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Mark R. Biscoe Assistant Professor of Chemistry The City College of New York 160 Convent Ave. New York, NY 10031 mbiscoe@ccny .cuny.edu http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~mbiscoe/index.html Publications Li, L.; Zhao, S.; Joshi-Pangu, A.; Diane, M.; Biscoe, M. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14027-14030. Li, L; Wang, C.-Y.; Huang, R.; Biscoe, M. R. Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 607-612. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Biscoe, M. R. Synlett 2012, 23, 1103-1107. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Ma, X.; Diane, M.; Iqbal, S.; Kribs, R.; Huang, R.; Wang, C.-Y.; Biscoe, M. R. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 6629-6633. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Wang, C.-Y.; Biscoe, M. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8478-8481. Joshi-Pangu, A.; Ganesh, M.; Biscoe, M. R. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1218-1221. Research Interests Keywords: Transition metal catalysis, Organic synthesis, Asymmetric synthesis Broadly, research in the Biscoe group focuses on catalysis. The two major types of catalysis in which we are interested are transition metal catalysis and macromolecular catalysis. Our primary goals involve the development of practical and reliable processes for the construction of C–C and C–X (X = heteroatom) bonds. We are particularly interested in the development of new processes for the formation of common structural motifs of importance in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery. Prof. Biscoe is an organic/organometallic chemist interested in the development of new reaction methodologies for application in drug discovery. 2009- current Professor, City College of New York 2005-2008 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT 2000-2005 PhD, Columbia University Dr. Mark R. Biscoe
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Page 1: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Mark R Biscoe

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

160 Convent Ave

New York NY 10031

mbiscoeccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~mbiscoeindexhtml

Publications

Li L Zhao S Joshi-Pangu A Diane M

Biscoe M R J Am Chem Soc 2014 136

14027-14030

Li L Wang C-Y Huang R Biscoe M R

Nature Chem 2013 5 607-612

Joshi-Pangu A Biscoe M R Synlett 2012 23

1103-1107

Joshi-Pangu A Ma X Diane M Iqbal S

Kribs R Huang R Wang C-Y Biscoe M R

J Org Chem 2012 77 6629-6633

Joshi-Pangu A Wang C-Y Biscoe M R J

Am Chem Soc 2011 133 8478-8481

Joshi-Pangu A Ganesh M Biscoe M R Org

Lett 2011 13 1218-1221

Research Interests

Keywords Transition metal catalysis Organic synthesis Asymmetric synthesis

Broadly research in the Biscoe group focuses on catalysis The two major types of catalysis in which we

are interested are transition metal catalysis and macromolecular catalysis Our primary goals involve the

development of practical and reliable processes for the construction of CndashC and CndashX (X = heteroatom)

bonds We are particularly interested in the development of new processes for the formation of common

structural motifs of importance in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery

Prof Biscoe is an

organicorganometallic

chemist interested in the

development of new

reaction methodologies for

application in drug

discovery

2009- current Professor City College of New York

2005-2008 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow MIT

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Mark R Biscoe

Zimei Bu

Associate Professor

The City College of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

zbuccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~zbu

Publications

Phosphatidylinositol 45-Bisphosphate Clusters the

Cell Adhesion Molecule CD44 and Assembles a

Specific CD44-Ezrin Heterocomplex as Revealed by

Small Angle Neutron Scattering Chen X Ali Khajeh

J Ju JH Gupta YK Stanley CB Do C Heller WT

Aggarwal AK Callaway DJ Bu Z J Biol Chem 2015

290(10)6639-52

Molecular conformation of the full-length tumor

suppressor NF2Merlin - a small angle neutron

scattering study Ali Khajeh J Ju J Atchiba M

AllaireM Stanley C Heller WT Callaway DJ

Bu Z J Mol Biol 2014 Jul 29426(15)2755-68

Ligand-induced dynamic changes in extended PDZ

domains from NHERF1 Bhattacharya S Ju JH

Orlova N Khajeh JA Cowburn D Bu Z J Mol Biol

2013 Jul 24425(14)2509-28

Open Conformation of Ezrin Bound to

Phosphatidylinositol 45-Bisphosphate and to F-actin

Revealed by Neutron Scattering Jayasundar JJ Ju

JH He L Liu D Meilleur F Zhao J Callaway DJ Bu

Z J Bio Chem 28737119-33 2012

Activation of nanoscale allosteric protein domain

motion revealed by neutron spin echo spectroscopy

Farago B Li J Cornilescu G Callaway DJE

Bu Z Biophys J 993473-82 2010Research Interests

Keywords Cell signaling cell adhesion intracellular trafficking of membrane receptors neutron

scattering protein dynamics

Research Projects include

1 Structure dynamics and assembly of transmembrane cell adhesion molecules and receptors

2 Protein-lipid interactions

3 How intracellular adapter proteins influence the trafficking assembly and function of transmembrane

receptors

4 Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering

5 Quasielastic neutron scattering neutron spin echo spectroscopy

is a molecular biophysicist at City College

Dr Zimei Bu

Publications

Frik M et al In vitro and in vivo Evaluation of

Water-soluble Iminophosphorane Ruthenium(II)

Compounds A Potential Chemotherapeutic

Agent for Triple Negative Breast Cancer J Med

Chem 2014 57 9995ndash10012

Fernaacutendez-Gallardo J et al Organometallic

Titanocene-Gold Compounds as Potential

Chemotherapeutics in Renal Cancer Study of

their Protein Kinase Inhibitory Properties

Organometallics 2014 33 6669ndash6681

Hokai Y et al Auranofin and Related

Heterometallic Gold(I)-Thiolates as Potent

Inhibitors of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus

aureus Bacterial Strains J Inorg Biochem

2014 138 81-88

Frik M et al Luminescent iminophosphorane

gold palladium and platinum complexes as

potential anticancer agents Inorg Chem Front

2014 3 231-241

Lease N et al Potential Anticancer

Heterometallic Fe-Au and Fe-Pd Agents Initial

Mechanistic Insights J Med Chem 2013 56

5806-5818

Research Interests

Keywords Organometallic Cancer Antimicrobial Gold Catalysis Water-soluble C-C and C-

Heteroatom Bond formation

Our group is focused on the synthesis of metallodrugs as anticancer and antimicrobial agents with a

special interest on heterometallic gold-based compounds We study the biological activity and possible

mode of action of the compounds (in our own cell culture room) We use gold derivatives in homogeneous

catalysis and we study the possible mechanism of these catalysts by using different techniques

Maria Contel is an

inorganicorganometallic

synthetic chemist Her main

interests lie on the rational

design of metallodrugs and

homogeneous catalysts

2011- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2006-2010 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2001-2006 Senior Researcher CSIC-University of

Zaragoza Spain

1999-2000 Postdoc University of Utrecht Holland

1997-1999 Postdoc Australian National University Australia

1993-1996 PhD Public University of Navarra Spain

Dr Maria Contel

Maria Contel

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

mariacontelbroklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumariacontel

Ruel Z B Desamero

Associate Professor

York College the Institute of Macromolecular

Assembly and the Graduate Center

94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd

Jamaica NY 11451

rdesameroyorkcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Publications

A Mojica E J Vedad and RZB Desamero

(2015) ldquoVibrational Analysis of -

Cyanohydroxycinnamic acidrdquo Journal of

Molecular Structure (in press)

B Profit AA J Vedad M Saleh and RZB

Desamero (2015) ldquoAromaticity and Amyloid

Formation Effect of π-Electron Distribution and

Aryl Substituent Geometry on the Self-Assembly

of Peptides Derived from hIAPP22-29 ldquo Archives

of Biochemistry and Biophysics 567 46-58

C Nie B H Deng RZB Desamero and R

Callender (2013) ldquoLarge Scale Dynamics of the

Michaelis Complex in Bacillus

stearothermophilus Lactate Dehydrogenase

Revealed by Single Tryptophan Mutants Studyrdquo

Biochemistry 52 1886-1892

D Profit AA V Felsen J Chinwong E-R

Mojica and RZB Desamero (2013) ldquoEvidence

of π-stacking Interactions in the Self-assembly of

hIAPP22-29rdquo PROTEINS Structure Function and

Bioinformatics 81 690-703

E Deng H DV Vu K Clinch R Desamero

RB Dryer and R Callender (2011)

ldquoConformational Heterogeneity Within the

Michaelis Complex of Lactate Dehydrogenaserdquo

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 7670-7678Research Interests

Keywords vibrational spectroscopy fluorescence circular dichroism temperature-jump

techniques structural biology protein biochemistry enzymology

My research is centered on investigating the structural and dynamical aspects of protein-small molecule interactions

using techniques such as vibrational spectroscopy and temperature-jump relaxation One aspect of the work is to

understand at the molecular level how protein systems work Enzyme-substrate interactions have long been

recognized as representing an extreme expression of structural complementarities in biological chemistry Basic

research geared towards understanding the inner workings of an enzyme system is important if cures for the

diseases caused by a malfunctioning or deficient enzyme are to be found

We have also started investigating the mechanism behind amyloid formation

with the goal of synthesizing peptide inhibitors that diminish protein aggregation

Dr Desamero is a

spectroscopist by training

currently investigating

protein-ligand interaction as

well as protein-protein

aggregation using various

techniques

2010 - current Associate Professor York College - CUNY

2003 - 2010 Assistant Professor York College - CUNY

2000 - 2002 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1998 - 2000 Postdoc City College - CUNY

1998 PhD University of Connecticut

Dr Ruel Desamero

Charles Michael Drain

Professor

Hunter College amp Rockefeller University

Department of Chemistry

695 Park Avenue

New York NY

cdrainhuntercunyedu

wwwhuntercunyeduchemistrymikedrain

Publications

T M Shaffer M A Wall S Harmsen V A Longo

C M Drain M F Kircher J Grimm Nano Letters

2015 15 864-868 Silica Nanoparticles as

Substrates for Chelator-free Labeling of Oxophilic

Radioisotopes

S Singh A Aggarwal N V S D K Bhupathiraju

B Newton A Nafees R Gao C M Drain Tet Let

2014 55 6311-6314 Synthesis and cell

phototoxicity of a triply bridged fused diporphyrin

appended with six thioglucose units

A Aggarwal S Thompson S Singh B Newton A

Moore R Gao X Gu S Mukherjee CM Drain

Photochem Photobiol 2014 90 419ndash430

ldquoPhotophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of a

Chlorin Isobacteriochlorin and Bacteriochlorin for

Photodynamic Theragnostics Discovery of a Two-

photon-absorbing Photosensitizerrdquo

M Jurow A Varotto V Manichev N A Travlou D

A Giannakoudakis C M Drain RSC Adv 2013 3

21360ndash21364 ldquoSelf-organized nanostructured

materials of alkylated phthalocyanines and

underivitized C60 on ITOrdquo

M Jurow V Manichev C Pabon B Hageman Y

Matolina C M Drain Inorg Chem 2013 52

10576-10582 ldquoSelf-Organization of Zr(IV)

Porphyrinoids on Graphene Oxide Surfaces by Axial

Metal CoordinationrdquoResearch Interests

Keywords porphyrins photophysics phototherapy nanotechnology supramolecular

Bottom-up self-organization of functional photonic materials composed of porphyrinoid dyes allows fabrication of

next generation sensors solar energy harvesting and biomedical devices Click-chemistry makes the dye

commercially viable and the fundamental photophysical properties of these materials guides development of more

efficient dyes (2) Porphyrinoid dyes are being developed as theranostics (the same compound is used for both

therapy and diagnostic) for photodynamic therapy of diseases such as cancer (3) Biomedical applications of

nanoparticles composed of organic and inorganic materials including radiolabled

materials for imaging and therapy are being developed in collaboration with

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Rockefeller University

CM Drain is chair of the

Department of Chemistry at

Hunter College with

research in supramolecular

materials photonics photo-

therapeutics and medical

photo-diagnostics

1996- present Professor Hunter College CUNY

1990- present Adj Faculty Rockefeller University

1990-1993 Postdoc Univ of Strasburg France

1984-1988 PhD Tufts University

Dr Charles Michael Drain

Emilio Gallicchio

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

egallicchiobrooklyncunyedu

sitesgooglecomsiteemiliogallicchiolab

Publications

Emilio Gallicchio et al BEDAM Binding Free

Energy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-Acid

Host Challenge J Comp Aided Mol Des 29

315-325 (2015)

Emilio Gallicchio et al Virtual Screening of

Integrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding Free

Energy Calculations the SAMPL4 Challenge J

Comp Aided Mol Design 28 475-490 (2014)

Guohua Yi Mauro Lapelosa Emilio Gallicchio

Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al Chimeric

Rhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes Elicit

Anti-HIV Neutralizing Responses PLoS ONE

8(9) e72205 (2013)

Gallicchio E Role of Ligand Reorganization and

Conformational Restraints on the Binding Free

Energies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors to

HIV Reverse Transcriptase Computational

Molecular Bioscience 2 7-22 (2012)

Research Interests

-Thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand binding

- Virtual drug screening

- Protein conformational equilibria

- Statistical thermodynamics of protein folding and misfolding

- Thermodynamics of solvation of biological macromolecules

- Force field development and high resolution protein modeling

- Design of high performance computational chemistry algorithms

- Parallel and distributed computing

Emilio Gallicchiorsquos research

is in the area of

computational molecular

biophysics He uses

advanced computational

models to investigate the

dynamics and

thermodynamics of biological

systems

2013- current Asst Professor Dept Chemistry Brooklyn College

2012-2013 Research Professor Dept Chemistry Rutgers University

2001-2012 Associate Director BioMaPS Institute Rutgers University

1997-2000 Postdoctoral Rutgers University

1991-1996 PhD Columbia University Chemical Physics

Dr Emilio Gallicchio

Kevin H Gardner

Director Structural Biology Initiative

CUNY Advanced Science Center Room 3322

85 St Nicholas Terrace

New York NY 10031

KevinGardnerasrccunyedu

structbioasrccunyedu bull kglaborg

Publications

Y Guo et al Coiled-coil coactivators play a

structural role mediating interactions in hypoxia

inducible factor heterodimerization J Biol

Chem 2015 online now

V Ocasio et al Ligand-induced folding of a two

component signaling receiver domain

Biochemistry 54 1353-1363

G Rivera-Cancel et al Full-length structure of a

monomeric histidine kinase reveals basis for

sensory regulation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2014 111 17839-17844

LB Motta-Mena et al An optogenetic gene

expression system with rapid activation and

deactivation kinetics Nat Chem Biol 2014

10 196-202

TH Scheuermann et al Allosteric inhibition of

Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 with small molecules

Nat Chem Biol 9 271-276

Research Interests

Keywords environmental sensing bull proteinprotein interactions bull ligand binding bull allostery bull NMR

spectroscopy bull X-ray diffraction bull biochemistry bull photosensors bull cancer bull protein engineering

The Gardner lab studies

how cells perceive and

respond to changes in the

environment around them

Such information provides

insights into fundamental

principles of protein

structure and signaling

guides the engineering of

new protein-based tools

and lays the foundation for

new therapeutic strategies

2014- current Director Structural Biology Initiative CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor of Chemistry City College of New York

1998-2014 Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center

1995-1998 Postdoc ndash Biomolecular NMR methods development University of Toronto (w Dr Lewis E

Kay)

1989-1995 PhD ndash Molecular Biophysics amp Biochemistry Yale University (w Dr Joseph E Coleman)

Dr Kevin H Gardner

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 2: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Zimei Bu

