Faculty and Facility Directors – The Advanced Science Research Center

Rinat Abzalimov, Ph.D.
Director, Mass Spectrometry Facility
Co-Director, MALDI-TOF MS Imaging Facility
Research Associate Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
Email: rabzalimov@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3236
Andrea Alù, Ph.D.
Director, Photonics Initiative
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
Rodolfo Ricart Arbona
DVM DACLAM,
Attending Veterinarian, Comparative Medicine Unit (CMU)
Email: rodolfo.ricartarbona84@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 646.288.5366
Pinar Ayata, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ayata Lab
Email: payata@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3317
Adam Braunschweig, Ph.D.
Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hunter College
Email: abraunschweig@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3385
Patrizia Casaccia, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience Initiative
Einstein Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: pcasaccia@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3180
Xi Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
Email: xchen@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3386
Christopher DelRe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: cdelre@gc.cuny.edu
Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: selbaumgarfinkle@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3245
Denize C. Favaro
Research Associate Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
Facility Director, Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
Email: dfavaro@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3234
Kevin H. Gardner, Ph.D.
Director, Structural Biology Initiative
Einstein Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York
Email: kgardner@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3220
Brian M. Giebel, Ph.D.
Deputy Executive Director, CUNY ASRC
Director, Advanced Laboratory for Chemical and Isotopic Signatures
Research Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences Initiative
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, Photonics Initiative
Assistant Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: ggrosso@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3372
Qiushi Guo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Photonics Initiative
Assistant Professor of Physics, CUNY Graduate Center
Email: qguo@gc.cuny.edu
Ye He, Ph.D.
Director, Live Imaging and Bioenergetics Facility
Co-Director, MALDI-TOF MS Imaging Facility
Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: yhe1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3182
Eta A. Isiorho, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
Facility Director, Macromolecular Crystallization Facility
Email: eisiorho@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3250
Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Director, Computational Sciences, Structural Biology Initiative
Email: bjohnson@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3227
Daniel Keedy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York
Email: dkeedy@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3246
Tai-De Li, Ph.D.
Manager, Surface Science Facility
Research Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: tli@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3394
Jia Liu, Ph.D.
Director, Epigenetics Facility
Director, Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite
Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: jliu1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3183
Susana Mingote, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mingote Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: smingote@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3196
Maya Narayanan Nair, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Facility Staff, Nanofabrication Facility, Surface Science Facility
Email: mnair@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3347
Andrew Reinmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Assistant Professor of Geography, Hunter College
Email: areinmann@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3152
Samantha Roberts, Ph.D.
Nanofabrication Facility Director, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: sroberts@gc.cuny.edu
Viktoriia Rutckaia
Research Assistant Professor, Photonics Laboratory Facility Director
Email: viktoriia.rutckaia47@gc.cuny.edu
Matthew Y. Sfeir, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Photonics Initiative
Associate Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: msfeir@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3270
A. Duke Shereen, Ph.D.
Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Facility
Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: ashereen@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3202
Arno Thielens
Research Associate Professor, Photonics Initiative
Director, Radio Frequency and Millimeter Wave Facility
Email: athielens@gc.cuny.edu
Ricardo Toledo-Crow, Ph.D.
Director, Next Generation Environmental Sensor Lab (NGENS)
Research Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Email: rtoledocrow@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3144
Francesca Vallese
Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CCNY
Email: fvallese@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3232
Charles J. Vörösmarty, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Director, Environmental Crossroads Group
Professor of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York
Email: cvorosmarty@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3140
Tong Wang, Ph.D.
Manager, Imaging Suite
Research Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: twang1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3352