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Publications
A. Sun, Y., Zhou, W., Moe, M.M., Liu, J.Reactions of water with radical cations ofguanine, 9-methylguanine, 2’-deoxyguanosine and guanosine: Keto-enolisomerization, C8-hydroxylation, and effectsof N9-substitution. Physical ChemistryChemical Physics. 2019, 20, 27510-27522.
B. Jang, S., Voth, G.A. Can quantum transitionstate theory be defined as an exact t = 0+limit? Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016,144, 084110.
C. Kang, M., Zhang, P., Cui, H., Loverde,S.M. π-π Stacking Mediated Chirality inFunctional Supramolecular FilamentsMacromolecules, 2016, 49, 994-1001.
D. Akinkunmi, F.O., Jahn, D.A.,Giovambattista, N., Effects of temperatureon the thermodynamic and dynamicalproperties of glycerol-water mixtures: Acomputer simulation study of three differentforce fields Journal of Physical Chemistry B,2015 , 119, 6250-6261.
E. Sharma, S.D., Kraft, J.J., Miller, W.A., Goss,D.J., Recruitment of the 40S ribosomalsubunit to the 3'-untranslated region (UTR)of a viral mRNA, via the eIF4 complex,facilitates cap-independent translationJournal of Biological Chemistry, 2015, 290,11268-11281.
Research Areas
• Spectroscopy • Energy conversion and storage• Kinetics and dynamics • Computational Chemistry• Fuel chemistry • Theoretical developments• Biophysical Chemistry • Chemical & dynamical processed in solution• Physical processes in nanomaterials
and nanostructures
Physical Chemistry focuses on the applications of state-of-the-art experimental and computational techniques and equipment,and theories of physics to the study of chemical and biologicalsystems. With over thirty experimental and theoretical physicalchemistry faculty, physical chemistry research ranges fromspectroscopy, kinetics and dynamics to material science, energyconversion, and life science.
Physical ChemistryProf. Jianbo Liu, Subdiscipline [email protected]
Daniel L. Akins, Ph.D.Professor & Chair of Chemistry and BiochemistryThe City CollegeMarshak Science Building160 Convent AvenueNew York, NY [email protected]/~akins
Publications
"High-Yield Photolytic Generation of BrominatedSingle-walled Carbon Nanotubes and theirApplication for Gas Sensing," Deon Hines, MarkRümmeli, David Adebimpe and Daniel L. Akins,Chem. Commun., 50, 11568-11571 (2014).
"Controllable modification of electronic Structureof Carbon-Supported Core–Shell Cu@PdCatalysts for formic acid oxidation," Ren,Mingjun; Zhou, Yi; Tao, Feifei; Zou, Zhiqing;Akins, Daniel; Yang, Hui, J. Phys. Chem. C 118,12669−12675 (2014).
"Enhanced Raman Scattering by MolecularNanoaggregates (Invited Review Article)," DanielL. Akins, Nanomater Nanotechnol, 2014, 4:4.
"Highly alloyed PtRu black electrocatalysts formethanol oxidation prepared using magnesiananoparticles as sacrificial templates," LiangliangZou, Jing Guo, Juanying Liu, Zhiqing Zou, DanielL. Akins and Hui Yang, Journal of PowerSources, 248, 356-362 (2014).
"Vibrational and electronical properties offunctionalized single-walled carbon nanotubesand double-walled boron nitride nanotubes," M.Aydin and D. L. Akins in Physical and ChemicalProperties of Carbon Nanotubes. Edited by:Satoru Suzuki. ISBN 978-953-51-1002-6;Published 2013-02-27.
Dr. Akins has been aProfessor of Chemistryat The City College ofNew York since 1981,and director of theCUNY-Center forAnalysis of Structureand Interfaces since1988.
2014- current Professor & Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
1988-2015 Director, CUNY–Center for Analysis of Structures and Interfaces (CASI).
1981-2015 Professor of Physical Chemistry.1979-1981 Senior Scientist, Polaroid Corp.1968-1969 Postdoc: Institute of Molecular
Biophysics, The Florida State University.
1968 Ph.D.: University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Daniel L. Akins
Research Interests
Keywords:Syntheses of semiconductor and magnetic oxide nanoparticles and nanorods; spectroscopic anddynamical investigations of spontaneous and nonlinear laser Raman scattering by monomeric andaggregated molecules on surfaces; excited state dynamics and determination of photophysicalparameters for cyanine dyes and donor-acceptor Systems; quantum chemical calculations of porphyrinsand dye molecules.
Elizabeth J. Biddinger, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Chemical EngineeringCity College of New York140th St. and Convent Ave., ST-311New York NY [email protected]://ebiddinger.ccny.cuny.edu/
Publications
• A.N. Karaiskakis, E.J. Biddinger, “Evaluation of Surface Reconstruction Impacts on Rough Electrodeposited Cu-Based Catalysts for CO2Electroreduction,” Energy Technology, 5 (2017), 901-910.
• S. Jung, E.J. Biddinger, “ElectrocatalyticHydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Furfural and the Impact of Homogeneous Side Reactions of Furanic Compounds in Acidic Electrolytes,” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 4 (2016), 6500-6508.
• S. Shrestha, M. Nagib, E.J. Biddinger, “Size-Controlled Synthesis of Palladium Nanospheres by Pulse Electrodeposition in 1-Butyl-3-MethylImidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquid,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163 (2016), D74-D82.
• S. Shrestha, E.J. Biddinger, “Palladium Electrodeposition in 1-Butyl-1-Methylpyrrolidinium Dicyanamide Ionic Liquid,” Electrochimica Acta, 174 (2015), 254-263.
• J.D. Jimenez, S. Jung, E.J. Biddinger, “Ionicity of Silylamine-Type Reversible Ionic Liquids as a Model Switchable Electrolyte,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162 (2015), H460-H465. Research Interests
Keywords: Electrochemistry, Catalysis, Electrocatalysis, Electrodeposition, Ionic Liquids,Carbonaceous Materials, Separations, Green Chemistry
The Biddinger Research Group utilizes a toolbox electrochemistry, catalysis and ionic liquids to tackle avariety of problems associated with green chemistry and sustainable engineering. Current projects includeinvestigation of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 electroreduction for synthesis of fuels and chemicals,electrochemical hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of biomass for synthesis of fuels and chemicals,development of switchable electrolytes as reversible safety switches in batteries, electrodeposition in ionic
Prof. Biddinger is achemical engineerinterested in greenchemistry and sustainableengineering topics utilizingelectrochemistry, catalysisand novel solvents likeionic liquids.
2016 - current Assistant Professor, CUNY GraduateCenter Chemistry PhD Program
2012 - current Assistant Professor, CCNY ChemicalEngineering
2010 - 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute ofTechnology
2010 PhD Chemical Engineering, The OhioState University
Dr. Elizabeth J. Biddinger
liquids as a means of metal recovery and nanoparticle formation, andfunctionalization of carbons with ionic liquids as adsorbents in air filtration.
Cherice M. EvansAssociate ProfessorQueens College -- CUNYDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry65-30 Kissena BlvdFlushing, NY [email protected]/~cevans
Publications
C. M. Evans, Kamil Krynski, Zachary Streeterand G. L. Findley, Energy of the quasi-freeelectron in H2, D2 and O2: Probing intermolecularpotentials within the local Wigner-Seitz model, J.Chem. Phys., submitted.
C. M. Evans, Holden T. Smith, Ollieanna Burke,Yevgeniy Lushtak and G. L. Findley, Fieldionization and photoionization of CH3I perturbedby diatomic molecules: Electron scattering in H2,HD, D2 and O2, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.47 (2014) 035204.
Yevgeniy Lushtak, C. M. Evans and G. L.Findley, The energy of the quasi-free electron innear critical point nitrogen, Chem. Phys. Lett.546 (2012) 18 – 23.
Yevgeniy Lushtak, Samantha B. Dannenberg, C.M. Evans and G. L. Findley, Quasi-free electronenergy in near critical point helium, Chem. Phys.Lett. 538 (2012) 46 – 49.
Yevgeniy Lushtak, C. M. Evans and G. L.Findley, Field enhanced photoemission: A newtechnique for the direct determination of thequasi-free electron energy in dense fluids,Chem. Phys. Lett. 515 (2011) 190 – 193.
Research Interests
Our lab is currently investigating the quasi-free electron energy in near criticalpoint anisotropic fluids with a focus on CO2, NH3 and H2O. The theoreticalwork on this problem will be performed at Queens College. The experimentalwork will be performed at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devicesin Baton Rouge, LA. We are also studying the mobility of electrons throughnear critical point fluids, with a focus on Ar, Xe, CH4 and C2H6. The theoreticalwork is being performed at Queens College and at the University of Louisianaat Monroe. The experimental work will be performed at Brookhaven NationalLaboratory and at Queens College.
Physical chemist investigatingthe effects of local solventstructure on reactivity in nearcritical point fluids. This workinvolves experimental andtheoretical studies performedat Queens College, the Centerfor Advanced Microstructuresand Devices (Baton Rouge, LA)and Brookhaven NationalLaboratory (Upton, NY).
2012 – current Associate Professor of Chemistry,Queens College
2004 – 2009 Assistant Professor of Chemistry,Queens College
2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department ofPhysics. University of Virginia
1998 – 2001 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, LouisianaState University
Dr. Cherice M. Evans
Emilio GallicchioAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, Brooklyn College2900 Bedford AvenueBrooklyn, [email protected]/site/emiliogallicchiolab
Publications
Emilio Gallicchio, et al. BEDAM Binding FreeEnergy Predictions for the SAMPL4 Octa-AcidHost Challenge. J. Comp. Aided Mol. Des. 29,315-325 (2015).
Emilio Gallicchio, et al. Virtual Screening ofIntegrase Inhibitors by Large Scale Binding FreeEnergy Calculations: the SAMPL4 Challenge. JComp Aided Mol Design, 28, 475-490 (2014).
Guohua Yi, Mauro Lapelosa, Emilio Gallicchio,Gail Ferstandig Arnold et al. ChimericRhinoviruses Displaying MPER Epitopes ElicitAnti-HIV Neutralizing Responses. PLoS ONE8(9), e72205 (2013).
Gallicchio E. Role of Ligand Reorganization andConformational Restraints on the Binding FreeEnergies of DAPY Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors toHIV Reverse Transcriptase. ComputationalMolecular 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 Gallicchio’s 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 College2012-2013 Research Professor, Dept. Chemistry, Rutgers University2001-2012 Associate Director, BioMaPS Institute, Rutgers University1997-2000 Postdoctoral, Rutgers University1991-1996 PhD Columbia University, Chemical Physics
Dr. Emilio Gallicchio
Dr. Dixie GossHunter College Chemistry Dept.695 Park AveNew York, NY [email protected]://www.hunter.cuny.edu/chemistry/faculty/Dixie/goss-group-1/resume
PublicationsRecruitment of 40S Ribosome to the 3'Untranslated Region (UTR) of a Viral mRNA, viathe eIF4F Complex, Facilitates Cap-independentTranslation.Das Sharma S, Kraft JJ, Miller WA, Goss DJ.J Biol Chem. 2015 Mar 19.