Associate Professor

The City College of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

zbuccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~zbu

Publications

Phosphatidylinositol 45-Bisphosphate Clusters the

Cell Adhesion Molecule CD44 and Assembles a

Specific CD44-Ezrin Heterocomplex as Revealed by

Small Angle Neutron Scattering Chen X Ali Khajeh

J Ju JH Gupta YK Stanley CB Do C Heller WT

Aggarwal AK Callaway DJ Bu Z J Biol Chem 2015

290(10)6639-52

Molecular conformation of the full-length tumor

suppressor NF2Merlin - a small angle neutron

scattering study Ali Khajeh J Ju J Atchiba M

AllaireM Stanley C Heller WT Callaway DJ

Bu Z J Mol Biol 2014 Jul 29426(15)2755-68

Ligand-induced dynamic changes in extended PDZ

domains from NHERF1 Bhattacharya S Ju JH

Orlova N Khajeh JA Cowburn D Bu Z J Mol Biol

2013 Jul 24425(14)2509-28

Open Conformation of Ezrin Bound to

Phosphatidylinositol 45-Bisphosphate and to F-actin

Revealed by Neutron Scattering Jayasundar JJ Ju

JH He L Liu D Meilleur F Zhao J Callaway DJ Bu

Z J Bio Chem 28737119-33 2012

Activation of nanoscale allosteric protein domain

motion revealed by neutron spin echo spectroscopy

Farago B Li J Cornilescu G Callaway DJE

Bu Z Biophys J 993473-82 2010Research Interests

Keywords Cell signaling cell adhesion intracellular trafficking of membrane receptors neutron

scattering protein dynamics

Research Projects include

1 Structure dynamics and assembly of transmembrane cell adhesion molecules and receptors

2 Protein-lipid interactions

3 How intracellular adapter proteins influence the trafficking assembly and function of transmembrane

receptors

4 Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering

5 Quasielastic neutron scattering neutron spin echo spectroscopy

is a molecular biophysicist at City College

Dr Zimei Bu

Publications

Frik M et al In vitro and in vivo Evaluation of

Water-soluble Iminophosphorane Ruthenium(II)

Compounds A Potential Chemotherapeutic

Agent for Triple Negative Breast Cancer J Med

Chem 2014 57 9995ndash10012

Fernaacutendez-Gallardo J et al Organometallic

Titanocene-Gold Compounds as Potential

Chemotherapeutics in Renal Cancer Study of

their Protein Kinase Inhibitory Properties

Organometallics 2014 33 6669ndash6681

Hokai Y et al Auranofin and Related

Heterometallic Gold(I)-Thiolates as Potent

Inhibitors of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus

aureus Bacterial Strains J Inorg Biochem

2014 138 81-88

Frik M et al Luminescent iminophosphorane

gold palladium and platinum complexes as

potential anticancer agents Inorg Chem Front

2014 3 231-241

Lease N et al Potential Anticancer

Heterometallic Fe-Au and Fe-Pd Agents Initial

Mechanistic Insights J Med Chem 2013 56

5806-5818

Research Interests

Keywords Organometallic Cancer Antimicrobial Gold Catalysis Water-soluble C-C and C-

Heteroatom Bond formation

Our group is focused on the synthesis of metallodrugs as anticancer and antimicrobial agents with a

special interest on heterometallic gold-based compounds We study the biological activity and possible

mode of action of the compounds (in our own cell culture room) We use gold derivatives in homogeneous

catalysis and we study the possible mechanism of these catalysts by using different techniques

Maria Contel is an

inorganicorganometallic

synthetic chemist Her main

interests lie on the rational

design of metallodrugs and

homogeneous catalysts

2011- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2006-2010 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2001-2006 Senior Researcher CSIC-University of

Zaragoza Spain

1999-2000 Postdoc University of Utrecht Holland

1997-1999 Postdoc Australian National University Australia

1993-1996 PhD Public University of Navarra Spain

Dr Maria Contel

Maria Contel

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

mariacontelbroklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumariacontel

Ruel Z B Desamero

Associate Professor

York College the Institute of Macromolecular

Assembly and the Graduate Center

94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd

Jamaica NY 11451

rdesameroyorkcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Publications

A Mojica E J Vedad and RZB Desamero

(2015) ldquoVibrational Analysis of -

Cyanohydroxycinnamic acidrdquo Journal of

Molecular Structure (in press)

B Profit AA J Vedad M Saleh and RZB

Desamero (2015) ldquoAromaticity and Amyloid

Formation Effect of π-Electron Distribution and

Aryl Substituent Geometry on the Self-Assembly

of Peptides Derived from hIAPP22-29 ldquo Archives

of Biochemistry and Biophysics 567 46-58

C Nie B H Deng RZB Desamero and R

Callender (2013) ldquoLarge Scale Dynamics of the

Michaelis Complex in Bacillus

stearothermophilus Lactate Dehydrogenase

Revealed by Single Tryptophan Mutants Studyrdquo

Biochemistry 52 1886-1892

D Profit AA V Felsen J Chinwong E-R

Mojica and RZB Desamero (2013) ldquoEvidence

of π-stacking Interactions in the Self-assembly of

hIAPP22-29rdquo PROTEINS Structure Function and

Bioinformatics 81 690-703

E Deng H DV Vu K Clinch R Desamero

RB Dryer and R Callender (2011)

ldquoConformational Heterogeneity Within the

Michaelis Complex of Lactate Dehydrogenaserdquo

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 7670-7678Research Interests

Keywords vibrational spectroscopy fluorescence circular dichroism temperature-jump

techniques structural biology protein biochemistry enzymology

My research is centered on investigating the structural and dynamical aspects of protein-small molecule interactions

using techniques such as vibrational spectroscopy and temperature-jump relaxation One aspect of the work is to

understand at the molecular level how protein systems work Enzyme-substrate interactions have long been

recognized as representing an extreme expression of structural complementarities in biological chemistry Basic

research geared towards understanding the inner workings of an enzyme system is important if cures for the

diseases caused by a malfunctioning or deficient enzyme are to be found

We have also started investigating the mechanism behind amyloid formation

with the goal of synthesizing peptide inhibitors that diminish protein aggregation

Dr Desamero is a

spectroscopist by training

currently investigating

protein-ligand interaction as

well as protein-protein

aggregation using various

techniques

2010 - current Associate Professor York College - CUNY

2003 - 2010 Assistant Professor York College - CUNY

2000 - 2002 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1998 - 2000 Postdoc City College - CUNY

1998 PhD University of Connecticut

Dr Ruel Desamero

Charles Michael Drain

Professor

Hunter College amp Rockefeller University

Department of Chemistry

695 Park Avenue

New York NY

cdrainhuntercunyedu

wwwhuntercunyeduchemistrymikedrain

Publications

T M Shaffer M A Wall S Harmsen V A Longo

C M Drain M F Kircher J Grimm Nano Letters

2015 15 864-868 Silica Nanoparticles as

Substrates for Chelator-free Labeling of Oxophilic

Radioisotopes

S Singh A Aggarwal N V S D K Bhupathiraju

B Newton A Nafees R Gao C M Drain Tet Let

2014 55 6311-6314 Synthesis and cell

phototoxicity of a triply bridged fused diporphyrin

appended with six thioglucose units

A Aggarwal S Thompson S Singh B Newton A

Moore R Gao X Gu S Mukherjee CM Drain

Photochem Photobiol 2014 90 419ndash430

ldquoPhotophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of a

Chlorin Isobacteriochlorin and Bacteriochlorin for

Photodynamic Theragnostics Discovery of a Two-

photon-absorbing Photosensitizerrdquo

M Jurow A Varotto V Manichev N A Travlou D

A Giannakoudakis C M Drain RSC Adv 2013 3

21360ndash21364 ldquoSelf-organized nanostructured

materials of alkylated phthalocyanines and

underivitized C60 on ITOrdquo

M Jurow V Manichev C Pabon B Hageman Y

Matolina C M Drain Inorg Chem 2013 52

10576-10582 ldquoSelf-Organization of Zr(IV)

Porphyrinoids on Graphene Oxide Surfaces by Axial

Metal CoordinationrdquoResearch Interests

Keywords porphyrins photophysics phototherapy nanotechnology supramolecular

Bottom-up self-organization of functional photonic materials composed of porphyrinoid dyes allows fabrication of

next generation sensors solar energy harvesting and biomedical devices Click-chemistry makes the dye

commercially viable and the fundamental photophysical properties of these materials guides development of more

efficient dyes (2) Porphyrinoid dyes are being developed as theranostics (the same compound is used for both

therapy and diagnostic) for photodynamic therapy of diseases such as cancer (3) Biomedical applications of

nanoparticles composed of organic and inorganic materials including radiolabled

materials for imaging and therapy are being developed in collaboration with

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Rockefeller University

CM Drain is chair of the

Department of Chemistry at

Hunter College with

research in supramolecular

materials photonics photo-

therapeutics and medical

photo-diagnostics

1996- present Professor Hunter College CUNY

1990- present Adj Faculty Rockefeller University

1990-1993 Postdoc Univ of Strasburg France

1984-1988 PhD Tufts University

Dr Charles Michael Drain

Emilio Gallicchio

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

egallicchiobrooklyncunyedu

sitesgooglecomsiteemiliogallicchiolab

Publications

Emilio Gallicchio et al BEDAM Binding Free

Energy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-Acid

Host Challenge J Comp Aided Mol Des 29

315-325 (2015)

Emilio Gallicchio et al Virtual Screening of

Integrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding Free

Energy Calculations the SAMPL4 Challenge J

Comp Aided Mol Design 28 475-490 (2014)

Guohua Yi Mauro Lapelosa Emilio Gallicchio

Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al Chimeric

Rhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes Elicit

Anti-HIV Neutralizing Responses PLoS ONE

8(9) e72205 (2013)

Gallicchio E Role of Ligand Reorganization and

Conformational Restraints on the Binding Free

Energies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors to

HIV Reverse Transcriptase Computational

Molecular Bioscience 2 7-22 (2012)

Research Interests

-Thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand binding

- Virtual drug screening

- Protein conformational equilibria

- Statistical thermodynamics of protein folding and misfolding

- Thermodynamics of solvation of biological macromolecules

- Force field development and high resolution protein modeling

- Design of high performance computational chemistry algorithms

- Parallel and distributed computing

Emilio Gallicchiorsquos research

is in the area of

computational molecular

biophysics He uses

advanced computational

models to investigate the

dynamics and

thermodynamics of biological

systems

2013- current Asst Professor Dept Chemistry Brooklyn College

2012-2013 Research Professor Dept Chemistry Rutgers University

2001-2012 Associate Director BioMaPS Institute Rutgers University

1997-2000 Postdoctoral Rutgers University

1991-1996 PhD Columbia University Chemical Physics

Dr Emilio Gallicchio

Kevin H Gardner

Director Structural Biology Initiative

CUNY Advanced Science Center Room 3322

85 St Nicholas Terrace

New York NY 10031

KevinGardnerasrccunyedu

structbioasrccunyedu bull kglaborg

Publications

Y Guo et al Coiled-coil coactivators play a

structural role mediating interactions in hypoxia

inducible factor heterodimerization J Biol

Chem 2015 online now

V Ocasio et al Ligand-induced folding of a two

component signaling receiver domain

Biochemistry 54 1353-1363

G Rivera-Cancel et al Full-length structure of a

monomeric histidine kinase reveals basis for

sensory regulation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2014 111 17839-17844

LB Motta-Mena et al An optogenetic gene

expression system with rapid activation and

deactivation kinetics Nat Chem Biol 2014

10 196-202

TH Scheuermann et al Allosteric inhibition of

Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 with small molecules

Nat Chem Biol 9 271-276

Research Interests

Keywords environmental sensing bull proteinprotein interactions bull ligand binding bull allostery bull NMR

spectroscopy bull X-ray diffraction bull biochemistry bull photosensors bull cancer bull protein engineering

The Gardner lab studies

how cells perceive and

respond to changes in the

environment around them

Such information provides

insights into fundamental

principles of protein

structure and signaling

guides the engineering of

new protein-based tools

and lays the foundation for

new therapeutic strategies

2014- current Director Structural Biology Initiative CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor of Chemistry City College of New York

1998-2014 Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center

1995-1998 Postdoc ndash Biomolecular NMR methods development University of Toronto (w Dr Lewis E

Kay)

1989-1995 PhD ndash Molecular Biophysics amp Biochemistry Yale University (w Dr Joseph E Coleman)

Dr Kevin H Gardner

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 3: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Publications

Frik M et al In vitro and in vivo Evaluation of

Water-soluble Iminophosphorane Ruthenium(II)

Compounds A Potential Chemotherapeutic

Agent for Triple Negative Breast Cancer J Med

Chem 2014 57 9995ndash10012

Fernaacutendez-Gallardo J et al Organometallic

Titanocene-Gold Compounds as Potential

Chemotherapeutics in Renal Cancer Study of

their Protein Kinase Inhibitory Properties

Organometallics 2014 33 6669ndash6681

Hokai Y et al Auranofin and Related

Heterometallic Gold(I)-Thiolates as Potent

Inhibitors of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus

aureus Bacterial Strains J Inorg Biochem

2014 138 81-88

Frik M et al Luminescent iminophosphorane

gold palladium and platinum complexes as

potential anticancer agents Inorg Chem Front

2014 3 231-241

Lease N et al Potential Anticancer

Heterometallic Fe-Au and Fe-Pd Agents Initial

Mechanistic Insights J Med Chem 2013 56

5806-5818

Research Interests

Keywords Organometallic Cancer Antimicrobial Gold Catalysis Water-soluble C-C and C-

Heteroatom Bond formation

Our group is focused on the synthesis of metallodrugs as anticancer and antimicrobial agents with a

special interest on heterometallic gold-based compounds We study the biological activity and possible

mode of action of the compounds (in our own cell culture room) We use gold derivatives in homogeneous

catalysis and we study the possible mechanism of these catalysts by using different techniques

Maria Contel is an

inorganicorganometallic

synthetic chemist Her main

interests lie on the rational

design of metallodrugs and

homogeneous catalysts

2011- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2006-2010 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2001-2006 Senior Researcher CSIC-University of

Zaragoza Spain

1999-2000 Postdoc University of Utrecht Holland

1997-1999 Postdoc Australian National University Australia

1993-1996 PhD Public University of Navarra Spain

Dr Maria Contel

Maria Contel

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

mariacontelbroklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumariacontel

Ruel Z B Desamero

Associate Professor

York College the Institute of Macromolecular

Assembly and the Graduate Center

94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd

Jamaica NY 11451

rdesameroyorkcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Publications

A Mojica E J Vedad and RZB Desamero

(2015) ldquoVibrational Analysis of -

Cyanohydroxycinnamic acidrdquo Journal of

Molecular Structure (in press)

B Profit AA J Vedad M Saleh and RZB

Desamero (2015) ldquoAromaticity and Amyloid

Formation Effect of π-Electron Distribution and

Aryl Substituent Geometry on the Self-Assembly

of Peptides Derived from hIAPP22-29 ldquo Archives

of Biochemistry and Biophysics 567 46-58

C Nie B H Deng RZB Desamero and R

Callender (2013) ldquoLarge Scale Dynamics of the

Michaelis Complex in Bacillus

stearothermophilus Lactate Dehydrogenase

Revealed by Single Tryptophan Mutants Studyrdquo

Biochemistry 52 1886-1892

D Profit AA V Felsen J Chinwong E-R

Mojica and RZB Desamero (2013) ldquoEvidence

of π-stacking Interactions in the Self-assembly of

hIAPP22-29rdquo PROTEINS Structure Function and

Bioinformatics 81 690-703

E Deng H DV Vu K Clinch R Desamero

RB Dryer and R Callender (2011)

ldquoConformational Heterogeneity Within the

Michaelis Complex of Lactate Dehydrogenaserdquo

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 7670-7678Research Interests

