People – Nanoscience Initiative

Administration

Rein V. Ulijn, Ph.D.
Director, Nanoscience Initiative
Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Director, NanoBioNYC Program
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
Associate Director, NanoBioNYC Program
Email: json2@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3397

Catherine Chan
Administrative Coordinator, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: cchan3@gc.cuny.edu
Yuki Chen
Program Coordinator, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: xchen4@gc.cuny.edu
Tavis Ezell
Business Development Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: tezell@gc.cuny.edu
Tasnim Jackson
Program Coordinator, NanoBioNYC
Workforce Development Coordinator, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: tjackson1@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
Bushra Mujeeb
Finance Assistant, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: bmujeeb@gc.cuny.edu

Faculty and Core Facility Directors

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
Christopher DelRe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: cdelre@gc.cuny.edu
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
Facility Staff, Nanofabrication Facility, Surface Science Facility
Email: mnair@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3347
Samantha Roberts, Ph.D.
Nanofabrication Facility Director, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: sroberts@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
Raymond Tu
Professor, Chen Lab
Email: tu@ccny.cuny.edu
Rein V. Ulijn, Ph.D.
Director, Nanoscience Initiative
Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Director, NanoBioNYC Program
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

Salam Elhalabi
Cleanroom Technician, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: selhalabi@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3311
Shadman Khandaker
Research and Lab Assistant, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: skhandaker@gc.cuny.edu
Shawn Kilpatrick
Research Program Manager, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: skilpatrick@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3312
Kendra Krueger
STEM Outreach and Education Manager, Administration
Outreach and Education Director, ASRC Sensor CAT
Email: kkrueger@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3309
Elliot Quinteros
Laboratory Specialist of Safety and Equipment, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: equinteros@gc.cuny.edu
Samantha Roberts, Ph.D.
Nanofabrication Facility Director, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: sroberts@gc.cuny.edu
Milan A. Shlain
Research Assistant, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: mshlain@gc.cuny.edu
Jane Vogel
Equipment Technician, Nanofabrication Facility
Email: jvogel@gc.cuny.edu
Sheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Electron Microscopy Specialist, Imaging Facility
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
Maëva Coste, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Avishek Dey
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
Soeun Gim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email:
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
Khushabu Thakur, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: kthakur@gc.cuny.edu

Students

Doctoral Students

Kenny Barriales
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: kbarriales@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Gia Berisha
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: nberisha@gc.cuny.edu
Janel Rivera Cancel
Doctoral Student, Chen and Ulijn Lab
Email: jriveracancel@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: pcolondeleon@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Anna Geissmann
Rotation Student, Elbaum-Garfinkle
Email: anna.geissmann@gmail.com
Yeojin Jung
Doctoral Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: yjung000@citymail.cuny.edu
Maheen Khan
Doctoral Student, Chen
Email: mkhan045@citymail.cuny.edu
Seungri Kim
Doctoral Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: skim018@citymail.cuny.edu
Manuel Lema
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: manuel.lema26@myhunter.cuny.edu
Keidy Matos
Doctoral Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: kmatos@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Elma Naranjo
Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Email: enaranjoestepa@ccny.cuny.edu
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
Gershon Starr
Doctoral Student, Chen/Tu
Email: gstarr000@citymail.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
Ahmed Afzal
Undergraduate Student, Rein Ulijn
Ismail Barrera
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Aaron Brijlall
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Aaron Brijlall
Undergraduate, Braunschweig
Mark Bubnovich
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Jasmyn Crumpler
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Brian Darsow
Undergraduate Student, Adam Braunschweig
Selma Doganata
Undergraduate Student, Rein Ulijn
Noa Fuzaelov
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Nina He
Undergraduate Student, Xi Chen
Isabella Huang
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Farhana Khan
Undergraduate Student, Nanoscience
Sergey Kurbakov
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig
Eli LaBarge
Undergraduate Student, Adam Braunschweig
Eralda Memia
Undergraduate Student, Chen
Cooper Moran
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Cooper Moran
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn
Ishraq Nihal
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Ishraq Nihal
Undergraduate Student, Braunschweig
Sadiyah Parveen
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
James V. Parziale
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn
Monil Patel
Undergraduate Student, Adam Braunschweig
Mahfujur Rahman
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Mahfujur Rahman
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn
Gilbert Reyes
Undergraduate Student, Chen
Charanjot Singh
Undergraduate Student, Nanoscience Initiative
Charanjot Singh
Tejaswini Sudhakar
Undergraduate Student, Xi Chen
Basha Tropper
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Reem Ulay
Undergraduate Student, Rein Ulijn
Daren Villa-Fernandez
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
Daren Villa-Fernandez
Undergraduate Student, Ulijn