Pokeweed antiviral protein, a ribosome inactivatingprotein: activity, inhibition and prospects.Domashevskiy AV, Goss DJ.Toxins (Basel). 2015 Jan 28;7(2):274-98.
Rapid kinetics of iron responsive element (IRE)RNA/iron regulatory protein 1 and IRE-RNA/eIF4Fcomplexes respond differently to metal ions.Khan MA, Ma J, Walden WE, Merrick WC, TheilEC, Goss DJ.Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jun;42(10):6567-77.
Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F binding to barleyyellow dwarf virus (BYDV) 3'-untranslated regioncorrelates with translation efficiency.Banerjee B, Goss DJ.J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 14;289(7):4286-94.
Poly(A) binding proteins: are they all createdequal?Goss DJ, Kleiman FE.Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA. 2013 Mar-Apr;4(2):167-79.
Research InterestsKeywords: 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 areinterested in how unique structures in viral RNA allow viruses to take over host cell protein synthesis.
Prof. Goss is a professor ofChemistry and Biochemistryand Elion Endowed Scholar
1990- current Professor of Chemistry1989-1990 Associate Professor of Chemistry1984-1989 Assistant Professor
Post-Doc. U. of Nebraska and U. ofGeorgia
1975 Ph.D U. of Nebraska
Dr. Dixie J. Goss
Michael E GreenProfessorCity College of New YorkDept. of Chemistry160 Convent AveNew York NY [email protected]://forum.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/people/science-division-directory/b009
PublicationsA. M. Kariev and M. E. Green, "Caution is required in interpretation of mutations in the voltage sensing domain of voltage gated channels as evidence for gating mechanisms.," Int'l J. Molec. Sci. (2015) 16, 1627-1643.
A. M. Kariev and M. E. Green, "Quantum Effects in a Simple Ring with Hydrogen Bonds " J. Phys. Chem. B (2015)119,5962-5969
A. M. Kariev, P. Njau, and M. E. Green, "The Open Gate of the Kv1.2 Channel: Quantum Calculations Show The Key Role Of Hydration," Biophys J. (2014). 106, 548-555
A. M. Kariev and M. E. Green, "Voltage Gated Ion Channel Function: Gating, Conduction, and the Role of Water and Protons," Int'l J. Molec. Sci. (2012) 13, 1680-1709
S. Liao and M. E. Green, "Quantum calculations on salt bridges with water: Potentials, structure, and properties," Comput. Theo. Chem. (2011) 963, 207-214.
Dr. Green is acomputational chemist, witha principal interest inbiophysical problems,especially related to a classof proteins, ion channels,responsible for the nerveimpulse, among other things.
Dr. Green has been a faculty member inChemistry at CCNY since Sept 1966.
Research Interests
Keywords: Quantum calculations, proteins, water structure, hydrogen bonds, salt bridges, membranes, water transport through membranes
Research Strategy: Primarily we carry out quantum calculations on overlapping sections of proteins, such as voltage sensing domains of ion channels, to determine structure, bonding, energetics, and transitions of protein, water, hydrogen bonds, and salt bridges, leading to mechanisms, for example, of sensing voltage.
Dr. Michael Green
Publications
“Review of Recent Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Ion Transport in Polymer Electrolytes”, Stephen Munoz and Steven Greenbaum, Membranes, 2018, 8, 120; doi:10.3390/membranes8040120
“Ion Transport and Association Study of Glyme-Based Electrolytes, with Lithium and Sodium Salts”, Daniel Morales, Rose E. Ruther, Frank M. Delnick, Jagjit Nanda, and Steven Greenbaum, Electrochimica Acta, 304, 239-245 (2019). doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.02.110
“Atomistic-scale simulations of the chemical dynamics of Kapton Polyimide damaged by electron beam irradiation”, Ali Rahnamoun, Daniel P. Engelhart, Sunita Humagain, Elena Plis, W. Joshua Kennedy, Hilmar Koerner, Russell Cooper, Steven G. Greenbaum, Ryan Hoffmann, and Adri C.T. van Duin, Polymer, Volume 176, 2 August 2019, Pages 135-14 doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2019.05.035
Research Interests
Keywords:Nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic reson-ance, structure of disordered solids battery and fuel cellMaterials characterization
We inves(gate the structure and func(on of solid materials at the atomic and molecular level by solid state NMR. Most of these materials have applica(on in renewable energy technologies. I value diversity in the scien(fic workforce as reflected by my lab group members.
1983- current Current position2014-15 Jefferson Science Fellow, State Dept.1997-98 NASA Senior Research Fellow, JPL1990-91 Fulbright Scholar, Weizmann Institute1981-83 Postdoc, Naval Research Lab1976-81 PhD, Brown University
Dr. Steve Greenbaum
Steve GreenbaumPosition: CUNY Distinguished Professor of PhysicsAffiliation Hunter CollegeAddress 695 Park AvenueAddress 1220NNew York NY [email protected]/physics/faculty/greenbaum
Edward G. HohensteinAssistant ProfessorCity College of New YorkMarshak Science Building, Rm. 1032160 Convent AvenueNew York, NY [email protected]://www.hohenstein-chem.com
PublicationsE.G. Hohenstein, Mechanism for the EnhancedExcited-State Lewis Acidity of Methyl Viologen,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 10.1021/jacs.5b08177
E.G. Hohenstein, M.E.F. Bouduban, C. Song, N.Luehr, I.S. Ufimtsev, and T.J. Martínez, AnalyticFirst Derivatives of Floating OccupationMolecular Orbital-Complete Active SpaceConfiguration Interaction on GraphicalProcessing Units, J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 143,014111
E.G. Hohenstein, N. Luehr, I.S. Ufimtsev, andT.J. Martínez, An Atomic Orbital-BasedFormulation of the Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field Method on GraphicalProcessing Units, J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 142,224103
E.G. Hohenstein, R.M. Parrish, C.D. Sherrill, andT.J. Martínez, Tensor Hypercontraction. III.Least-Squares Tensor Hypercontraction for theDetermination of Correlated Wavefunctions, J.Chem. Phys., 2012, 137, 221101
Research InterestsKeywords: Theoretical, Computational, Photochemistry
The accurate treatment of excited electronic states is a uniquely challenging and important problem inelectronic structure theory. We are actively developing new methods for treating excited states as well ashighly efficient and scalable implementations of these methods that exploit modern advances in computerhardware. We apply these methods to problems in photochemistry. Processes occurring in the condensedphase, such as excited-state proton transfer, are of particular interest. We are also working to applysimilar methodology to design light harvesting complexes.
Prof. Hohenstein is atheoretical chemistspecializing in thedevelopment andimplementation of newelectronic structuremethodology and theapplication of thesemethods to problems inexcited-state chemistry.
2014- current Assistant Professor, CCNY2011-2014 Postdoc, Stanford University2007-2011 PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Edward G. Hohenstein
Seogjoo JangProfessorDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, QueensCollege of the City University of new York65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens,[email protected]://chem.qc.cuny.edu/~sjjang
PublicationsS. Jang, “Generalized quantum Fokker-Planckequation for photoinduced nonequilibriumprocesses with positive definiteness condition,”Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016, 144, 214102.
S. Jang and G. A. Voth, “Can quantum transitionstate theory be defined as an exact t=0+ limit?”,Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016, 144, 084110.
E. Block, S. Jang, H. Matsunami, S. Sekharan, B.Dethier, M. Z. Ertem, S. Gundala, Y. Pan, S. Li, S.N. Lodge, M. Ozbil, H. Jiang, S. F. Penalba, V.Batista, and H. Zhuang, “Implausibility of thevibrational theory of olfaction,” Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, USA, 2015, 112,E2766.
S. Jang, E. Rivera, and D. Montemayor,“Molecular level design principle behind optimalsizes of photosynthetic LH2 complex: Tamingdisorder through cooperation of hydrogen bondingand quantum delocalization”, Journal of PhysicalChemistry Letters, 2015, 6, 928.
S. Jang, S. Hoyer, B. Whaley, and G. R. Fleming,“Generalized master equation with non-MarkovianFörster resonance energy transfer for modularexciton densities”, Physical Review Letters, 2014,113, 188102.
Research InterestsKeywords: Quantum Dynamics, Energy Transfer, Electron Transfer, Light Harvesting
Seogjoo Jang combines mathematical formulation and computational approaches to address importantissues concerning quantum dynamics calculation and energy/electron transfer processes in complexenvironments. A particular area of application of these efforts, is theoretical elucidation of efficient lightharvesting mechanisms in natural and artificial photosynthetic complexes. These research projects arebeing supported by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
Seogjoo Jang is a theoreticaland computational chemist.His research expertise includesdevelopment of quantum ratetheories, quantum dynamicscalculation in condensedmedia, and computationalmodeling of energy and chargetransfer processes in complexenvironments.
2012 – current Professor, Queens College2010 – 2012 Associate Professor, Queens College2005 – 2010 Assistant Professor, Queens College2003 – 2005 Goldhaber Fellow, Brookhaven Natl. Lab.1999 – 2002 Postdoctoral Associate, MIT 1999 PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Seogjoo Jang
Mark N. KobrakProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, Brooklyn College -- CUNY2900 Bedford Ave.Brooklyn, NY [email protected]://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/mkobrak/
Publications
M. N. Kobrak and K. G. Yager, X-Ray Scatteringand Physicochemical Studies ofTrialkylamine/Carboxylic Acid Mixtures:Nanoscale Structure in Pseudoprotic IonicLiquids and Related Solutions, Phys. Chem.Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 18639.
C. H. C Janssen, N. A. Macias-Ruvalcaba, M. A.Aguilar-Martinex, and M. N. Kobrak, CopperExtraction Using Protic Ionic Liquids: Evidence ofthe Hofmeister Effect, Sep. Pur. Tech. 2016,168, 275.
C. H. C. Janssen, A. Sanchez and M. N. Kobrak,Selective Extraction of Metal Ions from AqueousPhase to Ionic Liquids: A Novel ThermodynamicApproach to Separations, ChemPhysChem,2014, 15, 3536.
C. H. C. Janssen, A. Sanchez, G.-J. Witkampand M. N. Kobrak, A Novel Mechanism for theExtraction of Metals from Water to Ionic Liquids,ChemPhysChem, 2013, 14, 3806.
M. N Kobrak, A Proposed Voltage Dependenceof the Ionic Strength of a Confined ElectrolyteBased on a Grand Canonical Ensemble Model,J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 2013, 25, 095006.
Research Interests
Keywords: Ionic Liquids, nanostructured liquids, interfaces, molecular dynamics, thermodynamics
The group’s interest in ionic liquids and liquid mixtures center on using both theoretical and experimentaltechniques to understand liquid systems. The group has uncovered structure-property relationshipsrelevant to both viscosity and solvent polarity in ionic liquids, aiding in the development of ionic liquids withoptimal properties for applications of interest. Recent projects consider the use of ionic liquids for theextraction of metals from the aqueous phase, and study nanoscale structure in liquids.
Additional interests center on using thermodynamics to understand solid-liquidinterfaces. The results demonstrate linkages between macroscopically-observableproperties such as surface tension and the microscopic structure of the interface.
Mark Kobrak is a physicalchemist with expertise inclassical and quantumdynamics simulations andphysical studies of liquids.Current work centers onionic liquids and relatedmixtures, and on studies ofsolid-liquid interfaces.
2013- current Professor, Brooklyn College2006- 2013 Associate Professor, Brooklyn College2001- 2006 Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College2000-2001 Post-doctoral fellow, Notre Dame
University and The Pennsylvania StateUniversity
1998-1999 Post-doctoral fellow, University ofHouston
1992-1997 PhD, University of Chicago
Dr. Mark N. Kobrak
Thomas KurtzmanAssistant ProfessorLehman College250 Bedford Park Boulevard WestBronx,10468 NYhttp://www.lehman.edu/faculty/tkurtzman/
Publications
Wickstrom, L. et al. Parameterization of an effective potential for protein-ligand binding from host-guest affinity data. J. Mol. Recognit. (Accepted Journal of Molecular Recognition)
Nguyen, C. N., Cruz, A., Gilson, M. K. &Kurtzman, T. Thermodynamics of Water in anEnzyme Active Site: Grid-Based HydrationAnalysis of Coagulation Factor Xa. J. Chem.Theory Comput. (2014). doi:10.1021/ct401110x
Armaiz-Pena, G. N. et al. Src activation by β-adrenoreceptors is a key switch for tumourmetastasis. Nat. Commun. 4, 1403 (2013).
Nguyen, C. N., Kurtzman Young, T. & Gilson, M. K. Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory: Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril. J. Chem. Phys.137, 044101–044101–17 (2012)*Young, T., Abel, R., Kim, B., Berne, B. J. & Friesner, R. A. Motifs for molecular recognition exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in protein–ligand binding. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104, 808 –813 (2007).
*Formerly published as T. Young
Research Interests
Keywords: Solvation Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Computer Aided Drug DesignResearch in the Kurtzman lab focuses on the development of computational tools that can aidin the discovery and rational design of new drugs. His approach applies statistical mechanicaltheory and computer simulations to better understand the physical principles that govern themolecular recognition between proteins and small molecule ligands (drugs). A particularemphasis is placed on the role that water plays in the molecular recognition process. Aprincipal goal of this research is to help design and discover drugs that bind with high affinityand 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 the exploitation of solvation properties for the discovery and design of new drugs.
2010- Present Assistant Professor, Lehman College-CUNY2008-2010 AsssistantProfessor, San José State Univ.2007-2008 Visiting Professor, Yeshiva University2004-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University2002 Doctorate, Stanford University
Dr. Tom Kurtzman
Themis LazaridisProfessorCity College of New YorkDept of Chemistry and Biochemistry160 Convent AveNew York [email protected]://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~themis/
Publications
Brice A., Lazaridis T. "Structure and Dynamics ofa Fusion Peptide Helical Hairpin on theMembrane Surface: Comparison of MolecularSimulations and NMR", J. Phys. Chem. B,118:4461-70 (2014)
Lazaridis T., Versace R. "The treatment ofsolvent in multiscale biophysical modeling", Isr.J. Chem., 54:1074-83 (2014)
Lazaridis T., Leveritt JM, PeBenito L. "Implicitmembrane treatment of buried charged groups.Application to peptide translocation across lipidbilayers", BBA Biomembranes, 1838:2149-59(2014)
Prieto L., He Y., Lazaridis T. "Protein arcs mayform stable pores in membranes", Biophys J,106:154-161 (2014)
Rahaman A., Lazaridis, T. "A thermodynamicapproach to alamethicin pore formation", BBABiomembranes 1838:98 (2014)
Research Interests
My research is in the area of Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry, which aims tounderstand 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 inthe course of their function. Our goal is to understand the forces that operate within and betweenbiomolecules and develop quantitative mathematical models for their energy as a function ofconformation. Such models are useful in many ways, such as predicting the three-dimensional structurefrom sequence, characterizing conformational changes involved in biological function, or predicting thebinding affinity between two biomolecules.
The Lazaridis lab works inthe area of theoretical andcomputational Biophysics. Inthe past few years we haveworked on the interaction ofproteins with biologicalmembranes. We areespecially interested in theprocess of pore formation byantimicrobial peptides andother toxins.
1998- City College1992-1998 Postdoc, Harvard University1987-1992 PhD, University of Delaware
Dr. Themis Lazaridis
Jianbo LiuAssociate ProfessorQueens College and the Graduate Center of CUNYDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry65-30 Kissena Blvd.Queens, NY [email protected]://chem.qc.cuny.edu/~jliu/Liu_page/Liu_main.htm
PublicationsFangwei Liu, Wenchao Lu, Yigang Fang, and J.Liu*, "Evolution of oxidation dynamics of histidine:Non-reactivity in the gas phase, peroxides inhydrated clusters, and pH dependence insolution", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16,22179-22191.
J. Liu*, Steven D. Chambreau, and Ghanshyam L.Vaghjiani, "Dynamics simulations and statisticalmodeling of thermal decomposition of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide and 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium dicyanamide", J. Phys. Chem.A., 2014, 118, 11133-11144.
Wenchao Lu, Fangwei Liu, Rifat Emre, and J. Liu*,"Collision dynamics of protonated N-acetylmethionine with singlet molecular oxygen (a1Dg):The influence of amide bond and ruling out thecomplex-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, HansLischka, Jianbo Liu*, and William L. Hase*, "Directdynamics simulation of the activation anddissociation of 1,5-dinitrobiuret (HDNB)", J. Phys.Chem. A, 2014, 118, 2228-2236.Research Interests
Keywords: mass spectrometry, singlet oxygen, reaction dynamics/kinetics, spectroscopy
Our research focuses on using various instrumental analysis approaches (e.g., 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 ChemistryAnalytical ChemistryComputational ChemistryNanomaterials
2013- current Associate Professor, Queens College2016-2013 Assistant Professor, Queens College1999-2000 Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley Lab1997 Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry)
Dr. Jianbo Liu
Gustavo E. Lopez
ProfessorLehman College Department of Chemistry250 Bedford Park Blvd WestBronx, [email protected]
Publications (select)Effect of surface corrugation on low temperaturephases of adsorbed (p-H2)7 : A quantum path integralMonte Carlo study, Cruz, A., López, G.E. 2014, Phys.Lett. A, 378, 1375.
The gamma-butyrolactone receptors BulR1 andBulR2 of Streptomyces tsukubaensis: tacrolimus(FK506) and butyrolactone synthetases productioncontrol, Salehi-Najafabadi, Z.; Barreiro, C; Rodriguez-Garcia, A.; Cruz, A.; Lopez, G.E.; Marin, J.F. 2014Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, (DOI 10.1007/s00253-014-5595-9).
Quinoline-2-thiol Derivatives as Fluorescent Sensorsfor Metals, pH, and HNO, 2014, O’Connor, N.A.;Lopez, G.E.; Cruz, A., Curr. Chem. Lett. (DOI10.5267/j.ccl.2014.3.001).
Src activation by �-adrenoreceptors is a key switch fortumour metastasis, Armaiz-Pena, G.N.; Allen, J.K.;Cruz, Anthony; Villares, G.J.; Cruz, A.; Stone, R.L.;Nick, A.M.; Lin, Y.G.; Han, L.Y.; Mangala, L.S.;Villares, G.J.; Vivas-Mejias, P.; Rodriguez-Aguayo,C.; Nagaraja, A.S.; Gharpure, K.M.; Wu, Z.; English,R.D.; Soman, K.V.; Shazhad, M.M.K.; Zigler, M.;Deavers, M.T.; Zien, A.; Soldatos, T.G.; Jackson,D.B.; Wiktorowicz, J.E.; Torres-Lugo, M.; Young, T.;Geest, K.D.; Gallick, G.E.; Bar-Eli, M.; López-Berestein, G.; Cole, S.W.; López, G.E.; Lutgendorf,S.K.; Sood, A.K., 2013, Nature Comm., 4,doi:10.1038/ncomms2413.
Research Interests
Keywords: computational chemistry, path-integral Monte Carlo, molecular hydrogen, fluids, proton wires
Professor Gustavo Lopez is interested in developing computational techniques to describe varioussystems in computational phase. Specifically, quantum and classical Monte Carlo techniques are appliedto describe nanostructured systems, molecular hydrogen adsorbed on surface or trapped in fullerenes,and quantum liquids. Additionally, ab-initio techniques are used to describe molecular wires formed inhelical peptides, metal oxides, and semiconductors
Gustavo Lopez is a LehmanCollege computational andtheoretical chemist. Hespecializes in developing andapplying computationalmethods to describe system incondensed phase. Some ofthe system considered arequantum fluids, proton wires,molecular hydrogen trapped infullerenes, and biomolecularsystems.
2010-present Professor, Lehman College1994-2010 Professor, UPR-Mayaguez1993-1994 Assistant Professor, IU-PR1992-1994 Postdoc, U of Rhode Island1986-1992 PhD, UMASS-Amherst
Dr. Gustavo E. Lopez
Neepa MaitraProfessorHunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY695 Park AvenueNew York NY [email protected]://www.hunter.cuny.edu/physics/faculty/maitra/home
Publications
N.T. Maitra, Charge Transfer in Time-DependentDensity Functional Theory, Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter, 2017, to appear.
N. T. Maitra, Perspective: Fundamental Aspectsof Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory,J. Chem. Phys. vol. 144, 220901 (2016).
E. Khosravi, A. Abedi, N. T. Maitra, The ExactPotential Driving the Electron Dynamics inEnhanced Ionization of H2
+, Phys. Rev. Lett. vol.115, 263002 (2015).
J. I. Fuks, K. Luo, E. D. Sandoval, N. T. Maitra,Time-Resolved Spectroscopy in Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory: An ExactCondition, Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 114, 183002(2015).
F. Agostini, A. Abedi, Y. Suzuki, S. K. Min, N. T.Maitra, E. K. U. Gross, The Exact Forces onClassical Nuclei in Non-Adiabatic ChargeTransfer, J. Chem. Phys. vol. 142, 084303(2015).
Research Interests
Keywords: Electronic Structure and Dynamics, Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory(TDDFT), Non-Adiabatic DynamicsTDDFT is a method to describe electronic excitations and dynamics in atomic, molecular, chemicalsystems and solids. We focus on fundamental development: investigating properties of theexact functionals in order to guide the development of accurate approximations e.g. memory-dependence,in both the linear response regime and for dynamics in intense fields, impacting applications fromelectronic spectra to attosecond control and charge transfer. We also have several projects involvingthe exact-factorization approach to coupled electron-ion dynamics. This first-principles approach enablesus to define exact potentials that act on the electronic and nuclear subsystems, and is the correct startingpoint for building approximate mixed quantum-(semi)classical methods.
Neepa Maitra is atheoretical chemicalphysicist with researchinterests in densityfunctional theory, especiallyits time-dependent flavor,electronic excitations anddynamics and their couplingto ionic motion beyond theBorn-Oppenheimerapproximation.
2015 - current Professor (Hunter College and GC, CUNY)2009-14 Associate Professor (Hunter College and GC, CUNY)2004-14 Assistant Professor (Hunter College and GC, CUNY)1998-2003 Postdoc (UC Berkeley, Rutgers)1993-1998 PhD (Harvard)
Dr. Neepa Maitra
Hiroshi MatsuiProfessorHunter College695 Park Avenue,New York, NY [email protected]://www.hunter.cuny.edu/chemistry/faculty/Lou/Lou
Publications
Dielectric Response of High Explosives at THzFrequencies Calculated by Density FunctionalTheory, Lulu Huang, Andrew Shabaev, SamLambrakos, Noam Bernstein, Vern Jacobs, DanFinkenstadt, Lou Massa, Journal of MaterialsEngineering and Performance (2012) 21(7),1120-1132.
The Kernel Energy Method: Application toGraphene and Extended Aromatics, Lulu Huang,Hugo Bohorquez, Cherif F. Matta and LouMassa, IJQC, Vol. 111, 15, 4150-4157 (2011)
The Kernel Energy Method: Construction of 3 &4 tuple Kernels from a List of Double KernelInteractions, Lulu Huang, Lou Massa, Journal ofMolecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Vol. 962,issue 1-3, 72-79 (2010)
Calculation of Strong and Weak Interactions inTDA1 and RangDP52 by Kernel Energy Method,Huang, L.; Massa, L.; Karle, I.; Karle, J.Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences, Vol. 106, No. 10, 3664-3669 (2009)
The Kernel Energy Method of QuantumMechanical Approximation carried to FourthOrder 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, Xraycrystallography, kernel energy method, information theory,
Applications of Quantum Mechanics to the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and solids.
Postdoc: Brookhaven National LaboratoryPhD: Theoretical Molecular Physics, Georgetown University
Dr. Louis Massa
Matthew Y. SfeirAssociate ProfessorPhotonics InitiativeAdvanced Science Research Center85 St. Nicholas TerraceNew York NY, [email protected]://sfeirlab.ws.gc.cuny.edu/
PublicationsA. Pun, A. Asapoordarvish, E. Kumarasamy, M.Tayebjee, D. Niesner, D. McCamey, S. Sanders,L. Campos, M. Y. Sfeir, Ultrafast IntramolecularSinglet Fission to Persistent Multiexcitons byMolecular Design, Nature Chemistry, (2019).J. Hu, K. Xu, L. Shen, Q. Wu, G. He, J-Y. Wang,J. Pei, J. Xia, M. Y. Sfeir, New insights into thedesign of conjugated polymers for intramolecularsinglet fission, Nature Comm., 9, 2999 (2018).M. Tayebjee, S. Sanders, E. Kumarasamy, L.Campos, M. Y. Sfeir, D. McCamey, Quintetmultiexciton dynamics in singlet fission, NaturePhysics, 13, 182 – 188 (2017).K. Appavoo, X. Liu, V. Menon, M. Y. Sfeir,Excitonic Lasing in Solution-ProcessedSubwavelength Nanosphere Assemblies, NanoLetters, 16, 2004 – 2010 (2016).E. Busby, J. Xia, J. Low, R. Song, J. Miller, X-Y.Zhu, L. Campos, M. Y. Sfeir, A design strategyfor intramolecular singlet fission mediated bycharge-transfer states in donor–acceptor organicmaterials, Nature Materials, 14, 426-433 (2015).K. Appavoo, M. Liu, C. Black, M. Y. Sfeir,Quantifying Bulk and Surface RecombinationProcesses in Nanostructured Water SplittingPhotocatalysts via In Situ UltrafastSpectroscopy, Nano Letters, 15 1076 (2015).
Research InterestsKeywords: Ultrafast optics, nanophotonics, charge and spin dynamics, energy, optoelectronics
Charge and Spin Correlations in Organic Materials: Discovery of novel multi-excitonic and correlatedelectron phenomena in organic semiconductors and conductors.Nanostructured Energy Conversion Devices: Fabricating energy conversion devices, including solarcells, disordered lasers, and photoelectrochemical cells from nanomaterials and assemblies.Next Generation Ultrafast Spectroscopy Methods: Developing high speed, imaging, and in situcapabilities for ultrafast spectroscopy using next generation sources and detectors.
Dr. Sfeir’s research usesbroadband ultrafast andoptoelectronic techniques toidentify novel electronicproperties in molecular andnano-materials. His groupinvestigates their use innovel devices architectures,including for light harvestingand photonics applications.