Keywords vibrational spectroscopy fluorescence circular dichroism temperature-jump

techniques structural biology protein biochemistry enzymology

My research is centered on investigating the structural and dynamical aspects of protein-small molecule interactions

using techniques such as vibrational spectroscopy and temperature-jump relaxation One aspect of the work is to

understand at the molecular level how protein systems work Enzyme-substrate interactions have long been

recognized as representing an extreme expression of structural complementarities in biological chemistry Basic

research geared towards understanding the inner workings of an enzyme system is important if cures for the

diseases caused by a malfunctioning or deficient enzyme are to be found

We have also started investigating the mechanism behind amyloid formation

with the goal of synthesizing peptide inhibitors that diminish protein aggregation

Dr Desamero is a

spectroscopist by training

currently investigating

protein-ligand interaction as

well as protein-protein

aggregation using various

techniques

2010 - current Associate Professor York College - CUNY

2003 - 2010 Assistant Professor York College - CUNY

2000 - 2002 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1998 - 2000 Postdoc City College - CUNY

1998 PhD University of Connecticut

Dr Ruel Desamero

Charles Michael Drain

Professor

Hunter College amp Rockefeller University

Department of Chemistry

695 Park Avenue

New York NY

cdrainhuntercunyedu

wwwhuntercunyeduchemistrymikedrain

Publications

T M Shaffer M A Wall S Harmsen V A Longo

C M Drain M F Kircher J Grimm Nano Letters

2015 15 864-868 Silica Nanoparticles as

Substrates for Chelator-free Labeling of Oxophilic

Radioisotopes

S Singh A Aggarwal N V S D K Bhupathiraju

B Newton A Nafees R Gao C M Drain Tet Let

2014 55 6311-6314 Synthesis and cell

phototoxicity of a triply bridged fused diporphyrin

appended with six thioglucose units

A Aggarwal S Thompson S Singh B Newton A

Moore R Gao X Gu S Mukherjee CM Drain

Photochem Photobiol 2014 90 419ndash430

ldquoPhotophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of a

Chlorin Isobacteriochlorin and Bacteriochlorin for

Photodynamic Theragnostics Discovery of a Two-

photon-absorbing Photosensitizerrdquo

M Jurow A Varotto V Manichev N A Travlou D

A Giannakoudakis C M Drain RSC Adv 2013 3

21360ndash21364 ldquoSelf-organized nanostructured

materials of alkylated phthalocyanines and

underivitized C60 on ITOrdquo

M Jurow V Manichev C Pabon B Hageman Y

Matolina C M Drain Inorg Chem 2013 52

10576-10582 ldquoSelf-Organization of Zr(IV)

Porphyrinoids on Graphene Oxide Surfaces by Axial

Metal CoordinationrdquoResearch Interests

Keywords porphyrins photophysics phototherapy nanotechnology supramolecular

Bottom-up self-organization of functional photonic materials composed of porphyrinoid dyes allows fabrication of

next generation sensors solar energy harvesting and biomedical devices Click-chemistry makes the dye

commercially viable and the fundamental photophysical properties of these materials guides development of more

efficient dyes (2) Porphyrinoid dyes are being developed as theranostics (the same compound is used for both

therapy and diagnostic) for photodynamic therapy of diseases such as cancer (3) Biomedical applications of

nanoparticles composed of organic and inorganic materials including radiolabled

materials for imaging and therapy are being developed in collaboration with

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Rockefeller University

CM Drain is chair of the

Department of Chemistry at

Hunter College with

research in supramolecular

materials photonics photo-

therapeutics and medical

photo-diagnostics

1996- present Professor Hunter College CUNY

1990- present Adj Faculty Rockefeller University

1990-1993 Postdoc Univ of Strasburg France

1984-1988 PhD Tufts University

Dr Charles Michael Drain

Emilio Gallicchio

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

egallicchiobrooklyncunyedu

sitesgooglecomsiteemiliogallicchiolab

Publications

Emilio Gallicchio et al BEDAM Binding Free

Energy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-Acid

Host Challenge J Comp Aided Mol Des 29

315-325 (2015)

Emilio Gallicchio et al Virtual Screening of

Integrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding Free

Energy Calculations the SAMPL4 Challenge J

Comp Aided Mol Design 28 475-490 (2014)

Guohua Yi Mauro Lapelosa Emilio Gallicchio

Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al Chimeric

Rhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes Elicit

Anti-HIV Neutralizing Responses PLoS ONE

8(9) e72205 (2013)

Gallicchio E Role of Ligand Reorganization and

Conformational Restraints on the Binding Free

Energies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors to

HIV Reverse Transcriptase Computational

Molecular Bioscience 2 7-22 (2012)

Research Interests

-Thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand binding

- Virtual drug screening

- Protein conformational equilibria

- Statistical thermodynamics of protein folding and misfolding

- Thermodynamics of solvation of biological macromolecules

- Force field development and high resolution protein modeling

- Design of high performance computational chemistry algorithms

- Parallel and distributed computing

Emilio Gallicchiorsquos research

is in the area of

computational molecular

biophysics He uses

advanced computational

models to investigate the

dynamics and

thermodynamics of biological

systems

2013- current Asst Professor Dept Chemistry Brooklyn College

2012-2013 Research Professor Dept Chemistry Rutgers University

2001-2012 Associate Director BioMaPS Institute Rutgers University

1997-2000 Postdoctoral Rutgers University

1991-1996 PhD Columbia University Chemical Physics

Dr Emilio Gallicchio

Kevin H Gardner

Director Structural Biology Initiative

CUNY Advanced Science Center Room 3322

85 St Nicholas Terrace

New York NY 10031

KevinGardnerasrccunyedu

structbioasrccunyedu bull kglaborg

Publications

Y Guo et al Coiled-coil coactivators play a

structural role mediating interactions in hypoxia

inducible factor heterodimerization J Biol

Chem 2015 online now

V Ocasio et al Ligand-induced folding of a two

component signaling receiver domain

Biochemistry 54 1353-1363

G Rivera-Cancel et al Full-length structure of a

monomeric histidine kinase reveals basis for

sensory regulation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2014 111 17839-17844

LB Motta-Mena et al An optogenetic gene

expression system with rapid activation and

deactivation kinetics Nat Chem Biol 2014

10 196-202

TH Scheuermann et al Allosteric inhibition of

Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 with small molecules

Nat Chem Biol 9 271-276

Research Interests

Keywords environmental sensing bull proteinprotein interactions bull ligand binding bull allostery bull NMR

spectroscopy bull X-ray diffraction bull biochemistry bull photosensors bull cancer bull protein engineering

The Gardner lab studies

how cells perceive and

respond to changes in the

environment around them

Such information provides

insights into fundamental

principles of protein

structure and signaling

guides the engineering of

new protein-based tools

and lays the foundation for

new therapeutic strategies

2014- current Director Structural Biology Initiative CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor of Chemistry City College of New York

1998-2014 Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center

1995-1998 Postdoc ndash Biomolecular NMR methods development University of Toronto (w Dr Lewis E

Kay)

1989-1995 PhD ndash Molecular Biophysics amp Biochemistry Yale University (w Dr Joseph E Coleman)

Dr Kevin H Gardner

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 4: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Ruel Z B Desamero

Associate Professor

York College the Institute of Macromolecular

Assembly and the Graduate Center

94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd

Jamaica NY 11451

rdesameroyorkcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Publications

A Mojica E J Vedad and RZB Desamero

(2015) ldquoVibrational Analysis of -

Cyanohydroxycinnamic acidrdquo Journal of

Molecular Structure (in press)

B Profit AA J Vedad M Saleh and RZB

Desamero (2015) ldquoAromaticity and Amyloid

Formation Effect of π-Electron Distribution and

Aryl Substituent Geometry on the Self-Assembly

of Peptides Derived from hIAPP22-29 ldquo Archives

of Biochemistry and Biophysics 567 46-58

C Nie B H Deng RZB Desamero and R

Callender (2013) ldquoLarge Scale Dynamics of the

Michaelis Complex in Bacillus

stearothermophilus Lactate Dehydrogenase

Revealed by Single Tryptophan Mutants Studyrdquo

Biochemistry 52 1886-1892

D Profit AA V Felsen J Chinwong E-R

Mojica and RZB Desamero (2013) ldquoEvidence

of π-stacking Interactions in the Self-assembly of

hIAPP22-29rdquo PROTEINS Structure Function and

Bioinformatics 81 690-703

E Deng H DV Vu K Clinch R Desamero

RB Dryer and R Callender (2011)

ldquoConformational Heterogeneity Within the

Michaelis Complex of Lactate Dehydrogenaserdquo

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 7670-7678Research Interests

Keywords vibrational spectroscopy fluorescence circular dichroism temperature-jump

techniques structural biology protein biochemistry enzymology

My research is centered on investigating the structural and dynamical aspects of protein-small molecule interactions

using techniques such as vibrational spectroscopy and temperature-jump relaxation One aspect of the work is to

understand at the molecular level how protein systems work Enzyme-substrate interactions have long been

recognized as representing an extreme expression of structural complementarities in biological chemistry Basic

research geared towards understanding the inner workings of an enzyme system is important if cures for the

diseases caused by a malfunctioning or deficient enzyme are to be found

We have also started investigating the mechanism behind amyloid formation

with the goal of synthesizing peptide inhibitors that diminish protein aggregation

Dr Desamero is a

spectroscopist by training

currently investigating

protein-ligand interaction as

well as protein-protein

aggregation using various

techniques

2010 - current Associate Professor York College - CUNY

2003 - 2010 Assistant Professor York College - CUNY

2000 - 2002 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1998 - 2000 Postdoc City College - CUNY

1998 PhD University of Connecticut

Dr Ruel Desamero

Charles Michael Drain

Professor

Hunter College amp Rockefeller University

Department of Chemistry

695 Park Avenue

New York NY

cdrainhuntercunyedu

wwwhuntercunyeduchemistrymikedrain

Publications

T M Shaffer M A Wall S Harmsen V A Longo

C M Drain M F Kircher J Grimm Nano Letters

2015 15 864-868 Silica Nanoparticles as

Substrates for Chelator-free Labeling of Oxophilic

Radioisotopes

S Singh A Aggarwal N V S D K Bhupathiraju

B Newton A Nafees R Gao C M Drain Tet Let

2014 55 6311-6314 Synthesis and cell

phototoxicity of a triply bridged fused diporphyrin

appended with six thioglucose units

A Aggarwal S Thompson S Singh B Newton A

Moore R Gao X Gu S Mukherjee CM Drain

Photochem Photobiol 2014 90 419ndash430

ldquoPhotophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of a

Chlorin Isobacteriochlorin and Bacteriochlorin for

Photodynamic Theragnostics Discovery of a Two-

photon-absorbing Photosensitizerrdquo

M Jurow A Varotto V Manichev N A Travlou D

A Giannakoudakis C M Drain RSC Adv 2013 3

21360ndash21364 ldquoSelf-organized nanostructured

materials of alkylated phthalocyanines and

underivitized C60 on ITOrdquo

M Jurow V Manichev C Pabon B Hageman Y

Matolina C M Drain Inorg Chem 2013 52

10576-10582 ldquoSelf-Organization of Zr(IV)

Porphyrinoids on Graphene Oxide Surfaces by Axial

Metal CoordinationrdquoResearch Interests

Keywords porphyrins photophysics phototherapy nanotechnology supramolecular

Bottom-up self-organization of functional photonic materials composed of porphyrinoid dyes allows fabrication of

next generation sensors solar energy harvesting and biomedical devices Click-chemistry makes the dye

commercially viable and the fundamental photophysical properties of these materials guides development of more

efficient dyes (2) Porphyrinoid dyes are being developed as theranostics (the same compound is used for both

therapy and diagnostic) for photodynamic therapy of diseases such as cancer (3) Biomedical applications of

nanoparticles composed of organic and inorganic materials including radiolabled

materials for imaging and therapy are being developed in collaboration with

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Rockefeller University

CM Drain is chair of the

Department of Chemistry at

Hunter College with

research in supramolecular

materials photonics photo-

therapeutics and medical

photo-diagnostics

1996- present Professor Hunter College CUNY

1990- present Adj Faculty Rockefeller University

1990-1993 Postdoc Univ of Strasburg France

1984-1988 PhD Tufts University

Dr Charles Michael Drain

Emilio Gallicchio

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

egallicchiobrooklyncunyedu

sitesgooglecomsiteemiliogallicchiolab

Publications

Emilio Gallicchio et al BEDAM Binding Free

Energy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-Acid

Host Challenge J Comp Aided Mol Des 29

315-325 (2015)

Emilio Gallicchio et al Virtual Screening of

Integrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding Free

Energy Calculations the SAMPL4 Challenge J

Comp Aided Mol Design 28 475-490 (2014)

Guohua Yi Mauro Lapelosa Emilio Gallicchio

Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al Chimeric

Rhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes Elicit

Anti-HIV Neutralizing Responses PLoS ONE

8(9) e72205 (2013)

Gallicchio E Role of Ligand Reorganization and

Conformational Restraints on the Binding Free

Energies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors to

HIV Reverse Transcriptase Computational

Molecular Bioscience 2 7-22 (2012)

Research Interests

-Thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand binding

- Virtual drug screening

- Protein conformational equilibria

- Statistical thermodynamics of protein folding and misfolding

- Thermodynamics of solvation of biological macromolecules

- Force field development and high resolution protein modeling

- Design of high performance computational chemistry algorithms

- Parallel and distributed computing

Emilio Gallicchiorsquos research

is in the area of

computational molecular

biophysics He uses

advanced computational

models to investigate the

dynamics and

thermodynamics of biological

systems

2013- current Asst Professor Dept Chemistry Brooklyn College

2012-2013 Research Professor Dept Chemistry Rutgers University

2001-2012 Associate Director BioMaPS Institute Rutgers University

1997-2000 Postdoctoral Rutgers University

1991-1996 PhD Columbia University Chemical Physics

Dr Emilio Gallicchio

Kevin H Gardner

Director Structural Biology Initiative

CUNY Advanced Science Center Room 3322

85 St Nicholas Terrace

New York NY 10031

KevinGardnerasrccunyedu

structbioasrccunyedu bull kglaborg

Publications

Y Guo et al Coiled-coil coactivators play a

structural role mediating interactions in hypoxia

inducible factor heterodimerization J Biol

Chem 2015 online now

V Ocasio et al Ligand-induced folding of a two

component signaling receiver domain

Biochemistry 54 1353-1363

G Rivera-Cancel et al Full-length structure of a

monomeric histidine kinase reveals basis for

sensory regulation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2014 111 17839-17844

LB Motta-Mena et al An optogenetic gene

expression system with rapid activation and

deactivation kinetics Nat Chem Biol 2014

10 196-202

TH Scheuermann et al Allosteric inhibition of

Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 with small molecules

Nat Chem Biol 9 271-276

Research Interests

Keywords environmental sensing bull proteinprotein interactions bull ligand binding bull allostery bull NMR

spectroscopy bull X-ray diffraction bull biochemistry bull photosensors bull cancer bull protein engineering

The Gardner lab studies

how cells perceive and

respond to changes in the

environment around them

Such information provides

insights into fundamental

principles of protein

structure and signaling

guides the engineering of

new protein-based tools

and lays the foundation for

new therapeutic strategies

2014- current Director Structural Biology Initiative CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor of Chemistry City College of New York

1998-2014 Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center

1995-1998 Postdoc ndash Biomolecular NMR methods development University of Toronto (w Dr Lewis E

Kay)

1989-1995 PhD ndash Molecular Biophysics amp Biochemistry Yale University (w Dr Joseph E Coleman)

Dr Kevin H Gardner

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 5: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Charles Michael Drain

Professor

Hunter College amp Rockefeller University

Department of Chemistry

695 Park Avenue

New York NY

cdrainhuntercunyedu

wwwhuntercunyeduchemistrymikedrain

Publications

T M Shaffer M A Wall S Harmsen V A Longo

C M Drain M F Kircher J Grimm Nano Letters

2015 15 864-868 Silica Nanoparticles as

Substrates for Chelator-free Labeling of Oxophilic

Radioisotopes

S Singh A Aggarwal N V S D K Bhupathiraju

B Newton A Nafees R Gao C M Drain Tet Let

2014 55 6311-6314 Synthesis and cell

phototoxicity of a triply bridged fused diporphyrin

appended with six thioglucose units

A Aggarwal S Thompson S Singh B Newton A

Moore R Gao X Gu S Mukherjee CM Drain

Photochem Photobiol 2014 90 419ndash430

ldquoPhotophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of a

Chlorin Isobacteriochlorin and Bacteriochlorin for

Photodynamic Theragnostics Discovery of a Two-

photon-absorbing Photosensitizerrdquo

M Jurow A Varotto V Manichev N A Travlou D

A Giannakoudakis C M Drain RSC Adv 2013 3

21360ndash21364 ldquoSelf-organized nanostructured

materials of alkylated phthalocyanines and

underivitized C60 on ITOrdquo

M Jurow V Manichev C Pabon B Hageman Y

Matolina C M Drain Inorg Chem 2013 52

10576-10582 ldquoSelf-Organization of Zr(IV)

Porphyrinoids on Graphene Oxide Surfaces by Axial

Metal CoordinationrdquoResearch Interests

Keywords porphyrins photophysics phototherapy nanotechnology supramolecular

Bottom-up self-organization of functional photonic materials composed of porphyrinoid dyes allows fabrication of

next generation sensors solar energy harvesting and biomedical devices Click-chemistry makes the dye

commercially viable and the fundamental photophysical properties of these materials guides development of more

efficient dyes (2) Porphyrinoid dyes are being developed as theranostics (the same compound is used for both

therapy and diagnostic) for photodynamic therapy of diseases such as cancer (3) Biomedical applications of

nanoparticles composed of organic and inorganic materials including radiolabled

materials for imaging and therapy are being developed in collaboration with

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Rockefeller University

CM Drain is chair of the

Department of Chemistry at

Hunter College with

research in supramolecular

materials photonics photo-

therapeutics and medical

photo-diagnostics

1996- present Professor Hunter College CUNY

1990- present Adj Faculty Rockefeller University

1990-1993 Postdoc Univ of Strasburg France

1984-1988 PhD Tufts University

Dr Charles Michael Drain

Emilio Gallicchio

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

egallicchiobrooklyncunyedu

sitesgooglecomsiteemiliogallicchiolab

Publications

Emilio Gallicchio et al BEDAM Binding Free

Energy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-Acid

Host Challenge J Comp Aided Mol Des 29

315-325 (2015)

Emilio Gallicchio et al Virtual Screening of

Integrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding Free

Energy Calculations the SAMPL4 Challenge J

Comp Aided Mol Design 28 475-490 (2014)

Guohua Yi Mauro Lapelosa Emilio Gallicchio

Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al Chimeric

Rhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes Elicit

Anti-HIV Neutralizing Responses PLoS ONE

8(9) e72205 (2013)

Gallicchio E Role of Ligand Reorganization and

Conformational Restraints on the Binding Free

Energies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors to

HIV Reverse Transcriptase Computational

Molecular Bioscience 2 7-22 (2012)

Research Interests

-Thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand binding

- Virtual drug screening

- Protein conformational equilibria

- Statistical thermodynamics of protein folding and misfolding

- Thermodynamics of solvation of biological macromolecules

- Force field development and high resolution protein modeling

- Design of high performance computational chemistry algorithms

- Parallel and distributed computing

Emilio Gallicchiorsquos research

is in the area of

computational molecular

biophysics He uses

advanced computational

models to investigate the

dynamics and

thermodynamics of biological

systems

2013- current Asst Professor Dept Chemistry Brooklyn College

2012-2013 Research Professor Dept Chemistry Rutgers University

2001-2012 Associate Director BioMaPS Institute Rutgers University

1997-2000 Postdoctoral Rutgers University

1991-1996 PhD Columbia University Chemical Physics

Dr Emilio Gallicchio

Kevin H Gardner

Director Structural Biology Initiative

CUNY Advanced Science Center Room 3322

85 St Nicholas Terrace

New York NY 10031

KevinGardnerasrccunyedu

structbioasrccunyedu bull kglaborg

Publications

Y Guo et al Coiled-coil coactivators play a

structural role mediating interactions in hypoxia

inducible factor heterodimerization J Biol

Chem 2015 online now

V Ocasio et al Ligand-induced folding of a two

component signaling receiver domain

Biochemistry 54 1353-1363

G Rivera-Cancel et al Full-length structure of a

monomeric histidine kinase reveals basis for

sensory regulation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2014 111 17839-17844

LB Motta-Mena et al An optogenetic gene

expression system with rapid activation and

deactivation kinetics Nat Chem Biol 2014

10 196-202

TH Scheuermann et al Allosteric inhibition of

Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 with small molecules

Nat Chem Biol 9 271-276

Research Interests

Keywords environmental sensing bull proteinprotein interactions bull ligand binding bull allostery bull NMR

spectroscopy bull X-ray diffraction bull biochemistry bull photosensors bull cancer bull protein engineering

The Gardner lab studies

how cells perceive and

respond to changes in the

environment around them

Such information provides

insights into fundamental

principles of protein

structure and signaling

guides the engineering of

new protein-based tools

and lays the foundation for

new therapeutic strategies

2014- current Director Structural Biology Initiative CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor of Chemistry City College of New York

1998-2014 Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center

1995-1998 Postdoc ndash Biomolecular NMR methods development University of Toronto (w Dr Lewis E

Kay)

1989-1995 PhD ndash Molecular Biophysics amp Biochemistry Yale University (w Dr Joseph E Coleman)

Dr Kevin H Gardner

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 6: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Emilio Gallicchio

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

egallicchiobrooklyncunyedu

sitesgooglecomsiteemiliogallicchiolab

Publications

Emilio Gallicchio et al BEDAM Binding Free

Energy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-Acid

Host Challenge J Comp Aided Mol Des 29

315-325 (2015)

Emilio Gallicchio et al Virtual Screening of

Integrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding Free

Energy Calculations the SAMPL4 Challenge J

Comp Aided Mol Design 28 475-490 (2014)

Guohua Yi Mauro Lapelosa Emilio Gallicchio

Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al Chimeric

Rhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes Elicit

Anti-HIV Neutralizing Responses PLoS ONE

8(9) e72205 (2013)

Gallicchio E Role of Ligand Reorganization and

Conformational Restraints on the Binding Free

Energies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors to

HIV Reverse Transcriptase Computational

Molecular Bioscience 2 7-22 (2012)

Research Interests

-Thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand binding

- Virtual drug screening

- Protein conformational equilibria

- Statistical thermodynamics of protein folding and misfolding

- Thermodynamics of solvation of biological macromolecules

- Force field development and high resolution protein modeling

- Design of high performance computational chemistry algorithms

- Parallel and distributed computing

Emilio Gallicchiorsquos research

is in the area of

computational molecular

biophysics He uses

advanced computational

models to investigate the

dynamics and

thermodynamics of biological

systems

2013- current Asst Professor Dept Chemistry Brooklyn College

2012-2013 Research Professor Dept Chemistry Rutgers University

2001-2012 Associate Director BioMaPS Institute Rutgers University

1997-2000 Postdoctoral Rutgers University

1991-1996 PhD Columbia University Chemical Physics

Dr Emilio Gallicchio

Kevin H Gardner

Director Structural Biology Initiative

CUNY Advanced Science Center Room 3322

85 St Nicholas Terrace

New York NY 10031

KevinGardnerasrccunyedu

structbioasrccunyedu bull kglaborg

Publications

Y Guo et al Coiled-coil coactivators play a

structural role mediating interactions in hypoxia

inducible factor heterodimerization J Biol

Chem 2015 online now

V Ocasio et al Ligand-induced folding of a two

component signaling receiver domain

Biochemistry 54 1353-1363

G Rivera-Cancel et al Full-length structure of a

monomeric histidine kinase reveals basis for

sensory regulation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2014 111 17839-17844

LB Motta-Mena et al An optogenetic gene

expression system with rapid activation and

deactivation kinetics Nat Chem Biol 2014

10 196-202

TH Scheuermann et al Allosteric inhibition of

Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 with small molecules

Nat Chem Biol 9 271-276

Research Interests

Keywords environmental sensing bull proteinprotein interactions bull ligand binding bull allostery bull NMR

spectroscopy bull X-ray diffraction bull biochemistry bull photosensors bull cancer bull protein engineering

The Gardner lab studies

how cells perceive and

respond to changes in the

environment around them

Such information provides

insights into fundamental

principles of protein

structure and signaling

guides the engineering of

new protein-based tools

and lays the foundation for

new therapeutic strategies

2014- current Director Structural Biology Initiative CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor of Chemistry City College of New York

1998-2014 Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center

1995-1998 Postdoc ndash Biomolecular NMR methods development University of Toronto (w Dr Lewis E

Kay)

1989-1995 PhD ndash Molecular Biophysics amp Biochemistry Yale University (w Dr Joseph E Coleman)

Dr Kevin H Gardner

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 7: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Kevin H Gardner

Director Structural Biology Initiative

CUNY Advanced Science Center Room 3322

85 St Nicholas Terrace

New York NY 10031

KevinGardnerasrccunyedu

structbioasrccunyedu bull kglaborg

Publications

Y Guo et al Coiled-coil coactivators play a

structural role mediating interactions in hypoxia

inducible factor heterodimerization J Biol

Chem 2015 online now

V Ocasio et al Ligand-induced folding of a two

component signaling receiver domain

Biochemistry 54 1353-1363

G Rivera-Cancel et al Full-length structure of a

monomeric histidine kinase reveals basis for

sensory regulation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2014 111 17839-17844

LB Motta-Mena et al An optogenetic gene

expression system with rapid activation and

deactivation kinetics Nat Chem Biol 2014

10 196-202

TH Scheuermann et al Allosteric inhibition of

Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 with small molecules

Nat Chem Biol 9 271-276

Research Interests

Keywords environmental sensing bull proteinprotein interactions bull ligand binding bull allostery bull NMR

spectroscopy bull X-ray diffraction bull biochemistry bull photosensors bull cancer bull protein engineering

The Gardner lab studies

how cells perceive and

respond to changes in the

environment around them

Such information provides

insights into fundamental

principles of protein

structure and signaling

guides the engineering of

new protein-based tools

and lays the foundation for

new therapeutic strategies

2014- current Director Structural Biology Initiative CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

Einstein Professor of Chemistry City College of New York

1998-2014 Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center

1995-1998 Postdoc ndash Biomolecular NMR methods development University of Toronto (w Dr Lewis E

Kay)

1989-1995 PhD ndash Molecular Biophysics amp Biochemistry Yale University (w Dr Joseph E Coleman)

Dr Kevin H Gardner

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 8: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Publications

Chan KL et al Characterization of the Zn(II)

Binding Properties of the Wilmsrsquo Tumor

Suppressor Protein C-Terminal Zinc Finger

Peptiderdquo Inorg Chem 2014 53 6309-6320

Gibney BR Heme Encylcopedia of Biophysics

Gordon Roberts Ed Springer 2013

Gibney BR Metallopeptides as Tools to

Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability

in Protein Folding and Metal Ions ndash Mechanisms

Biology and Disease Gomes C and Wittung-

Stafshede P Eds 2011 227-245

Deng B et al Unique Heme Pocket in Human

Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain

Electron Transfer J Biol Chem 2010 285

30181-30191

Reddy CJ et al Development and Analysis o

a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical

Function Database Nucleic Acids Reseach 2008

36 D307-D313

Reddi AR et al Deducing the Energetic Cost of

Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using

Designed Metallopeptides J Am Chem Soc

2007 129 12815-12827

Research Interests

Keywords De novo metalloprotein design inorganic coordination chemistry biophysics

bioenergetics electrochemistry

Our research focuses on the role of metal ions in biological systems from both an inorganic coordination

chemistry and biophysical perspective We are currently investigating the role of zinc in controlling gene

expressions in human cancer and the role of heme proteins in cardiovascular disease

The Gibney Lab uses

metalloprotein design to

investigate the fundamental

engineering of biological

systems These studies

provide insight into metal-

induced protein folding

heme electrochemistry and

the role of chemically

modified hemes in biology

2018- current Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2005-2008 Associate Professor Columbia University

2000-2005 Assistant Professor Columbia University

1995-2000 NIH Postdoc University of Pennsylvania

1990-1995 PhD University of Michigan

1986-1990 BS (ACS Certified) Florida State University

Dr Brian R Gibney

Brian R Gibney

Associate Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY 11210

bgibneybroklyncunyedu

httpwwwbiochemistrynyc

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 9: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Dr Dixie Goss

Hunter College Chemistry Dept

695 Park Ave

New York NY 10065

dgosshuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyDixiegoss

-group-1resume

Publications

Recruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3

Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA via

the eIF4F Complex Facilitates Cap-independent

Translation

Das Sharma S Kraft JJ Miller WA Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2015 Mar 19

Pokeweed antiviral protein a ribosome inactivating

protein activity inhibition and prospects

Domashevskiy AV Goss DJ

Toxins (Basel) 2015 Jan 287(2)274-98

Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)

RNAiron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNAeIF4F

complexes respond differently to metal ions

Khan MA Ma J Walden WE Merrick WC Theil

EC Goss DJ

Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Jun42(10)6567-77

Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barley

yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3-untranslated region

correlates with translation efficiency

Banerjee B Goss DJ

J Biol Chem 2014 Feb 14289(7)4286-94

Poly(A) binding proteins are they all created

equal

Goss DJ Kleiman FE

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 2013 Mar-Apr4(2)167-

79

Research Interests

Keywords protein synthesis virus protein-nucleic acid interactions

We use biophysical approaches to understand how non-coding regions of mRNA regulate function

Miss regulation of protein synthesis in responsible for many diseases including cancer We are

interested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis

Prof Goss is a professor of

Chemistry and Biochemistry

and Elion Endowed Scholar

1990- current Professor of Chemistry

1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry

1984-1989 Assistant Professor

Post-Doc U of Nebraska and U of

Georgia

1975 PhD U of Nebraska

Dr Dixie J Goss

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 10: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Wayne W Harding PhD

