Leadership – The Advanced Science Research Center

Annette Gray, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for the Sciences
Executive Director
Email: agray@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3302

Initiative Directors

Andrea Alù, Ph.D.

Director, Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center
Einstein Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Professor of Electrical Engineering, The City College of New York
Email: aalu@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3260
Patrizia Casaccia, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Neuroscience Initiative
Einstein Professor of Biology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: pcasaccia@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3180
Kevin Gardner, Ph.D.

Director, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Einstein Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York
Email: kgardner@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3220
Rein V. Ulijn, Ph.D.

Director, Nanoscience Initiative
Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Einstein Professor of Chemistry, Hunter College
Email: rulijn@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3380
Charles J. Vörösmarty, Ph.D.

Director, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Director, Environmental Crossroads Group
Professor of Civil Engineering, City College of New York
Email: cvorosmarty@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3140

Faculty and Core Facility Directors

Rinat Abzalimov

Director, Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Facility
Research Assistant Professor, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Email: rabzalimov@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3236
James Aramini

Director, Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
Research Associate Professor, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Email: jaramini@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3234
Milan Begliarbekov, Ph.D.

Technical Cleanroom Manager, Nanofabrication Facility
Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mbegliarbekov@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3311
Adam Braunschweig, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hunter College
Email: abraunschweig@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3385
Xi Chen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
Email: xchen@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3386
Amédée des Georges, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York
Email: adesgeorges@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3232
Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, The Graduate Center, CUNY

The Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab studies protein liquid phase separation and neurodegenerative aggregation using a combination of single molecule fluorescence, soft matter material science and C. elegans genetics.
Email: selbaumgarfinkle@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3245
Tavis Ezell

Business Development Direct, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: tezell@gc.cuny.edu
Balazs Fekete

Director, Coastal & Ocean Science Synthesis Facility
Research Assistant Professor
Email: bfekete@ccny.cuny.edu
Brian M. Giebel, Ph.D.

Director, Advanced Laboratory for Chemical and Isotopic Signatures
Research Assistant Professor
Email: bgiebel@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3151
Dianne Greenfield, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College
Email: dgreenfield@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3154
Peter M. Groffman, Ph.D.

Professor, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College
Email: pgroffman@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3143
Gabriele Grosso, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, ASRC Photonics Initiative
Assistant Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: ggrosso@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3372
Ye He, Ph.D.

Director, Live Imaging & Bioenergetics Facility
Co-Director, MALDI MS Imaging Facility
Research Assistant Professor
Email: yhe1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3182
Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.

Senior Research Director, Computational Sciences
Email: bjohnson@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3227
Daniel Keedy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York
Email: dkeedy@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3246
Alex Krasnok, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Facility Director, Photonics Core Facility
Email: akrasnok@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3269
Tai-De Li, Ph.D.

Manager, Surface Science Suite
Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: tli@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3394
Jia Liu, Ph.D.

Epigenetics Facility Director
Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite Director
Research Associate Professor
Email: jliu1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3183
Susana Mingote, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology
Email: smingote@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3196
Sarah Moyon, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Email: smoyon@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3187
Maya Narayanan Nair, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mnair@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3347
Younes Ra’di, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Facility Director, Radio Frequency and Millimeter Wave Core Facility
Email: younes.radi@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3265
Andrew Reinmann, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Assistant Professor of Geography, Hunter College
Email: areinmann@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3152
Matthew Y. Sfeir, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Photonics Initiative, ASRC
Associate Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: msfeir@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3270
Orie Shafer, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology
Email: oshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3195
A. Duke Shereen, Ph.D.

MRI Facility Director
Research Associate Professor
Email: ashereen@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3317
Zachary Tessler, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Email: ztessler@gmail.com
Phone: 212.413.3149
Ricardo Toledo-Crow, Ph.D.

Director, Next Generation Environmental Sensors Facility
Research Associate Professor
Email: rtoledocrow@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3144
Tong Wang, Ph.D.

Manager, Imaging Suite
Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: twang1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3352

Administrative Leadership

Meghan Hughes, Ph.D.

Director of Operations

Email: mhughes1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3381

Adam Greenberg

Grants Director

Email: agreenberg1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3330

John Grzelewski

Budget Director

Email: jgrzelewski@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3340

David Salmon

Facilities Director

Email: dsalmon@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3350

Camille Santistevan

Associate Director, Office of Communications & Marketing

Email: csantistevan@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3306

Full Staff Directory