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

Celeste Ayala
Administrative Coordinator, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: cayala@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3314
Catherine Chan
Administrative Coordinator, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: cchan3@gc.cuny.edu
Tavis Ezell
Business Development Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: tezell@gc.cuny.edu
Kendra Krueger
STEM Outreach and Education Manager, Administration
Outreach and Education Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: kkrueger@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3309
Jasmine Sabio
Communications Coordinator, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: jsabio@gc.cuny.edu

Faculty and Core Facility Directors

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.
Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
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
Tai-De Li, Ph.D.
Manager, Surface Science Facility
Research Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: tli@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3394
Maya Narayanan Nair, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, NanoDevices, 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 Associate Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: twang1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3352

Research Staff

Shawn Kilpatrick
Email: skilpatrick@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3312
Scott McPhee
Research Programs Specialist, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: smcphee@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3399
Milan A. Shlain
Research Assistant, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mshlain@gc.cuny.edu
Sheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Email: szhang3@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3406

Postdoctoral Researchers

Vignesh Athiyarath, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: vathiyarath@gc.cuny.edu
Soeun Gim
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Ankit Jain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: ajain@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3405
Salma Kassem, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: skassem@gc.cuny.edu
Ilse Nava-Medina, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: inava-medina@gc.cuny.edu
Darjan Podbevsek, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: dpodbevsek@gc.cuny.edu
Deborah Sementa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: dsementa@gc.cuny.edu
Mona Tayarani Najjaran, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mtayaraninajjaran@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3406
Khushabu Thakur, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: kthakur@gc.cuny.edu

Students

Doctoral Students

Gia Berisha
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: nberisha@gc.cuny.edu
Sankarsan Biswas
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: sbiswas@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Antonio Cerullo
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: acerullo@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Komal Chauhan
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Dhwanit Dave
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: ddave@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Paola De Leon
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Serah Essang
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: sessang@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Yeojin Jung
Doctoral Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: yjung000@citymail.cuny.edu
Lily Kharlamb
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Seungri Kim
Doctoral Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: skim018@citymail.cuny.edu
Zhi-Lun Liu
Doctoral Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: zliu1@gc.cuny.edu
Douglas MacPherson
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: dmacpherson@gc.cuny.edu
Yaron Marciano
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: ymarciano@gc.cuny.edu
Keidy Matos
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Jiwani Peters
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Maithreyi Ramakrishnan
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mramakrishnan@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Fahmeed Sheehan
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: sheehan4112@live.com
Haozhen Wang
Doctoral Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: hwang5@gc.cuny.edu
Yerzhan Zholdassov
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: yzholdasso@gradcenter.cuny.edu

Undergraduate Students

Radwa Abdelaziz
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Mohamed Abdelhamid
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Ismail Barrera
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Kenny Barriales
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Aaron Brijlall
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Miao Lan Chen Weng
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Leana Figueroa
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Noa Fuzaelov
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jonathan Gao
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Anna Geissmann
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jacob Geldner
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jaylan Jones
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Ezra Kas
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Sandi Kelada
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Shadman Khandaker
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Ryan Kwok
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Tsoi (Michelle) Ying Lai
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jianpei Lao
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Manuel Lema
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Michelle Manzanillo
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Eralda Memia
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Cooper Moran
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Szymon Niewiadomski
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Ishraq Nihal
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Sadiyah Parveen
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
James Parziale
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Dorian Pietraru
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Mahfujur Rahman
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jacqueline Serrano
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Kayla Sherald
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Charanjot Singh
Undergraduate Student, Nanoscience Initiative
Jarair Tahsin
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Basha Tropper
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Samiha Uddin
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Yujie Wei
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Qixing Zhang
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative