People – Structural Biology Initiative

Administration

Melissa Kushner Vacca

Associate Director
Email: mvacca@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3221

Hyacinth Camillieri

Administrative Coordinator
Email: hcamillieri@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3244

Rinat Abzalimov

Director, Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Facility
Research Assistant Professor, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Email: rabzalimov@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3236
James Aramini

Director, Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
Research Associate Professor, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Email: jaramini@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3234
Amédée des Georges, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York
Email: adesgeorges@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3232
Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle, Ph.D.

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: selbaumgarfinkle@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3245
Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.

Senior Research Director, Computational Sciences
Email: bjohnson@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3227
Daniel Keedy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York
Email: dkeedy@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3246

Syeda Maryam Azeem

Research Assistant, Keedy Lab
Email: sazeem@gc.cuny.edu
Martha Beckwith, Ph.D.

Computational Scientist, Johnson Lab
Email: mbeckwith@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3247
Teddy Abnel Colon-Erazo, Ph.D.

Computational Science Associate, Johnson Lab
Email: tcolonerazo@gc.cuny.edu
Audrigue Jean-Louis, Ph.D.

Computational Scientist, Johnson Lab
Email: ajeanlouis@gc.cuny.edu
Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.

Senior Research Director, Computational Sciences
Email: bjohnson@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3227
Ellen Koag

Computational Scientist, Johnson Lab
Email: ekoag@gc.cuny.edu
Dong (Dan) Lee, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Gardner Lab
Email: dlee4@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3226

Jairo Diaz Amaya, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab
Email: jdiazamaya@gc.cuny.edu
Igor Dikiy, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gardner Lab
Email: idikiy@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3228
Rachel Fisher, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab
Email: rfisher@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3248
Tara Marcink, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Amédée des Georges Lab
Email: tmarcink@gc.cuny.edu
Meiling Zhang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gardner Lab
Email: mzhang2@gc.cuny.edu

Roksana Azad

Doctoral Student, The Gardner Lab
Email: razad@gc.cuny.edu
Alfredo Vidal Ceballos

Doctoral Student, Shana Elbaum Garfinkle Lab
Email: avidalceballos@gc.cuny.edu
Matt Cleere

Doctoral Student, The Gardner Lab
Email: mcleere@gc.cuny.edu
Da Cui

Doctoral Student, Amédée des Georges Lab
Email: dcui@gc.cuny.edu
Uthama Edupuganti

Doctoral Student, The Gardner Lab
Email: uedupuganti@gc.cuny.edu
Dominique Gutierrez

Doctoral Student, Amédée des Georges Lab
Email: dgutierrez@gc.cuny.edu
Zaynab Jaber

Doctoral Student, The Gardner Lab
Email: zjaber@gc.cuny.edu
Charles (CJ) McDonald

Doctoral Student, Shana Elbaum Garfinkle Lab
Email: cmcdonald@gc.cuny.edu
Salah Salah

Doctoral Student, Amédée des Georges Lab
Email: ssalah@gc.cuny.edu
Tamar Skaist

Doctoral. Student, Daniel Keedy Lab
Email: tskaist@gc.cuny.edu
Danielle Swingle

Doctoral Student, Gardner Lab
Email: dswingle@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Xingjian (Jim) Xu

Doctoral Student, The Gardner Lab
Email: xxu2@gc.cuny.edu