Facilities – The Advanced Science Research Center

The Advanced Science Research Center provides sophisticated equipment and staff support to researchers across CUNY and beyond.

High-end core facilities and instrumentation in the ASRC, never before available at CUNY, allow scientists to expand the scope and scale of their research endeavors.

Explore the range of ASRC facilities below, including available instruments and current usage rates.

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Registered users can utilize our Badger lab management software to request reservations for applicable facilities and instrumentation.

Please contact us with any questions or for more information.

Browse our online instruments database to learn more about the tools and equipment available through our core facilities.

Advanced Laboratory for Chemical and Isotopic Signatures (ALCIS)

Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Comparative Medicine Unit (CMU)

Epigenetics

Imaging

Live Imaging and Bioenergetics

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

MALDI-TOF MS Imaging

Macromolecular Crystallization

Mass Spectrometry

Nanofabrication

Next Generation Environmental Sensor Lab (NGENS)

Observatory

Photonics

Radio Frequency & Millimeter Wave (RF/MM-wave)

Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite

Surface Science

For more information, please contact:

Guy Fabre Core Facilities Finance Manager, Budget and Finance
Email: gfabre@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3344
Celeste Ayala Administrative Coordinator, Core Facilities
Email: cayala@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3314

Facility Directors and Managers

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
Rodolfo Ricart Arbona DVM DACLAM,
Attending Veterinarian, Comparative Medicine Unit (CMU)
Email: rodolfo.ricartarbona84@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 646.288.5366
Salam Elhalabi Cleanroom Technician, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: selhalabi@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3311
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
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
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
Shawn Kilpatrick Lab Manager, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: skilpatrick@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3312
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
Sulli Popilskis DVM DACLAM,
Attending Veterinarian, Comparative Medicine Unit (CMU)
Email: spopilskis@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 914.803.2537
Suresh Rai Cleanroom Engineer, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: srai@gc.cuny.edu
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
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
Jane Vogel Equipment Technician, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: jvogel@gc.cuny.edu
Tong Wang, Ph.D. Manager, Imaging Suite
Research Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: twang1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3352
Sheng Zhang, Ph.D. Electron Microscopy Specialist, Imaging Facility
Email: szhang3@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3406