Converge to Transform: CUNY-wide interdisciplinary research for the public good

Speakers


Welcome Speaker

Annette “Nina” Gray, Ph.D.
Executive Director, ASRC and Associate Dean for the Sciences, The Graduate Center

Keynote Speaker

Tamera Schneider, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Research, CUNY

Adam Braunschweig, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative, ASRC and Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hunter College

Denis Nash, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) and Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, CUNY School of Public Health

Weigang Qiu, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College


Charles J. Vörōsmarty, Director of Environmental Science Initiative

Welcome Speaker

Charles Vörösmarty, Ph.D.
Director, ASRC Environmental Sciences Initiative and Professor of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York

Keynote Speaker

Cutler Cleveland, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy

Steven Greenbaum, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, Hunter College

Igor Kuskovsky, Ph.D.
 Professor and Executive Officer, Department of Physics, The Graduate Center and Queens College

Yolanda Small, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, York College


Welcome Speaker

Patrizia Casaccia, M.D., PhD.
Director, ASRC Neuroscience Initiative and Einstein Professor of Biology, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Keynote Speaker

Sandro Galea, M.D. MPH, DrPH
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Erika Niwa, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College

Andrew Reinmann, PhD.
Assistant Professor, ASRC Environmental Sciences Initiative and Assistant Professor of Geography, Hunter College

Monica Trujillo, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Queensborough Community College


Welcome Speaker

Rein Ulijn, Ph.D.
 Director, ASRC Nanoscience Initiative and Einstein Professor of Chemistry, Hunter College

Keynote Speaker

Joy Emelie (Joy) V. Wolfram, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry, The CUNY Graduate Center and Lehman College

Ryan Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York

Jill Bargonetti, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College