Associate Professor

Hunter College

Chemistry Dept

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

whardihuntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHarding

Wayne

Publications

Research Interests

Keywords Medicinal chemistry drug design organic synthesis central nervous system CNS

receptor serotonin dopamine

Dr Harding is a

organicmedicinal

chemist with interests in

the design synthesis

and evaluation of

ligands for central

nervous system

receptors

2013- current Associate Professor Hunter College

2006-2013 Assistant Professor Hunter College

2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa

1994-1999 PhD

Dr Wayne Harding

Aporphinoid antagonists of 5-HT2A receptors

further evaluation of ring A substituents and

the size of ring C S Ponnala N Kapadia H

A Navarro W W Harding Chem Biol Drug

Des 2014 84 558 - 566

Evaluation of structural effects on 5-HT2A

receptor antagonism by aporphines

identification of a new aprophine with 5-HT2A

antagonist activity S Ponnala J Gonzales

N Kapadia H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 1664 -

1667

New Aporphinoid 5-HT2A and antagonists

via structural manipulations of nantenine S

Chaudhary S Ponnala O LeGendre J

Gonzales H A Navarro W W Harding

Bioorg Med Chem 2011 19 5861-5868

Affinity of aporphines for the human 5-HT2A

receptor insights from homology modeling

and molecular docking studies S Pecic S

Chaudhary P Makkar B J Reddy H A

Navarro W W Harding Biorg Med Chem

2010 18 5562 - 5575

(plusmn)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at

human 5-HT2A receptors C1 and flexible

congeners S Chaudhary O LeGendre S

Pecic H A Navarro W W Harding Biorg

Med Chem Lett 2009 19 2530 -2532

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 11: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Qiao-Sheng Hu

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

qiaoshenghucsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

H-H Zhang C-H Xing G BTsemo Q-SHu

t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based

Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the

Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl

Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids ACS

MacroLett 2013 2 10-13

H-H Zhang C-H Xing Hu Q-S Controlled

Pd(0)t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with

PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3t-Bu3PArI as the

Initiator J Am Chem Soc 2012 134 13156-

13159

T-P Liu Y-X Liao C-H Xing Q-S Hu

Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-

Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-

Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Org Lett 2011 13 2452-2455

T-P Liu C-H Xing Q-S Hu Tandem

Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes

Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2PCy3-

Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond

Activation Strategy Angew Chem Int Ed

2010 49 2971-2974

C-G Dong Q-S Hu Preferential Oxidative

Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with

Arylboronic Acids J Am Chem Soc 2005

127 10006-10007Research Interests

Keywords catalysis palladium cross-coupling reaction polymerization conjugated polymers

The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic

catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions and novel reactionsprocesses from readily

available and cost-effective small organic molecules These new reactionsprocesses and catalysts have

potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymermaterials synthesis

The approach is interdisciplinary ranging from fundamental understanding

of reaction mechanisms reaction methodology development to

polymermaterials synthesis

Qiao-Sheng Hu is

Professor and Chair of

Chemistry Department at

the College of Staten Island

His research is focused on

the development of new

reactionsprocesses and

catalysts for chemical

synthesis including polymer

materials synthesis

2008- current Professor CSI-CUNY

2005-2007 Associate Professor CSI

2000-2005 Assistant Professor CSI

1997-2000 Postdoc University of Virginia

1995-1997 Postdoc North Dakota state Univ

1991-1994 PhD Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Qiao-Sheng Hu

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 12: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

David Jeruzalmi

Professor of Chemistry

Marshak 1219 bull City College of New York bull Graduate

Center of the City University of New York

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

djccnycunyedu

Publications

Lu M Yang J Ren Z Sabui S Espejo A

Bedford M T et al (2009) Crystal structure of

the three tandem FF domains of the

transcription elongation regulator CA150

Journal of Molecular Biology 393(2) 397ndash408

Pakotiprapha D amp Jeruzalmi D (2013)

Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals

architecture and A(2) B(2) stoichiometry of the

UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor Proteins

Structure Function and Bioinformatics 81(1)

132ndash139

Pakotiprapha D Liu Y Verdine G L amp

Jeruzalmi D (2009) A structural model for the

damage-sensing complex in bacterial

nucleotide excision repair The Journal of

Biological Chemistry 284(19) 12837ndash12844

Pakotiprapha D Samuels M Shen K Hu J

H amp Jeruzalmi D (2012) Structure and

mechanism of the UvrAndashUvrB DNA damage

sensor Nature Structural amp38 Molecular

Biology 1ndash9

Samuels M Gulati G Shin J-H Opara R

McSweeney E Sekedat M et al (2009) A

biochemically active MCM-like helicase in

Bacillus cereus Nucleic Acids Research

37(13) 4441ndash4452Research Interests

The faithful transmission of gene1c information is an important biological imperative To carry out this function

organisms have evolved processes to replicate their genomes and defend them from attack We study important

mechanisms associated with the processes of DNA replica1on and repair The central challenge in understanding

these processes stems from the large size of the involved multi-protein DNA complexes these entities also populate

many conformational states Together these complications place limits on insights that can be revealed by static

crystallographic structures or solution methods alone both sources of information are essential for defining underlying

mechanisms To this end my group applies X-ray crystallography supplemented with electron microscopy to

understand these long-standing problems in DNA biology We also use biochemical studies to inform these

approaches and follow up on the resulting insights

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2012 Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard

1996-2002 The Rockefeller University

1994 PhD Yale University

Dr David JeruzalmiJeruzalmirsquos group applies

X-ray crystallography

supplemented with electron

microscopy to understand

these long-standing problems

in DNA biology We also use

biochemical studies to inform

these approaches and follow

up on the resulting insights

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 13: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Shi Jin

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

shijincsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyJIN_SHIhtml

Publications

D D Gunbas C Xue S Patwardhan M C

Fravventura H Zhang W F Jager E J R

Sudholter L D A Siebbeles T J Savenije S

Jin F C Grozema High charge carrier mobility

and efficient charge separation in highly soluble

perylenetetracarboxyl-diimides Chemical

Communications 2014 50 4955

N Jin H Zhang S Jin M D Dadmun B Zhao

Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly

Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer

Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-

acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol)

acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution

Macromolecules 2012 45 4790

C Xue S Jin Exceptionally Strong Electronic

Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via

Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011 23 2689

Y J Xu S W Leng C M Xue R K Sun J

Pan J Ford S Jin A room-temperature liquid-

crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007

46 3896

Research Interests

Keywords Soft Matter organic optoelectronic materials

Dr Jin is a

physicalmaterials chemist

who is working on structure

design synthesis

characterization and

optimization of organic

optoelectronic materials for

improved performance in

devices such organic solar

cells light emitting diodes

and field effect transistors

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof of Chemistry CUNY

2012-current Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY

Dr Shi Jin

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 14: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Andrei Jitianu

Associate Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

andreijitianulehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-

jitianuphp

Publications

L Predoana A Jitianu S Preda B Malic M

Zaharescu Thermal behavior of Li-Co-citric acid

water based gels as precursors for LiCoO2

powders Journal of Thermal Analysis and

Calorimetry 2015 119 145-153

L C Klein B McClarren and A Jitianu Silica-

Containing Hybrid Nanocomposite ldquoMelting

Gelsrdquo Materials Science Forum 2014 783-786

1432-1437

M Jitianu DC Gunness DE Aboagye M

Zaharescu A Jitianu Nanosized Ni-Al layered

double hydroxides - Structural characterization

Materials Research Bulletin 2013 48 1864-

1873

L Gambino A Jitianu LC Klein Dielectric

behavior of organically modified siloxane melting

gels Journal Of Non-Crystaline Solids 2012 24

3501-3504

A Jitianu K Lammers GA Arbuckle-Kiel LC

Klein Thermal analysis of organically modified

siloxane melting gels Journal of Thermal

Analysis and Calorimetry 2012 107 2039-2045

Research Interests

Keywords Sol-gel Nanocomposites Hybrids Organic- Inorganic Coatings

My studies range from the elucidation of early stages of formation of the hybrid materials by sol-gel

process to the design of hybrid nanocomposite materials with magnetic gas-sensing electric and optical

properties At Lehman my research was mainly focused to developing a new class of materials called

Hybrid Melting Gels for hermetic applications in the microelectronics industry and for optical applications

Beside this studies of nanoparticles or nanocomposites in different systems have been carried out

Jitianursquos research is

focused on materials

chemistry specifically on

sol-gel chemistry with directt

applications in anticorrosive

hermetic coatings and

nanomaterals for electronic

industry

2013- current Associate Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2008-2013 Assistant Professor Lehman College-CUNY

2005-2008 Research Associate Rutgers University

2002-2003 ldquoMarie Curierdquo Postdoctoral fellow University

of Orleans France

1996-2001 PhD student University of Bucharest Romania

Dr Andrei Jitianu

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 15: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

George John

Professor of Chemistry

The City College of New York

Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) -14302

85 St Nicholas Terrace New York NY 10031

johnsciccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~john

Publications

Faure L Nagarajan S Hwang H Montgomery C

L Khan B R John G Koulen P Blancaflor E B

Chapman K D Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-

Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide

Hydrolase Activity J Biol Chem 2014 289 (13)

9340-51

Vijai Shankar B Jadhav S R Vemula P K John

G Recent Advances in Cardanol Chemistry in a

Nutshell From a Nut to Nanomaterials Chem Soc

Rev 2013 42 427-438 Cover Page feature

Reddy A LM Nagarajan S Chumyim P Gowda

S R Dubey M Jadhav S R John G Ajayan P

M Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based

organic lithium ion battery electrodes Scientific

Reports (Nature) 2012 2 960-964

Shankar B V Jadhav S R Pradhan P De Carlo

S John G Adhesive vesicles through adaptive

response of a biobased surfactant Angew Chem Int

Ed 2010 49 9509 ndash9512 Cover Page feature

Jadhav S R Vemula P K Kumar R Raghavan

S John G Sugar-derived phase-selective molecular

gelators as model solidifiers for oil spills Angew

Chem Int Ed 2010 49 7695-7698 Cover Page

Research Interests

Keywords biobased materials green chemistry soft materials biorefinery biomimetics phase selective

gels oil structuring agents (foodcosmetics) antibacterial coatings battery componentsenergy storage

green surfactants

Johnrsquos research is rooted in the idea that innovation can be inspired by nature to develop economical and sustainable

technologies for a greener future The group has harnessed crop-based precursors such as sugars fatty acids and

plant lipids to design a unique set of multifunctional soft-materials including polymers gels and green surfactants His

group has successfully developed environmentally benign antibacterial paints polymer-coatings molecular gel

technologies oil spill recovery materials battery components and oil thickening agents As soft materials research is

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative Johnrsquos lab encourages the blending of such diverse elements including

organic synthesis green chemistry material chemistry interfacial phenomena colloid science and biomimetics

George John is a Professor

of Chemistrythe Center for

Discovery and Innovation

the City College of New York

-CUNY His research is

focused on molecular design

of synthetic lipids membrane

mimics soft nanomaterials

green energy technologies

and organic materials

chemistry

Dr George John

2012- current Professor of Chemistry CCNY

2004-2012 Associate Prof of Chemistry CCNY

2002-2004 Research Faculty RPI NY

1996-2002 JSPS FellowScientist Japan

1994-1995 Postdoc University of Twente NL

1993 PhD Kerala University India

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 16: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Mark N Kobrak

Professor

Department of Chemistry Brooklyn College -- CUNY

2900 Bedford Ave

Brooklyn NY 11210

mkobrakbrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedumkobrak

Publications

C H C Janssen A Sanchez and M N Kobrak

Selective Extracction of Metal Ions from

Aqueous Phase to Ionic Liquids A Novel

Thermodynamic Approach to Separations

ChemPhysChem 2014 15 3536

C H C Janssen A Sanchez G-J Witkamp

and M N Kobrak A Novel Mechanism for the

Extraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids

ChemPhysChem 2013 14 3806

M N Kobrak A Proposed Voltage Dependence

of the Ionic Strength of a Confined Electrolyte

Based on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model

J Phys Cond Matt 2013 25 095006

H Li and MN Kobrak Instantaneous Normal

Mode Analysis of a Series of Model Molten Salts

ChemPhysChem 2012 13 1934

M N Kobrak and H Li Electrostatic Interactions

in Ionic Liquids The Dangers of Dipole and

Dielectric Descriptions Phys Chem Chem

Phys 2010 12 1922

Research Interests

Keywords Ionic Liquids interfaces molecular dynamics thermodynamics

The grouprsquos interest in ionic liquids center on using both analytical and simulation techniques to understand this

novel class of materials The group has uncovered structure-property relationships relevant to both viscosity and

solvent polarity in ionic liquids aiding in the development of ionic liquids with optimal properties for applications of

interest Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for the extraction of metals from the aqueous phase

Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquid

interfaces The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observable

properties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface

Mark Kobrak is a

theoretical physical chemist

with expertise in classical

and quantum dynamics

simulations Current work

centers on theoretical

description of ionic liquids

and studies of solid-liquid

interfaces

2013- current Professor Brooklyn College

2006- 2013 Associate Professor Brooklyn College

2001- 2006 Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow Notre Dame

University and The Pennsylvania State

University

1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow University of

Houston

1992-1997 PhD University of Chicago

Dr Mark N Kobrak

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 17: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Sanjai Kumar

Associate Professor

Queens College and PhD Program in Chemistry The

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queen NY 11367

SanjaiKumarqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~skumar

Publications

Hsin-Pin Ho et al ldquoStudies on Quantitative

Phosphopeptide Analysis by MALDI Mass

Spectrometry Without Label Chromatography or

Calibration Curvesrdquo Rapid Communications in

Mass Spectrometry 2014 28(24)2681-9

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of a highly

potent selective and cell-active Inhibitor of

cysteine cathepsin L-A hybrid design approach

Chemical Communications (Camb) 2014

50(74)10875-8

Ivone Gomes et al GPR171 is a Hypothalamic

G Protein-Coupled Receptor for BigLEN a

Neuropeptide involved in Feedingrdquo Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

USA 2013 110(40) 16211ndash16216

Tirtha K Da et al ldquoCentrosomal Kinase Nek2

Cooperates With Oncogenic Pathways To

Promote Metastasisrdquo Oncogenesis 2013 2 e69

doi101038oncsis201334

Dibyendu Dana et al Development of Cell-Active

Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsinsrdquo

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2013 21

2975-87

Research Interests

Keywords Protein kinases Nek2 kinase Cathepsin L

Cathepsin B PTP1B Chemical Biology Small molecule Probes and sensors

The research in Kumarrsquos laboratory spans at the interface of chemistry and biology and is broadly focused on

discovery of unknown enzyme function using chemical biology approaches The current project includes the

development of small molecule probes for protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases a critically

important group of cellular signaling enzymes The probes are then utilized to understand the enzyme function

in both normal physiology and human diseases Another important area of current interest is to develop

appropriate chemical biology tools that can be utilized to probe the function of

cysteine cathepsin enzymes in diverse cellular processes

For more information please visit the website

Dr Kumarrsquos lab studieschemical biology approaches

to understand enzyme

function involved in human

diseases Development of

small molecule probes and

sensors of protein kinases

protein tyrosine

phosphatases and cysteine

proteases

2007- current Associate Prof of Chemistry Queens

College

2002-2007 PostDoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr Sanjai Kumar

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 18: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Thomas Kurtzman

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

thomaskurtzmanlehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmanedufacultytkurtzman

Publications

Wickstrom L et al Parameterization of an

effective potential for protein-ligand binding from

host-guest affinity data J Mol Recognit

(Submitted March 2015 Journal of Molecular

Recognition)

