People – Nanoscience Initiative

Administration

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

Jiye Son, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Nanoscience Initiative
Associate Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: json2@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3397

Muaad Alody

Administrative Coordinator, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: malody@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3380

Faculty and Core Facility Directors

Tai-De Li, Ph.D.

Manager, Surface Science Suite
Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: tli@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3394
Maya Narayanan Nair

Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mnair@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3347
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
Tong Wang, Ph.D.

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

Research Staff

Milan Begliarbekov, Ph.D.

Technical Cleanroom Manager, Nanofabrication Facility
Research Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mbegliarbekov@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3311
Shawn Kilpatrick

Research Program Specialist, Nanofabrication
Email: skilpatrick@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3312
Scott McPhee

Nanoscience Research Programs Specialist
Email: smcphee@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3399
Vishal Narang, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: vnarang@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3313
Jasmine Sabio

Process Engineer, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: jsabio@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3328
Sheng Zhang

Electron Microscopy Specialist, Imaging Facility
Email: szhang3@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3406

Postdoctoral Researchers

Ankit Jain, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab
Email: ajain@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3405
Salma Kassem, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab
Email: skassem@gc.cuny.edu
Mohit Kumar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab
Email: mkumar@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3389
Yaewon Park, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab
Email: ypark@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3401
Deborah Sementa, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab
Email: dsementa@gc.cuny.edu

Students

Doctoral Students

Gia Berisha

Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab
Email: nberisha@gc.cuny.edu
Sankarsan Biswas

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: sbiswas@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Natalie Boykoff

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: nb1809@nyu.edu
Fernando Bravo

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: fbravo@gc.cuny.edu
Antonio Cerullo

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: acerullo@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Dhwanit Dave

Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab
Email: ddave@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Hailin (Richard) Huang

Ph.D. Student
Email: hhuang1@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Yeojin Jung

Doctoral Student, Chen Lab
Email: yjung000@citymail.cuny.edu
Andrew Levine

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: alevine1@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Zhi-Lun Liu

Doctoral Student, Chen Lab
Email: zliu1@gc.cuny.edu
Douglas MacPherson

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: dmacpherson@gc.cuny.edu
Yaron Marciano

Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab
Email: ymarciano@gc.cuny.edu
Roxana Piotrowska

Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab
Email: rpiotrowska@gc.cuny.edu
Samsondeen Raheem

Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab
Email: sraheem1@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Fahmeed Sheehan

Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab
Email: sheehan4112@live.com
Mona Tayarani Najjaran

Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab
Email: mtayaraninajjaran@gc.cuny.edu
Daniel Valles

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: dvalles1@gc.cuny.edu
Haozhen Wang

Doctoral Student, Chen Lab
Email: hwang5@gc.cuny.edu
Yerzhan Zholdassov

Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab
Email: yzholdasso@gradcenter.cuny.edu

Undergraduate Students

Rawan Aldasooky

Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab
Courtney Chambers

Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab
Rahul Debnath

Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab
Jianpei Lao

Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab
Manuel Lema

Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab
Dorian Pietraru

Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab
Sangitaa Ragoonath

Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab
Angeliza Rozenfeld

Undergraduate Student
Zane Shatz

Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab
Pulkit Singla

Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab
Aisha Soliman

Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab