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: 212.413.3382
Celeste Ayala
Administrative Coordinator, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: cayala@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3314

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, 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
Vishal Narang, Ph.D.
Email: vnarang@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3313
Jasmine Sabio
Email: jsabio@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3328
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

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.
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
Dhwanit Dave
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: ddave@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Hossam Elshendidi
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: helshendidi@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Serah Essang
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: sessang@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Hailin (Richard) Huang
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: hhuang1@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Yeojin Jung
Doctoral Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: yjung000@citymail.cuny.edu
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
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
Daniel Valles
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: dvalles1@gc.cuny.edu
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

Mohamed Abdelhamid
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Kenny Barriales
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn 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
Ezra Kas
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Shadman Khandaker
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Tsoi (Michelle) Ying Lai
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jianpei Lao
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Eralda Memia
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Cooper Moran
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Ishraq Nihal
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Sadiyah Parveen
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Dorian Pietraru
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jacqueline Serrano
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jarair Tahsin
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Rodolphe Sossou Tchatcha
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn 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