Nguyen C N Cruz A Gilson M K amp

Kurtzman T Thermodynamics of Water in an

Enzyme Active Site Grid-Based Hydration

Analysis of Coagulation Factor Xa J Chem

Theory Comput (2014) doi101021ct401110x

Armaiz-Pena G N et al Src activation by β-

adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumour

metastasis Nat Commun 4 1403 (2013)

Nguyen C N Kurtzman Young T amp Gilson M

K Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory

Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the

miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril J Chem Phys

137 044101ndash044101ndash17 (2012)

Young T Abel R Kim B Berne B J amp

Friesner R A Motifs for molecular recognition

exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in proteinndashligand

binding Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 808 ndash813

(2007)

Formerly published as T Young

Research Interests

Keywords Solvation Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics Computer Aided Drug Design

Research in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aid in the

discovery and rational design of new drugs His approach applies statistical mechanical theory and

computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern the molecular recognition

between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs) A particular emphasis is placed on the role that

water plays in the molecular recognition process A principal goal of this research is to help design and

discover drugs that bind with high affinity and selectivity to given protein targets

The Kurtzman group focuses

on the development of

methodologies to characterize

the structure and

thermodynamics of water on the

surface of proteins and

exploitation of these properties

for the discovery and design of

new drugs

2010- Present Assistant Prof Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Prof San Joseacute State Univ

2007-2008 Visiting Professor Yeshiva University

2004-2007 Postdoc Fellow Columbia University

2002 Doctorate Stanford University

Dr Tom Kurtzman

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 19: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Michal Kruk

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

Department of Chemistry Building 6S-241

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

MichalKrukcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistrykruk

_michalhtml

Publications

Huang L Kruk M ldquoVersatile

SurfactantSwelling-Agent Template for

Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered

Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow

Nanoparticlesrdquo Chem Mater 2015 27

679

Kruk M ldquoAccess to Ultra-large-pore

Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through

Selection of SurfactantSwelling-Agent

Micellar Templatesrdquo Acc Chem Res

2012 45 1678

Mandal M Kruk M ldquoFamily of Single-

micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow

Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized

through Adjustment of

OrganosilicaSurfactant Ratiordquo Chem

Mater 2012 24 123

Cao L Kruk M ldquoGrafting of Polymer

Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization with

Activators Regenerated by Electron

Transferrdquo Polym Chem 2010 1 97

Research Interests

Keywords ordered mesoporous materials hollow nanoparticles controlled surface-initiated

radical polymerization

bull Design of ordered nanoporous materials

bull Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials including porous

inorganicpolymer nanocomposites

bull Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials

bull Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores

bull Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles

Michal Kruk is a professor in

chemistry His research

interest is in design of well-

defined nanoporous and

nanostructured materials

using surfactant micelle

templating nanocasting and

controlled surface-initiated

polymerization

2013- current Professor

2011-2013 Associate Professor

2005-2010 Assistant Professor

2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor

1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow

1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr Michal Kruk

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 20: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Mahesh Lakshman

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY 10031

mlakshmanccnycunyedu

wwwsciccnycunyedu~mkl

Publications

P F Thomson D Parrish M K Lakshman A

modular metal-catalyzed cycloaromatization

approach to angularly-fused polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons and their dervatives

manuscript ready for submission

V Gurram H K Akula R Garlapati N

Pottabathini M K Lakshman Mild and

general access to diverse 1H-benzotriazoles

via diboron mediated NndashOH deoxygenation

and Pd-catalyzed CndashC and CndashN bond

formation Adv Synth Catal 2015 357 451ndash

462

R R Chamala D Parrish P Pradhan M K

Lakshman Purinyl N1-directed aromatic CndashH

oxidation in 6-arylpurines and 6-arylpurine

nucleosides J Org Chem 2013 78 7423ndash

7435

M K Lakshman A Kumar R Balachandran

B W Day G Andrei R Snoeck J Balzarini

Synthesis and biological properties of C-2

triazolylinosine derivatives J Org Chem

2012 77 5870ndash5883 (Editor-selected

featured article)

M K Lakshman A C Deb R R Chamala

P Pradhan R Pratap Direct arylation of 6-

phenylpurine and 6-arylpurine nucleosides by

ruthenium-catalyzed CndashH bond activation

Angew Chem Int Ed 2011 50 11400ndash

11404Research Interests

Keywords Metal catalysis Nucleoside Modification Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The program has many facets but can be broadly divided into the following areas

A Nucleoside modifications by new metal-catalyzed as well as novel uncatalyzed routes B Unusual applications

of peptide coupling agents C Structural and biological effects of DNA modification by environmental pollutants C

Novel reactions involving arynes D New chemical methodology development

Every aspect entails a detailed understanding of chemical process via mechanism

studies involving techniques such as molecular spectroscopy multinuclear NMR

and isotopic labeling

Dr Lakshman is an

organicbioorganic chemist

working in areas of (a) nucleoside

modification by metal catalysis

and uncatalyzed methods (b)

chemical carcinogenesis (c)

unusual applications of peptide

coupling agents (d) aryne

chemistry and (e) methodology

20008- current Professor

2004-2008 Associate Professor

2000-2004 Assistant Professor

1998-2000 Assistant Professor (U North Dakota)

1994-1997 Senior Scientist (Private Sector)

1990-1994 Fogarty Fellow NIH (HIDDK)

1985-1989 PhD

Dr Mahesh Lakshman

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 21: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Themis Lazaridis

Professor

City College of New York

Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

160 Convent Ave

New York NY

tlazaridisccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~themis

Publications

Brice A Lazaridis T Structure and Dynamics of

a Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on the

Membrane Surface Comparison of Molecular

Simulations and NMR J Phys Chem B

1184461-70 (2014)

Lazaridis T Versace R The treatment of

solvent in multiscale biophysical modeling Isr

J Chem 541074-83 (2014)

Lazaridis T Leveritt JM PeBenito L Implicit

membrane treatment of buried charged groups

Application to peptide translocation across lipid

bilayers BBA Biomembranes 18382149-59

(2014)

Prieto L He Y Lazaridis T Protein arcs may

form stable pores in membranes Biophys J

106154-161 (2014)

Rahaman A Lazaridis T A thermodynamic

approach to alamethicin pore formation BBA

Biomembranes 183898 (2014)

Research Interests

My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry which aims to understand how

biological systems work in terms of the fundamental laws of Physics and Chemistry Biomolecules such as proteins

and nucleic acids have well defined conformations which often change in the course of their function Our goal is to

understand the forces that operate within and between biomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models

for their energy as a function of conformation Such models are useful in many ways such as predicting the three-

dimensional structure from sequence characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function or

predicting the binding affinity between two biomolecules

The Lazaridis lab works in

the area of theoretical and

computational Biophysics In

the past few years we have

worked on the interaction of

proteins with biological

membranes We are

especially interested in the

process of pore formation by

antimicrobial peptides and

other toxins

1998- City College

1992-1998 Postdoc Harvard University

1987-1992 PhD University of Delaware

Dr Themis Lazaridis

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 22: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Jianbo Liu

Associate Professor

Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Queens NY 11367

Jianboliuqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~jliuLiu_pageLiu_mainhtm

Publications

Fangwei Liu Wenchao Lu Yigang Fang and J Liu

Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine Non-

reactivity in the gas phase peroxides in hydrated

clusters and pH dependence in solution Phys Chem

Chem Phys 2014 16 22179-22191

J Liu Steven D Chambreau and Ghanshyam L

Vaghjiani Dynamics simulations and statistical

modeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-

methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-23-

dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide J Phys Chem A

2014 118 11133-11144

Wenchao Lu Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre and J Liu

Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetyl methionine

with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg) The influence of

amide bond and ruling out the complex-mediated

mechanism at low energies J Phys Chem B 2014

118 3844-3852

Rui Sun Matthew R Siebert Lai Xu Steven D

Chambreau Ghanshyan L Vaghjiani Hans Lischka

Jianbo Liu and William L Hase Direct dynamics

simulation of the activation and dissociation of 15-

dinitrobiuret (HDNB) J Phys Chem A 2014 118

2228-2236

Fangwei Liu Rifat Emre Wenchao Lu and J Liu

Oxidation of gas-phase hydrated

protonateddeprotonated cysteine How many water

ligands are sufficient to approach solution-phase

photooxidation chemistry Phys Chem Chem Phys2013 15 20496-20509Research Interests

Keywords mass spectrometry singlet oxygen reaction dynamicskinetics spectroscopy

Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches

(eg mass spectrometry laser spectroscopy and ion-molecule reactions) to

probe biologically relevant processes in a spectrum of systems ranging from

isolated biomolecules through micelles and aerosols to biomolecule

solution The experiments are complemented by extensive computational

efforts including statistical modeling and dynamics simulations

We are also active in discovering and developing new instrumentation

methods and nanotechnologies

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Computational Chemistry

Nanomaterials

2013- current Associate Professor Queens College

2016-2013 Assistant Professor Queens College

1999-2000 Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley Lab

1997 PhD (Physical Chemistry)

Dr Jianbo Liu

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 23: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Sharon Loverde

Assistant Professor Chemistry College of Staten Island

Graduate Center Departments of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics

CUNY College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Blvd 6S-238

Staten Island NY 10314

sharonloverdecsicunyedu

httpssitesgooglecomsiteloverdelaboratory

Publications

Zhengyu Ma D N Lebard S M Loverde K

A Sharp M L Klein D E Discher T H Finkel

Plos One 11 e112292 (2014)

Myungshim Kang and Sharon M Loverde

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118 11965-

11972 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Journal of Physical

Chemistry Letters 5 1669-1675 (2014)

Sharon M Loverde Molecular Simulation 40

794-801 (2014)

Wataru Shinoda D E Discher M L Klein S

M Loverde Soft Matter 9 11549-11556 (2013)

Research Interests

Keywords Molecular dynamics molecular self-assembly polymer membranes cellular

membranes multi-scale models polymersbiopolymers

The Loverde laboratory

utilizes all-atomistic (AA)

and coarse-grained

molecular dynamics (CG-

MD) simulations in

combination with advanced

sampling techniques to

investigate soft and

biological materials

2012- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry

Biochemistry and Physics College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Sharon Loverde

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 24: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Research Interests

Keywords superhydrophobicity wetting polymer pen printing photocatalysis thermal resistance

interfaces

Using natural surfaces as inspiration the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting

catalytic thermal andor optical properties We are especially interested in developing a fundamental

understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface We work closely with industry with

the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations active projects include self-

cleaning heat reflective cool-roofing materials biological concentrators and anti-reflective self-cleaning

coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels

Dr Alan LyonsAlan Lyons is Professor of

Chemistry at the College of

Staten Island and Graduate

Center of CUNY His research

is focused on the effect of

topography and chemistry on

the wetting thermal optical

and catalytic properties of

surfaces

Dr Alan M Lyons

Professor

College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY

Room 62-225

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

alanlyonscsicunyedu

httpcsivccsicunyeduAlanLyonsfiles

2008- current Professor of Chemistry College of Staten

Island amp Graduate Center CUNY

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Manager amp Group Leader Bell

Laboratories Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD MS Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Publications

Y Zhao Y Liu QF Xu M Barahman AM

Lyons A Catalytic Self-Cleaning Surface with

Stable Superhydrophobic Properties Printed

PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015 7 (4) pp

2632ndash2640

Z Mao M Ganesh M Bucaro I Smolianski

RA Gross AM Lyons A High Throughput High

Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process Effect

of Crystallite Size Moisture and Enzyme

Concentration Biomacromolecules 2014 15

(12) 4627-4636

D Aebisher D Bartusik Y Liu Y Zhao M

Barahman QF Xu AM Lyons A Greer

Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers Mechanistic

Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and

SolidLiquid Droplet Interface J Am Chem Soc

2013 135 18990ndash1899

R Kempers AM Lyons AJ Robinson Modeling

amp Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured

Thermal Interface Materials ASME J Heat

Transfer 2013 136 01130

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 25: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Assistant Professor

Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx10468 NY

prabodhikamallikaratchylehmancunyedu

httpwwwlehmaneduacademicschemistryprof_m

allikaratchyphp

Publications

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Zumrut Hasan Ara

Naznin ldquoDiscovery of Biomarkers Using Aptamers

Evolved in Cell-SELEX Methodrdquo Aptamers

selected by cell-SELEX for Theranosticsrdquo

Principles Eds W Tan and X Fan SpringerLink

2015 p265

Prabodhika Mallikaratchy Jeffery Gardner Lars

Ulrik R Nordstroslashm Nicholas J Veomett Michael

R McDevitt Mark L Heaney and David A

ScheinbergNucleic Acid Therapeutics 2013

23(4) 289-299 doi101089nat20130425

Prabodhika R Mallikaratchy Alessandro

Ruggiero Jeffrey R Gardner Vitaly Kuryavyi

William F Maguire Mark L Heaney Michael R

McDevitt Dinshaw J Patel and David A

Scheinberg ldquoA multivalent DNA aptamer specific

for the B cell receptor on human lymphoma and

leukemiardquo Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39(6) 2458

Tang Z Zhu Z Mallikaratchy P Yang R Sefah

K Tan W ldquoAptamer-target

binding triggered molecular mediation of singlet

oxygen generationrdquo Chem Asian

J 2010 5 (4) 783

Research Interests

Keywords DNA aptamers Cell-SELEX technology DNA nanotechnology

Long-term goal of this laboratory is to develop oligonucleotide aptamer based synthetic antibodies for

biological and biomedical applications Therefore this research program is aimed at generating new

aptamers against biologically important cellular targets and molecular engineering of multifunctional

aptamer structures suitable for drug delivery

The Mallikaratchy group

focuses on developing DNA

aptamers as therapeutics Cell-

SELEX technology and DNA

nanotechnology

2010- Present Assistant Professor Lehman College-

CUNY

2008-2010 Assistant Professor San Jose State Univ

2003-2007 PhD University of Florida Gainesville

Dr Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 26: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

lmassahuntercunyeduhttpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyLouLou

Publications

Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THz

Frequencies Calculated by Density Functional

Theory Lulu Huang Andrew Shabaev Sam

Lambrakos Noam Bernstein Vern Jacobs Dan

Finkenstadt Lou Massa Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (2012) 21(7)

1120-1132

The Kernel Energy Method Application to

Graphene and Extended Aromatics Lulu Huang

Hugo Bohorquez Cherif F Matta and Lou

Massa IJQC Vol 111 15 4150-4157 (2011)

The Kernel Energy Method Construction of 3 amp

4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double Kernel

Interactions Lulu Huang Lou Massa Journal of

Molecular Structure THEOCHEM Vol 962

issue 1-3 72-79 (2010)

Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions in

TDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method

Huang L Massa L Karle I Karle J

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences Vol 106 No 10 3664-3669 (2009)

The Kernel Energy Method of Quantum

Mechanical Approximation carried to Fourth

Order Terms Huang L Massa L and Karle J

PNAS Vol 105 No 6 1849-1854 (2008)

Research Interests

Keywords differential equations density matrices density functional theory Xray

crystallography kernel energy method information theory

Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms molecules and solids

Postdoc Brookhaven National Laboratory

PhD Theoretical Molecular Physics Georgetown

University

Dr Louis Massa

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 27: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Hiroshi Matsui

Professor

Hunter College Weill Medical College of Cornell U

413 E 69th Street

Belfer Research Building

New York NY 10021

hmatsuihuntercunyeduwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyHiroshiHiroshil

