env. Sci. 2011, 4, 3008-3020. Small, Y. A., et. al. “Photocatalytic Water Oxidation Process at the GaN (101bar0) – Water Interface” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (32),13695–13704.

Research Interests Keywords: Two main computational methods are applied to answer questions about the molecular interactions of catalysts and semiconductors: (1) Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) modeling and simulations and (2) electronic structure methods using Gaussian-based Density Functional Theory (DFT).

Dr. Small’s research is at the i n t e r f a c e o f b i o l o g y, chemistry and condensed matter physics where she app l ies computa t iona l techniques to address questions ranging from reactions in enzymes to reactions at the aqueous/semiconductor interface.

2010- current Assistant Professor – York College CUNY 2007-2010 Postdoc – Brookhaven National Lab 2001-2007 Ph.D. – The Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Yolanda Small

Aaron Martin Socha Associate Professor of Chemistry Director of Center for Sustainable Energy Bronx Community College - CUNY Snow Hall 2155 University Ave Bronx, NY 10453 Email.aaron.socha@bcc.cuny.edu www.csebcc.org

Publications Socha  AM,  Simmons  B,  Singh  S.  Efficient  biomass  pretreatment  using  ionic  liquids  derived  from  lignin  and  hemicellulose.  Proceedings  of  the  Na1onal  Academy  of  Science  2014  111,  E3587  –E3595.   Sun  N,  Parthasarathi  R,  Socha  AM.  Understanding  Pretreatment  Efficacy  of  Four  Cholinium  and  Imidazolium  Ionic  Liquids  by  Chemistry  and  ComputaLon.    Green  Chemistry  2014,  16,  2546-­‐2557.     Socha  AM,  Plummer  S,  Simmons  B,  &  Singh  S.  Comparison  of  sugar  content  for  ionic  liquid  pretreated  Douglas-­‐fir  woodchips  and  forestry  residues.  Biotechnology  for  Biofuels.  2013,  6,  61.   Socha  AM,  Tan  YM,  LaPlant  KL,  Sello  JK.    Diversity-­‐oriented  synthesis  of  cyclic  acyldepsipepLdes  leads  to  the  discovery  of  a  potent  anLbacterial  agent.    Bioorg  Med  Chem.  2010,  18,  7193-­‐7202.   Socha  AM,  Sello  JK.  Efficient  conversion  of  triacylglycerols  and  faTy  acids  to  biodiesel  in  a  microwave  reactor  using  metal  triflate  catalysts.  Org  Biomol  Chem.  2010,  8,  4753-­‐4756.   Socha  AM,  Kagan  G,  Li  W,  Sello  JK,  Hopson  R,  Williard  P.    Diffusion  coefficient−formula  weight  correlaLon  analysis  via  diffusion-­‐ordered  nuclear  magneLc  resonance  spectroscopy  (DOSY  NMR)  to  examine  acylglycerol  mixtures  and  biodiesel  producLon.    Energy  and  Fuels,  2010,  24,  4518-­‐4521.  

Research Interests Keywords: Cellulosic Biofuels, Biodiesel, Renewable Ionic Liquids, Lignin, Biomass, Natural Products, Fermentation, Organic Synthesis and Spectroscopy.

Aaron is a natural product chemist with interests in r e n e w a b l e f u e l s a n d valorization of biomass. Current projects include lignin depolymerization and synthetic conversion to tetraalkylammonium ionic liquids. Other active areas of research include glycerol chemistry and structural a n a l y s i s o f n a t u r a l products.

2015- current Associate Professor of Chemistry - Bronx Community College 2015- current Director of Center for Sustainable Energy – CUNY 2012-current Research Affiliate - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2011-2014 Assistant Professor of Chemistry - Bronx Community College 2008-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow - Brown University (with Jason Sello) 2002-2008 PhD University of Rhode Island (with David Rowley) 1997-2001 BS Fordham University

Dr. Aaron M. Socha

Ruth E. Stark Distinguished Professor City College Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies CCNY CDI 1S-11302, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, NY 10031 Email.rstark@ccny.cuny.edu http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/resgroup

Publications W. S. Lagakos, X. Guan, S.-Y. Ho, L. R. Sawicki, B. Corsico, K. Murota, R. E. Stark, J. Storch, Liver Fatty Acid-binding Protein Binds Monoacylglycerol in vitro and in Mouse Liver Cytosol, J. Biol. Chem., 2013, 288, 19805-15. T.H. Yeats, W. Huang, S. Chatterjee, H. M-F. Viart, M.H. Clausen, R. E. Stark, J.K.C. Rose, Biochemical characterization of CD1 and Putative Orthologs Reveals an Ancient Family of Cutin Synthase-like Proteins that are Conserved Among Land Plants, 2014, Plant J., 77, 667-675. O. Serra,* S. Chatterjee,* M. Figueras, M. Molinas, R.E. Stark, Deconstructing a plant m a c r o m o l e c u l a r a s s e m b l y : c h e m i c a l architecture, molecular flexibility, and mechanical performance of natural and engineered potato suberins, Biomacromolecules, 2014,15, 799-811. K. Dastmalchi, Q. Cai, K. Zhou, W. Huang, O. Serra, R.E. Stark, Completing the Jigsaw Puzzle of Wound-Healing Potato Cultivars: Metabolite Profiling and Antioxidant Activity, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2014, 62, 7963-7975. S. Chatterjee, R. Prados-Rosales, B. Itin, A. Casadevall, R.E. Stark, Solid-state NMR Reveals the Carbon-based Molecu lar Architecture of Melanized Cryptococcus neoformans Fungal Cells, J. Biol. Chem., 2015, 290, 13779-13790. Research Interests

Keywords: molecular biophysics, biopolymers, bioanalytical chemistry, solid- and solution-state NMR The Stark Laboratory uses structural biology approaches to study plant protective polymers, lipid metabolism, and potentially pathogenic melanized fungal cells. Study of the molecular and mesoscopic architectures underlying the integrity of cuticles in natural and engineered tomatoes and potatoes is undertaken using solid- and solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry, and atomic force microscopy. Ligand recognition and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor interactions of fatty acid-binding proteins are under investigation by solution-state NMR and isothermal titration calorimetry. The molecular structure and development of melanin pigments within fungal cells are probed using (bio)chemical synthesis and solid-state NMR.

Dr. Stark’s biophysics research program focuses on the molecular structure a n d i n t e r - a c t i o n s o f p r o t e c t i v e p l a n t biopolymers, nutri-tionally important fatty acid-binding prote ins, and melanin pigments associated with human fungal infections.

2007 - current CUNY Dist. Prof., CCNY 1985 - 2007 Assoc.-Dist. Prof., Coll. of Staten Island 1979 - 1985 Asst. Prof., Amherst College 1977 - 1979 Postdoctoral Fellow, M.I.T. 1977 PhD, Physical Chemistry, UC San

Diego

Dr. Ruth E. Stark

Ming Tang, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry 2800 Victory Blvd College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY 10314 Ming.tang@csi.cuny.edu http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/departments/chemistry/TANG_MING.html

Publications "Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid Fibrils", Tang M, Comellas G, Rienstra CM. Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 2080-2088. "Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer", Tang M, Nesbitt AE, Sperling LJ, Berthold DA, Schwieters CD, Gennis RB, Rienstra CM. J. Mol. Biol., 2013, 425, 1670-1682. "Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane Protein DsbB" Tang M, Sperling LJ, Berthold DA, Nesbitt AE, Gennis RB, Rienstra CM. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4359-4366. "Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy" Tang, M.; Hong, M. Mol. BioSyst. 2009, 5, 317-322. "Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR", Tang, M.; Waring, A. J.; Lehrer, R. I.; Hong, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 47, 3202-3205. "Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR" Tang, M.; Waring, A. J.; Hong, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11438-11446. .

Research Interests Keywords: Membrane proteins, ion channels, amyloidogenic proteins, Phosphoinositide, solid-state NMR, protein aggregates, paramagnetic relaxation enhancement.

Ming Tang is an assistant professor in the chemistry and biochemistry programs at CUNY. His long-term research endeavor is to investigate the function-modulating interactions between p r o t e i n s a n d m e m b r a n e components by solving structures of membrane-associated protein complexes and aggregates. The elucidation of such structure-func t ion re la t ionsh ips w i l l contribute tremendously to our understanding of how proteins interact wi th l ip ids and/or cofactors to operate.

2013- current Assistant Prof. of Chemistry, College of Staten Island, CUNY

Dr. Ming Tang

Micha Tomkiewicz Professor Brooklyn College of CUNY Dept. of Physics, Brooklun College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY 11210 Michatom@Brooklyn.cuny.edu http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/physics/micha/

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Research Interests Keywords: Climate Change, Physics of Sustainability, Energy. Environmental issues, science and society, photoelectrochemistry, electrochemistry, physics and chemistry of solid-liquid interfaces, morphology and transport properties of composite media, solar energy conversion and storage, photovoltaic devices, batteries . Strategy: Students will learn how to do energy audits and carbon footprints on a variety of scales. Students will do longitudal studies on the various components of the global efforts to change energy sources from reliance on fossil fuels to alternative energy sources.

2015- current Professor of physics and Chemistry, Brooklyn College, CUNY

1973 - 1976 IBM Thomas J. Watson 1971 – 1973 UC-Berkeley 1969 PhD - Hebrew University - Jerusalem

Dr. Micha Tomkiewicz Micha Tomkiewicz is a professor of physics and chemistry at Brooklyn College and the school for Graduate Studies of the City University of New York. He served as founding-director of the Environmental Studies Program and the Electrochemistry Institute at Brooklyn College; was divisional editor, Journal of the Electrochemical Society (1981-91); chairman, Energy and Technology Division, the Electrochemical Society (1991-93); and member, International Organizing Committee of the conferences on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (1989-92).

Weekly blog on climate change at: http://climatechangefork.blog.brooklyn.edu/ Lori Scarlatos, Micha Tomkiewicz, Ryan Courtney; “Using an Agent-Based Modeling Simulation and Game to Teach Socio-Scientific Topics”, Interaction Design & Architecture Journal – IxD&A, N. 19, Winter 2013/2014, pp. 77 – 90. Yevgenie Ostrovskiy, Michael Cheng and Micha Tomkiewicz, “Intensive and Extensive Parametrization of Energy Use and Income in US States and in Global Urban Environments”, The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.95-107.(2013) Micha Tomkiewicz and Lori Scarlatos, “Bottom-up Mitigation of Global Climate Change”, the International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.37-48 (2013) Micha Tomkiewicz; “Climate Change: The Fork at the End of Now”; Momentum Press (2011).  

Nan-Loh Yang Professor of Chemistry College of Staten Island 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10341 nanloh.yang-cepm@csi.cuny.edu www.chem.csi.cuny.edu

Publications Ashish Punia, Edward He, Kevin Lee, Probal Banerjee, and Nan-Loh Yang, Cationic amphiphilic non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior antibacterial activity. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7071. Monica Apostol ;Tatsiana Mironava ;Nan-Loh Yang; Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich. Cell sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers. Cell sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers. Polymer Journal . 2011; 43(8):723- Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yang” Well-Defined Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at Block Junction: Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization” Macromolecules, 2010, 43 (7), pp 3153–3155 Kai Su, Nurxat Nuraje, Lingzhi Zhang, I-Wei Chu, Hiroshi Matsui, and Nan-Loh Yang.“ First Preparations and Characterization of Conductive Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedles” Macromol. Symposia, Special Issue: Polymers at Frontiers of Science and Technology (2009), 279(1), 1-6. Su, Nurxat Nuraje, and Nan-Loh Yang*„An Open-Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3, SrTiO3 and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oC”,ACS Langmuir,,(2007),23,11369-11371

Research Interests Keywords: Nanoeletronics, Superbugs killers, Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals, Supercapacitor Fast Switch, Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes, Micelles Professor Yang’s research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic – hydrophilic molecular topography. The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of micell reactors and interfacial polymerization.

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor of Chemistry at College of Staten Island.. His research areas include: antimicrobial po lymer nanopar t ic le ; polymers with well-defined structure;and materials for nanoelectronics - giant dielectric constant element, fast cionductance switch, 4-stage memory and room temperature magnetoelectric coupling.

Current Professor of Chemistry, CUNY-CSI 1969-1970 Postdoc, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr. Nan –Loh Yang