People

Administration

  • Kevin H. Gardner, Ph.D.

    • Director, Structural Biology Initiative
    • Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York

    The Gardner Lab studies the biophysical and biochemical basis of environmental sensing domains, exploring natural regulation, and developing methods of artificial control.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3220

Faculty and Core Facility Directors

  • Rinat Abzalimov, Ph.D.

    • Director, Mass Spectrometry Facility
    • Co-Director, MALDI-TOF MS Imaging Facility
    • Research Associate Professor, Structural Biology Initiative

    The Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Facility provides analytical services and expertise to CUNY researchers and their industrial partners, and academic research labs outside the University.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3236

  • Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
    • Associate Professor of Biochemistry, The Graduate Center, CUNY

    The Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab studies protein liquid phase separation and neurodegenerative aggregation using a combination of single molecule fluorescence, soft matter material science and C. elegans genetics.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3245

  • Denize C. Favaro, Ph.D.

    • Research Associate Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
    • Facility Director, Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility

    The Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility provides instrumentation, analysis, and expertise to researchers within or outside academia.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3234

  • Eta A. Isiorho, Ph.D.

    • Research Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
    • Facility Director, Macromolecular Crystallization Facility

    Eta Isiorho directs the Macromolecular Crystallization Facility, which provides protein and small molecule crystallization services, instrumentation, X-ray data collection at national synchrotron facilities, as well as X-ray crystallographic support to academic and industrial researchers both within and outside the CUNY.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3250

  • Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.

    • Senior Research Director, Computational Sciences, Structural Biology Initiative

    The Johnson Lab works at the interface of computation and experiment in developing new techniques for the analysis and use of NMR data from proteins, RNA and metabolomics studies.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3227

  • Daniel Keedy, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
    • Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York

    The Keedy Lab combines computation and experiments to reveal alternative protein conformations and explore how they underlie dynamic functions such as catalysis, ligand binding, and allosteric regulation.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3246

  • Francesca Vallese, Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CCNY

    The Vallese Lab employs an integrated structural biology approach to discover protein assemblies and unveil their architecture and function within their native biological context, utilizing cutting-edge biochemical and biophysical techniques, with a focus on Cryo-EM.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 212.413.3232

Research Staff

Postdoctoral Researchers

Students

Doctoral Students

  • Mitali Bhate
    • Doctoral Student, des Georges Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Andres Cabezas
    • Doctoral Student, , des Georges Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Joseph Closson
    • Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Leah Epstein
    • Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Malvin Forson
    • Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Anna Geissmann
    • Doctoral Student, Ulijn Lab, Nanoscience Initiative
    • Doctoral Student, Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Lilliana Guerrero
    • Doctoral Student, Keedy Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Jack Mechler
    • Doctoral Student, des Georges Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Dayangi (Jayalath Peramu) Perera
    • Doctoral Student, Vallese Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Vishal Persaud
    • Doctoral Student, Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Neha Punia
    • Doctoral Student, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
    • Doctoral Student, Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Fatima Rizwan
    • Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Cullen Roeder
    • Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • James (Jimmy) Siclari
    • Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]
  • Tarsisius Tiyani
    • Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab, Structural Biology Initiative
     Email: [email protected]

Undergraduate Students

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