Publications

ldquoRational strategy for shaped nanomaterial

synthesis in reverse micelle reactorsrdquo Z Wei H

Matsui Nature Commun 5 3870 (2014)

ldquoImpedimetric Detection of Mutant p53

Biomarker-Driven Metastatic Breast Cancers

under Hyposmotic Pressurerdquo M Shi N

Shtraizent A Polotskaia J Bargonetti H

Matsui PloSOne 9(6) e99351 DOI

101371journalpone0099351 (2014)

ldquoBiocatalytic Self-Assembly Enables Discovery of

Catalytic Peptides by Phage Displayrdquo Y Maeda

N Javid K Duncan L Birchall K Gibson D

Cannon Y Kanetsuki C Knapp T Tuttle RV

Ulijn H Matsui J Am Chem Soc 136 15893-

15896 (2014)

ldquoPeptide Assembly-Driven Metal-Organic

Framework (MOF) Motors for Micro Electric

Generatorsrdquo Y Ikezoe J Fang TL Wasik T

Uemura Y Zheng S Kitagawa H Matsui Adv

Mater 27 288-291 (2014)

ldquoLabel-free cancer cell detection with

impedimetric transducersrdquo R de la Rica S

Thompson A Baldi C Fernaacutendez-Saacutenchez

CM Drain and H Matsui Anal Chem 81

10167 (2009) (featured as research news in the

National Cancer Institute in 2009

httpphysicscancergovnews2009decpo_ne

ws_easp)Research Interests

Keywords Cancer Nanotechnology Cancer Diagnosticstherapeutics Lab-On-a-Chip Medical

Nanoparticles

1 Study of the effect on cellular structure by cancer metastasis

2 Analysis of nanoscale vesicles released from cancer cells for diagnostics and therapeutics

3 Electric silicon chip microfabrication for the detection of cancer and related cells

4 Synthesis of nanoparticles in complex shapes for medical applications such as MRI contrast agents

and drug delivery

Matsui is a Professor at

Hunter College and Weill

Medical College of Cornell

University My research

areas are Cancer

diagnostics therapeutics

Bionanotechnology Lab-

On-a-Chip and

Nanoparticle Synthesis for

Medical Applications

2001- current Current position

1996-1999 Columbia University Postdoc

1992-1996 Purdue University PhD

1991-1992 Stanford University MS

Dr Hiroshi Matsui

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 28: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Assistant Professor Nanomedicine

Department of Chemistry

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn New York NY

ACzajkowskabrooklyncunyedu

wwwcunyeduwebacademicsfaculty

Publications

Mieszawska AJ Kim Y Gianella A van Rooy I

Priem B Labarre MP Ozcan C Cormode DP

Petrov A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis of polymer-lipid

nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of dual

modality therapyrdquo Biocojug Chem 2013 PMID

23957728

Gianella A Mieszawska AJ Hoeben FJ

Janssen HM Jarzyna PA Cormode DP Costa

KD Rao S Farokhzad OC Langer R Fayad ZA

Mulder WJ ldquoSynthesis and in vitro evaluation of

a multifunctional and surface-switchable

nanoemulsion platformrdquo Chem Commun 2013

PMID 23877789

Mieszawska AJ Mulder WJ Fayad ZA

Cormode DP ldquoMultifunctional gold nanoparticles

for diagnosis and therapy of diseaserdquo Mol

Pharm 2013 PMID 23360440

Mieszawska AJ Gianella A Cormode DP Zhao

Y Meijerink A Langer R Farokhzad OC Fayad

ZA Mulder WJ ldquoEngineering of lipid-coated

PLGA nanoparticles with a tunable payload of

diagnostically active nanocrystals for medical

imagingrdquo Chem Commun 2012 PMID

22555311

Research Interests

Keywords second generation nanoparticles theranostics biodegradable polymers nanocrystals

The Mieszawska group research focuses on nanotechnology and nanomedicine with specific interest in

designing and testing the nanoparticle systems for concurrent imaging and therapy of disease These

theranostic nanoparticles are based on slow releasing biodegradable and biocompatible polymers such

as PLGA or PLA that encapsulate contrast agents and small drug molecules The primary goal is to target

and deliver efficacious therapy directly to cancer cells This interdisciplinary research involves active

collaboration with clinicians from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aneta Mieszawska is an

Assistant Professor in the

Department of Chemistry at

Brooklyn College Her

research is focused on

nanomedicine and

application of nanoparticle

based systems for cancer

detection and treatment

2013- current Assistant Professor Brooklyn College

2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of

Medicine at Mount Sinai

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University

2002-2007 PhD University of Louisville

Dr Aneta Mieszawska

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 29: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Michael V Mirkin

Professor of Chemistry

CUNY-Queens College

65-30 Kissena Blvd

Flushing NY 11367

mmirkinqccunyedu

httpchemqccunyedu~mirkinlabmvmhtml

Publications

Nanoelectrochemistry ed MV Mirkin and S

Amemiya CRC Press Boca Raton FL 2015

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy ed AJ

Bard and MV Mirkin CRC Press Boca Raton

FL 2nd edition 2012

T Sun Y Yu BJ Zacher and MV Mirkin

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of

Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles Angew

Chem Int Ed 2014 53 14120 ndash14123 (VIP

article)

YX Wang T Kakiuchi Y Yasui and MV

Mirkin Kinetics of Ion Transfer at the Ionic

LiquidWater Nanointerface JACS 2010 132

16945-16952

J Velmurugan D Zhan and MV Mirkin

Electrochemistry through Glass Nature Chem

2010 2 498-502

P Sun and MV Mirkin Electrochemistry of

individual molecules in zeptoliter volumes JACS

2008 130 8241-8250

P Sun FO Laforge TP Abeyweera SA

Rotenberg J Carpino and MV Mirkin

Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells

PNAS 2008 105 443-448Research Interests

Keywords ElectrochemistryPhysicalAnalyticalNano

We employ nanometer-sized electrochemical probes for molecular level characterization of chemical

processes and materials A wide variety of phenomena are studied including charge-transfer reactions at

the solidliquid and liquidliquid interfaces electrocatalysis bioelectrochemistry and electrochemical

imaging The main focus is on obtaining quantitative physico-chemical information by combination of

experiments with mathematical modeling and computer simulations We also maintain active interest in

development of electrochemical techniques for analytical applications These include carbon nanoprobes

amperometric nanosensors and resistive-pulse sensors

Michael V Mirkin is a

professor of chemistry at

CUNY-Queens College His

research interests are in the

field of electrochemistry and

include nano- and bio-

electrochemistry interfacial

charge-transfer reactions

electrocatalysis and

scanning electrochemical

microscopy (SECM)

1993 - current Professor of Chemistry

1990-1993 Postdoc University of Texas at Austin

1982-1987 PhD in Electrochemistry Kazakh State

University USSR

Dr Michael V Mirkin

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 30: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Ryan P Murelli PhD

Assistant Professor

Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn NY

rpmurellibrooklyncunyedu

httpuserhomebrooklyncunyedurpmurelli

Publications

Lu G Lomonosova E Cheng X Moran E

A Meyers M J Le Grice S F J Thomas C

J Jiang J-K Meck C Hirsch D R

DErasemo M P Suyabatmaz D M Murelli

R P Tavis J E Hydroxylated tropolones

inhibit hepatitis B virus replication by blocking the

viral ribonuclease H activity Antimicrob Agents

Chemother 2015 59 1070-1079

Hirsch D R Cox G C DErasmo M P

Shakya T Meck C Mohd N Wright G D

Murelli R P Inhibition of ANT(2)-Ia resitance

enzyme and rescue of aminoglycoside antibiotic

activity by synthetic α-hydroxytropolones

Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014 24 4943-4947

Meck C D Erasmo M P Hirsch D R

Murelli R P The biology and synthesis of α-

hydroxytropolones Med Chem Comm 2014 5

842-852

Williams Y D Meck C Mohd N Murelli R

P Triflic acid mediated rearrangements of 3-

methoxy-8-oxabicyclo[321]octa-36-dien-2-

ones Synthesis of methoxytropolones and

furans J Org Chem 2013 78 11707-11713

Meck C Mohd N Murelli R P An

oxidopyrylium cyclization ring-opening route to

polysubstituted α-hydroxytropolones Org Lett

2012 14 5988-5991

Research Interests

Keywords Synthetic Organic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology

One of the most important discipline-bridging roles for synthetic chemists is in the development of

therapeutics where the ability to design and synthesize analogs of lead therapeutic hits is essential in the

identification of new clinically viable derivatives Toward this end our lab is broadly interested in the

interface between synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry and we seek to develop new synthetic

methods for use in a broad range of medicinal chemistry studies

Dr Murelli is a synthetic

organic chemist who is

interested in developing new

synthetic methods and

strategies that can be used

to tackle fundamental

problems in biology and

medicine

2010- current Assistant Professor Boston College

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Associate Yale University

2002-2007 PhD Student Boston College

Dr Ryan Murelli

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 31: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Assistant Professor

Lehman College CUNY

250 Bedford Park Blvd

West Bronx NY 10468

Naphtalioconnorlehmancunyedu

lehmaneduacademicschemistryprof-oconnorphp

Publications

OrsquoConnor NA Abugharbieh A Buabeng E

Yasmeen F Mathew S Samaroo D Cheng

H ldquoThe Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with

Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine

Antibacterial Hydrogelsrdquo Int J Biol Macromol

(2015) 72 88-93

Samaroo D Perez E Aggarwal A Wills A

O rsquo Connor NA ldquo Strategies for Delivering

Porphyrinoid-based Photosensitizers in

Therapeutic Applicationsrdquo Therapeutic Delivery

(2014) 5(7) 859-872

Solomon MR OrsquoConnor NA Paik DC

Turro NJ ldquo Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel

Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymersrdquo J

Appl Polym Sci (2010) 117(2) 1193-1196

OConnor NA Stevens N Samaroo D

Solomon MR Martiacute AA Dyer J

Vishwasrao H Akins DL Kandel ER Turro

NJ ldquo A covalently linked phenanthridine-

ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA proberdquo Chem

Comm (2009) 2640-2642

Stevens N OConnor NA Vishwasrao H

Samaroo D Kandel ER Akins DL Drain

Charles M Turro NJ ldquo Two color RNA

intercalating probe for cell imaging applicationsrdquoJ Am Chem Soc (2008) 130 7206-7207Research Interests

Keywords biomaterials hydrogels polymers

My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications We recently

developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels We are currently

exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials

We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials

as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics

Naphtali has a varied

research background that

reflects his wide research

interests His research

ranges from developing

biomaterials to designing

molecular probes

2008- current Current position

2007-2008 PostdocColumbia University

2000-2006 PhDUniversity of California Irvine

Dr Naphtali OrsquoConnor

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 32: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Ralf M Peetz PhD

Assoc Prof

CUNY Staten Island and Graduate Center

2800 Victory Boulevard

Building 6S-227

Staten Island NY 103014

ralfpeetzcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedudepartmentschemistry

Publications

Sengupta Arijit Doshi Ami Jaekle Frieder Peetz

Ralf M Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015)

accepted

Zhilin Denis M Peetz Ralf M Journal of Chemical

Education (2014) 91(1) 119-122

Sengupta Arijit Ghosh Sutapa Peetz Ralf

M Synthetic Metals (2010) 160(17-18) 2037-2040

Burrows Hugh D Narwark Oliver Peetz Ralf

Thorn-Csanyi Emma Monkman Andrew P

Hamblett Ian Navaratnam Suppiah Photochemical

amp Photobiological Sciences (2010) 9(7) 942-948

Mukherjee Narayan Peetz Ralf M

Macromolecules (2008) 41(18) 6677-6685

Research Interests

Keywords Functional Materials Conjugated Polymers Donor Acceptor Systems

We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use

in organic polymer photovoltaics Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and

absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype

photovoltaic cells

Ralf Peetz is interested in

functional materials that

could be of use in meeting

future energy needs

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center

2000-2003 Postdoc University of Akron Institute

of Polymer Science

1997-2000 PhD University of Hamburg

Germany

Dr Ralf M Peetz

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 33: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Seacutebastien Poget

Assistant Professor

College of Staten Island CUNY

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

Staten Island NY 10314

sebastienpogetcsicunyedu

wwwcsicunyedufacultyPOGET_SEBASTIENhtml

Publications

P Anand A Grigoryan M H Bhuiyan B

Ueberheide V Russell J Quinontildeez P Moy B

T Chait S F Poget M Holford Sample limited

characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom

peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra

variegata PLoS ONE 2014 9 e94122

S F Poget M E Girvin Solution NMR of

membrane proteins in bilayer mimics Small is

beautiful but sometimes bigger is better

Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1768 3098-106

S F Poget S M Cahill M E Girvin Isotropic

bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small

multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural

studies J Am Chem Soc 2007 129 2432-

2433

Research Interests

Keywords Solution-state NMR membrane protein structural biology ion channels toxins

electrophysiology biophysics

The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-

state NMR and other biophysical methods Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of

animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion

channel function and starting point for drug development To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of

structural biology we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane

protein studies including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized

NMR methods

Dr Poget is interested in

membrane protein structure

and function with a

particular emphasis on the

interactions between ion

channel domains and

animal peptide toxins

2009- current Assistant Professor College of

Staten Island CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc Albert Einstein College of

Medicine NY

2001-2003 Postdoc Rockefeller University NY

1997-2001 PhD University of Cambridge UK

Dr Seacutebastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 34: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Krishnaswami Raja PhD

Associate Professor

College of Staten Island

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island New York 10314

KrishnaswamiRajacunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultyRAJA_KRISHNASW

AMIhtml

Publications

ldquoCurcumin-derived green plasticizers for

Poly(vinyl) chloriderdquo Saltos J Shi W

Mancuso A Park T Averick N Sun C Fata

J E Punia K Raja K S RSC Adv 2014 4

(97) 54725 ndash 54728

Raja KS Editorial Green Anti-Cancer Agents

and Ayur-Biotechnology A smart approach

towards improving RampD productivity Anticancer

Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec13(10)1467-8

Raja KS Banerjee P Lamoreaux W Shi

W Auerbach AldquoNovel Curcumin and

Tetrahydrocurcumin derivativesrdquo US patent

number 8487139

Dolai S Shi W and Raja KSldquoSynthesis of

DrugDye-Incorporated PolymerndashProtein

Hybridsrdquo Methods in Molecular Biology

Bioconjugation Protocols Strategies and Vol

751 29-42 2011

Raja KS Dolai S Shi W Wang Q

Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical

manipulationrdquo Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Marcel Dekker 2009 Second

Edition

Research Interests

Keywords Origin of life stigmergy scaffolds 3D Cell culture Ayurbiotecnology Virus Chemistry

Bioconjugation Green drug development Polymer-protein hybrids

The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular

life synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticletargeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery

and development based on Ayurveda The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer

synthesis bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering

Krishnaswami Raja is

College of Staten Island

Chemistry faculty working in

the area of

Bionanotechnology Origin

of life research and green

drug discovery and

development

2012- current Associate Professor

2005-2012 Assistant Professor College of Staten

Island

2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI

1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr Krishnaswami Raja

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 35: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Kevin Ryan PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry Division

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The City College of New York

MR-1337 160 Convent Ave

New York NY

kr107sciccnycunyedu

httpwwwsciccnycunyedu~kr107index2indexhtml

Publications

Liu M T Nagre N N Ryan K Structurally

diverse low molecular weight activators of the

mammalian pre-mRNA 3 cleavage reaction

Bioorganic amp Medicinal Chemistry 2014 22 (2)

