People

Faculty and staff in the Structural Biology Initiative are experts and collaborators, conducting ground-breaking research with highly-skilled Ph.D. students from across CUNY.

Faculty

  • headshot: Kevin Gardner

    Dr. Kevin Gardner

    Director, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
    Einstein Professor of Chemistry & 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: kevin.gardner@asrc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3220

  • Dr. Rinat Abzalimov

    Director, Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Facility
    Research Assistant Professor, ASRC 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: rinat.abzalimov@asrc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3236

  • Dr. James Aramini

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

    The Biomolecular NMR Facility provides high-field solution and solid-state NMR instrumentation and support to academic researchers within and outside the CUNY system as well as industrial users.

    Email: james.aramini@asrc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3224

  • Dr. Amédée des Georges

    Assistant Professor of Chemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
    Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York

    The des Georges Lab uses cryo-electron microscopy and novel image analysis techniques to explore the dynamics and allostery of large macromolecular complexes and better understand their function and regulation.

    Email: amedee.desgeorges@asrc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3232

  • Dr. Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle

    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
    Assistant 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: shana.elbaum@asrc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3245

  • Dr. Bruce Johnson

    Senior Research Director, Computational Sciences

    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: bruce.johnson@asrc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3227

  • Dr. Daniel Keedy

    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
    Assistant 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: daniel.keedy@asrc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3246

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