834-41

Li Y Peterlin Z et al Aldehyde Recognition

and Discrimination by Mammalian Odorant

Receptors via Functional Group-Specific

Hydration Chemistry ACS Chemical Biology

2014

Lama L Seidl C I Ryan K New insights into

the promoterless transcription of DNA coligo

templates by RNA polymerase III Transcription

2014 5 (1)

Seidl C I Lama L Ryan K Circularized

synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides serve as

promoterless RNA polymerase III templates for

small RNA generation in human cells Nucleic

Acids Research 2013 41 (4) 2552-64

Kurland M D Newcomer M B et al

Discrimination of saturated aldehydes by the rat

I7 olfactory receptor Biochemistry 2010 49 (30)

6302-4

Research Interests

Keywords molecular recognition olfaction RNA micro RNA RNA interference RNA polymerase

III chemical biology transcription

In the RNA area we study the use of chemically synthesized transcription templates as potential

information-bearing molecules for producing small therapeutic RNA in human cells A second RNA area is

the biochemistry of RNA processing reactions that occur during the biogenesis of messenger RNA in

human cells In the olfaction area we use pharmacology organic synthesis and chemical biology to probe

the biochemistry of the sense of smell

Dr Ryanrsquos lab applies

chemical concepts to

biological problems in two

main areas RNA and

olfactory molecular

recognition

2009- current Associate Professor

2003-2008 Assistant Professor

1996-2003 Postdoc Columbia University (Chemistry

and Biology Depts)

1996 PhD University of Rochester

Dr Kevin Ryan

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 36: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Chwen-Yang Shew

Professor

Department of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

chwenyangshewcunyedu

Publications

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoA toy model for

nucleus-sized crowding confinement ldquoJ Phys

Condens Matter 27 (2015) 064118

E Saacutenchez-Diacuteaz C-Y Shew X Li B Wu G S

Smith and W-R Chen ldquoPhase Behavior Under a

Noncentrosymmetric Interaction Shifted-Charge

Colloids Investigated by Monte Carlo Simulationrdquo J

Phys Chem B 118 (2014) 6963ndash6971

C-Y Shew K Kondo and K Yoshikawa ldquoRigidity

of a spherical capsule switches the localization of

encapsulated particles between inner and

peripheral regions under crowding condition Simple

model on cellular architecturerdquo J Chem Phys 140

(2014) 024907

C-Y Shew and K Yoshikawa ldquoAbstracting the

essence of the confinement effect on crowding

microspheres Mean-field theory and numerical

simulationrdquo Chem Phys Lett 590 (2013) 196-200

C-Y Shew C Do K Hong Y Liu L Porcar G S

Smith and W-R Chenldquo Conformational effect on

small angle neutron scattering behavior of

interacting polyelectrolyte solutions A perspective

of integral equation theoryrdquo J Chem Phys 137

(2012) 024907Research Interests

Keywords Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulations Soft Matters Polymeric Materials and

Biopolymers

Our laboratory is focused on developments of statistical mechanics models to elucidate the thermodynamic

properties and structure of polymeric materials and biopolymer systems Our model studies have been extended

to explore the role of the long-ranged electrostatic interaction on the self-assembly structure of like-charged

macroions the intramolecular self-assembly of a giant DNA and the solution structure of polyelectrolytes We are

currently working on the structure of chromatin and nucleolus in the highly confined crowded nucleus with

applications to cancer cell diagnosis

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 37: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Ming Tang PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

2800 Victory Blvd

College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY 10314

Mingtangcsicunyedu

httpwwwcsicunyedufacultydepartmentschemistry

TANG_MINGhtml

Publications

Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure

Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid

Fibrils Tang M Comellas G Rienstra CM Acc

Chem Res 2013 46 2080-2088

Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane

Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer Tang M Nesbitt AE

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Schwieters CD Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Mol Biol 2013 425 1670-1682

Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer

Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond

Generating Membrane Protein DsbB Tang M

Sperling LJ Berthold DA Nesbitt AE Gennis RB

Rienstra CM J Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4359-

4366

Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin

Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-

State NMR Spectroscopy Tang M Hong M Mol

BioSyst 2009 5 317-322

Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding

on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an

Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State

NMR Tang M Waring A J Lehrer R I Hong M

Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 47 3202-3205

Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid

Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic

Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR Tang M

Waring A J Hong M J Am Chem Soc 2007 129

11438-11446

Research Interests

Keywords Membrane proteins ion channels amyloidogenic proteins Phosphoinositide solid-

state NMR protein aggregates paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

Ming Tang is an assistant

professor in the chemistry and

biochemistry programs at CUNY

His long-term research endeavor

is to investigate the function-

modulating interactions between

proteins and membrane

components by solving structures

of membrane-associated protein

complexes and aggregates The

elucidation of such structure-

function relationships will

contribute tremendously to our

understanding of how proteins

interact with lipids andor

cofactors to operate

2013- current Assistant Prof of Chemistry College of

Staten Island CUNY

Dr Ming Tang

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 38: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

name

Position

Affiliation

Address

Address

New York NY

Emailemailcunyedu

wwwcunyeduxxxx

Dr Rein V UlijnRein Ulijn is founding

director of the nanoscience

initiative at the Advanced

Science Research Centre at

CUNY and Professor of

Nanochemistry at Hunter

College His research is

focused on minimalistic

molecular materials and

adaptive systems that are

inspired by biology

Dr Rein V Ulijn

Director of Nanoscience

Einstein Professor of Chemistry Hunter College

Advanced Science Research Centre

St Nicolas Terrace

New York NY

ReinUlijnasrcacuk

wwwcunyeduasrc

Publications

PWJM Frederix GG Scott YM Abul-Haija

D Kalafatovic CG Pappas N Javid NT Hunt

RV Ulijn and T Tuttle Exploring the Sequence

Space for (Tri-)peptide Self-Assembly to Design

and Discover New Hydrogels Nature Chemistry

2015 7 30-37

CG Pappas T Mutasa PWJM Frederix S

Fleming S Bai S Debnath S Kelly A

Gachagan and RV Ulijn Transient

Supramolecular Reconfiguration of Peptide

Nanostructures using Ultrasound Mater Horiz

2015 2 198-202

S Debnath S Roy and RV Ulijn Peptide

Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-

Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly J Am Chem

Soc 2013 135 16789-16792

AR Hirst S Roy M Arora AK Das N

Hodson P Murray N Javid J Sefcik J

Boekhoven JH van Esch S Santabarbara

NT Hunt and RV Ulijn Biocatalytic Induction of

Supramolecular Order Nature Chemistry 2010

2 1089-1094

RJ Williams AM Smith R Collins N Hodson

AK Das RV Ulijn Enzyme Assisted Self-

Assembly under Thermodynamic Control Nature

Nanotechnology 2009 4 19-24Research Interests

Keywords molecular systems bionanotechnology hydrogels peptides biocatalysis adaptive materials

The Ulijn group are interested in the development of materials and systems that mimic biologyrsquos adaptive

properties but are much simpler These materials (including gels emulsions structured surfaces and

nanotubes) have potential applications in health care cosmetics lifestyle products food science These

applications are sought in active collaboration with researchers and companies across the globe The

approach is cross-disciplinary and covers the entire range from fundamental understanding to eventual

applications and societal benefit

2014- current Director of Nanoscience ASRC

2008-2014 Professor of Nanochemistry University

of Strathclyde Glasgow UK

2003-2008 Associate Prof U of Manchester UK

2001-2003 Postdoc University of Edinburgh UK

1998-2001 PhD University of Strathclyde UK

1992-1998 MSc Wageningen University NL

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 39: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Nan-Loh Yang

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10341

nanlohyang-cepmcsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

Ashish Punia Edward He Kevin Lee Probal

Banerjee and Nan-Loh Yang Cationic amphiphilic

non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior

antibacterial activity Chem Commun 2014 50

7071

Monica Apostol Tatsiana Mironava Nan-Loh Yang

Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich Cell sheet

patterning using photo-cleavable polymers Cell

sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers

Polymer Journal 2011 43(8)723-

Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yangrdquo Well-Defined

Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at

Block Junction Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizationrdquo

Macromolecules 2010 43 (7) pp 3153ndash3155

Kai Su Nurxat Nuraje Lingzhi Zhang I-Wei Chu

Hiroshi Matsui and Nan-Loh Yangldquo First

Preparations and Characterization of Conductive

Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedlesrdquo Macromol

Symposia Special Issue Polymers at Frontiers of

Science and Technology (2009) 279(1) 1-6

Su Nurxat Nuraje and Nan-Loh YangbdquoAn Open-

Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3 SrTiO3

and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oCrdquoACS

Langmuir(2007)2311369-11371

Research Interests

Keywords Nanoeletronics Superbugs killers Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals

Supercapacitor Fast Switch Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes Micelles

Professor Yangrsquos research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial

nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic ndash hydrophilic molecular topography

The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of

micell reactors and interfacial polymerization

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor

of Chemistry at College of

Staten Island His research

areas include antimicrobial

polymer nanoparticle

polymers with well-defined

structureand materials for

nanoelectronics - giant

dielectric constant element

fast cionductance switch 4-

stage memory and room

temperature magnetoelectric

coupling

Current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

1969-1970 Postdoc Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr Nan ndashLoh Yang

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 40: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Barbara Zajc

Professor

The City College of New York

Department of Chemistry

160 Convent Avenue

New York NY

bzajcccnycunyedu

httpwwwccnycunyeduprofilesBarbara-Zajccfm

Publications

Kumar R Singh G Todaro L J Yang L Zajc B

E- or Z-Selective Synthesis of 4-Fluorovinyl-123-

triazoles with Fluorinated Second-Generation

Triazole-Substituted Julia-Kocienski Reagents Org

Biomol Chem 2015 13 1536ndash1549

Chowdhury M Mandal S K Banerjee S Zajc B

Synthesis of Regiospecifically Fluorinated Conjugated

Dienamides Molecules 2014 19 4418ndash4432 (Invited

contribution for Molecules Special Issue on Fluorine

Chemistry)

Singh G Kumar R Swett J Zajc B Modular

Synthesis of N-Vinyl Benzotriazoles Org Lett 2013

15 4086-4089

Kumar R Zajc B Stereoselective Synthesis of

Conjugated Fluoro Enynes J Org Chem 2012 77

8417-8427

Mandal S K Ghosh A K Kumar R Zajc B

Expedient Synthesis of -Substituted Fluoroethenes

Org Biomol Chem 2012 10 3164-3167 (Featured

on the Front Cover of the Journal Issue 16)

Research Interests

Keywords Fluoroorganic chemistry Biomolecules Chemical Carcinogenesis

The research is focused in two main directions One area involves development of methods for

regiospecific introduction of fluorine into organic molecules Here an expanding toolbox of novel reagents

for the synthesis of variously functionalized vinyl fluorides highly versatile synthetic intermediates is being

developed Another area of research involves the use of fluorine as probe in structure activity studies in

the area of chemical carcinogenesis Specifically fluorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons their

metabolites and their DNA conjugates are synthesized as probes to understanding cellular events after

metabolism and DNA binding

Zajc is an

organicbioorganic

chemist working in areas

of (a) fluoroorganic

chemistry (b) chemical

carcinogenesis and (c)

synthetic methodology

2013 Professor

2003 Associate Professor (CCNY)

2001 Assistant Professor (Substitute CCNY)

1999 Associate Professor (Docent U of Ljubljana)

1993 Assistant Professor (U of Ljubljana)

1991 Fogarty Fellow NIH (NIDDK)

1989 PhD

Dr Barbara Zajc

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 41: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Shengping Zheng

Assistant Professor

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York NY 10065

szh0007huntercunyedu

httpwwwhuntercunyeduchemistryfacultyShengpingSh

engping

Publications

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Green R Li S

Zheng S ldquoSynthesis of o-Chlorophenols via an

Unexpected Nucleophilic Chlorination of

Quinone Monoketals Mediated by N Nrsquo-

Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloriderdquo Org Biomol

Chem 2014 12 2854-2858

Yin Z Zhang J Wu J Liu C Sioson K

Devany M Hu C Zheng S ldquoDouble Hetero-

Michael Addition of N-Substituted

Hydroxylamines to Quinone Monoketals

Synthesis of Bridged Isoxazolidinesrdquo Org Lett

2013 15 3534-3537

Zhang J Wu J Yin Z Zeng H Khanna K

Hu C Zheng S ldquoAn Expedient Stereoselective

and Chemoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic

Oxazolidinones from Quinols and Isocyanatesrdquo

Org Biomol Chem 2013 11 2939-2942

Zhang J Yin Z Leonard P Wu J Sioson

K Liu C Lapo R Zheng S ldquoA Variation of

Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of

Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazinesrdquo

Angew Chem Int Ed 2013 52 1753-1757

Research Interests

Keywords Organic Synthesis Anticancer Antiviral Heterocycles Natural Products

1 New methodologies in heterocycle synthesis

2 Total synthesis of bioactive natural products

Our group focuses on the

synthesis of bioactive

heterocycles and their SAR

studies

2008- current Assistant Professor Hunter College

2005-2008 Postdoc Columbia University

2000-2005 PhD Columbia University

Dr Shengping Zheng

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou

Page 42: Dr. Mark R. Biscoe Publications - Graduate Center, …Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering; 5. Quasielastic neutron scattering, neutron spin echo spectroscopy. is a molecular biophysicist

Shuiqin Zhou

Professor of Chemistry

College of Staten Island

2800 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island NY 10314

Shuiqinzhoucsicunyedu

wwwchemcsicunyedu

Publications

H Wang Y Sun J Yi J Fu J Di A del C

Alonso S Zhou Fluorescent porous carbon

nanocapsules for two-photon imaging NIRpH

dual-responsive drug carrier and photothermal

therapy Biomaterials 2015 53 117-126

H Wang J Yi S Mukherjee P Banerjee S

Zhou MagneticNIR-thermally responsive hybrid

nanogels for optical temperature sensing tumor

cell imaging and triggered drug release Nanoscale

2014 6 13001ndash13011

H Wang A Mararenko G Cao Z Gai K Hong

P Banerjee S Zhou Multifunctional 1D magnetic

and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced

MRI fluorescent cell imaging and combined

photothermalchemotherapy ACS Appl Mater

Interfaces 2014 6 15309ndash15317

H Wang Z Wei H Matsui S Zhou One-pot

synthesis of Fe3O4Carbon quantum dots hybrid

nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-

light driven photocatalyst J Mater Chem A 2014

2 15740-15745

Y Li S Zhou Facile one-pot synthesis of organic

dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of

glucose at physiological pH Chem Commun

2013 49 5553-5555Research Interests

Keywords responsive polymers hybrid nanogels nanoparticles carbon dots assembly biosensing drug

delivery cell imaging environmental remediation

The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose

sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active

NPs with responsive polymers for sensing imaging and therapy and (3) composite nanomaterials from the

complex assembly of carbon-based NPs inorganic NPs and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers

and colloids for sensing catalysis and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of

Chemistry at CUNY College of

Staten Island Her research is

focused on responsive polymer-

nanoparticle (including carbon

dots) hybrid nanogels inorganic-

carbon composite nanoparticles

and complex assembly of

nanoparticles for sensing

imaging drug delivery and

environmental remediation

2008- current Professor of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2002-2007 Associate Prof of Chemistry CUNY-CSI

2000-2002 Senior Chemist Dow Chemical Company

1996-2000 Postdoc SUNY at Stony Brook

1993-1996 PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong

1988-1991 MSc Xiamen University China

1984-1988 BSc Xiamen University China

Dr Shuiqin Zhou


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