2019-current Associate Professor, CUNY ASRC &The Graduate Center
2009-2019 Scientist, Center for Functional NanomaterialsBrookhaven National Laboratory
2005-2009 Postdoc, Condensed Matter Physics andMaterials Science, Brookhaven National Lab
2000-2005 PhD, Chemical Physics, Columbia University
Dr Matthew Sfeir
Ruth E. StarkDistinguished ProfessorCity College Dept. of Chemistry and BiochemistryCUNY Institute for Macromolecular AssembliesCCNY CDI 1302, 85 St. Nicholas TerraceNew York, NY [email protected]://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/resgroup
Publications
W. Huang, O. Serra, K. Dastmalchi, L. Jin, L.Yang, R.E. Stark, Comprehensive MS and Solid-state NMR metabolomic profiling revealsmolecular variations in native periderms fromfour Solanum tuberosum potato cultivars, J.Agric. Food Chem., 2017, 65, 2258-2274.
L.Q. Jin,* Q. Cai,* W. Huang, K. Dastmalchi, J.Rigau, M. Molinas, M. Figueras, O. Serra, R.E.Stark, Potato native and wound periderms aredifferently affected by down-regulation of FHT, aPotato Feruloyl Transferase, Phytochemistry,2018, 147, 30-48.
Q. Wang,* S. Rizk,* C. Bernard, M.P. Lai, D.Kam, J. Storch, R.E. Stark, Protocols and pitfallsof obtaining fatty acid-binding proteins forbiophysical studies of ligand-protein and protein-protein interactions, Biochem. Biophys. Rep.,2017, 10, 318-324.
E. Camacho, C. Chrissian, R.J.B. Cordero, L.Liporagi-Lopes, R.E. Stark, A. Casadevall, N-acetylglucosamine supplementation affectsCryptococcus neoformans cell wall compositionand melanin architecture, Microbiology, 2018,163, 1540-1556.
Research Interests
Keywords: molecular biophysics, biopolymers, bioanalytical chemistry, solid- and solution-state NMR
The Stark Laboratory uses structural biology and biophysical approaches to study plant protective polymers, lipid metabolism, and potentially pathogenic melanized fungal cells. Study of the molecular and mesoscopic architectures underlying the integrity of cuticles in natural and engineered potatoes and tomatoes is undertaken using solid- and solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry, and atomic force microscopy. Ligand recognition and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor interactions of fatty acid-binding proteins are under investigation by solution-state NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy. The molecular structure and development of melanin pigments within fungal cells are probed using (bio)chemical synthesis and solid-state NMR.
Dr. Stark’s biophysicsresearch program focuseson the molecular structureand interactions ofprotective plant bio-polymers, fatty acid-bindingproteins that mediate painand obesity, and melaninpigments associated withhuman fungal infections.
2007 - current CUNY Dist. Prof., CCNY1985 - 2007 Assoc.-Dist. Prof., Coll. of Staten Island1979 - 1985 Asst. Prof., Amherst College1977 - 1979 Postdoctoral Fellow, M.I.T.1977 PhD, Physical Chemistry, UC San Diego
Dr. Ruth E. Stark
Ming Tang, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry2800 Victory BlvdCollege of Staten IslandStaten Island, NY [email protected]://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-directory/ming-tang
Publications
D. Lam, J. Zhuang, L. Cohen, B. Arshava, F.Naider, M. Tang “Effects of chelator lipids,paramagnetic metal ions and trehalose onliposomes by solid-state NMR”, Solid State Nucl.Magn. Reson. 2018, 94, 1-6.
M. Tang, K. Mao, S. Li, J. Zhuang, K. Diallo,“Paramagnetic Effects on NMR Spectra ofIsotropic Bicelles with Headgroup ModifiedChelator Lipids and Metal Ions”, Phys. Chem.Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 15524-15527.
M. Tang, G. Comellas, C. M. Rienstra,“Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches forStructure Determination of Membrane Proteinsand Amyloid Fibrils”, Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46,2080-2088.
M. Tang, A. E. Nesbitt, L. J. Sperling, D. A.Berthold, C. D. Schwieters, R. B. Gennis, C. M.Rienstra, “Structure of the Disulfide BondGenerating Membrane Protein DsbB in the LipidBilayer”, J. Mol. Biol. 2013, 425, 1670-1682.
M. Tang, L. J. Sperling, D. A. Berthold, A. E.Nesbitt, R. B. Gennis, C. M. Rienstra, “Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-TransferComplex between Ubiquinone-8 and DisulfideBond Generating Membrane Protein DsbB”, J.Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4359-4366.Research Interests
Keywords: Membrane proteins, ion channels, amyloidogenic proteins, Phosphoinositide, solid-state NMR, protein aggregates, paramagnetic relaxation enhancement.The elucidation of structure-function relationships of membrane proteins will contribute tremendously toour understanding of how proteins interact with lipids and/or cofactors to operate. In turn, thesefundamental discoveries will translate into novel biomaterials and rationally designed therapeutic agents,since roughly 60% of all current drug targets are membrane proteins, yet structures of membrane proteinsremain scant relative to their soluble counterparts. We have successfully developed solid-state NMRmethods to tackle the challenges of membrane proteins and protein aggregates. Hence, we will be able toobtain detailed atomistic models from the structural information to describe the fundamental principles ofhow the membrane influence protein functions and vice versa.
Ming Tang is an assistantprofessor in the chemistry andbiochemistry programs at CUNY.His long-term research endeavoris to investigate the function-modulating interactions betweenproteins and membranecomponents by solvingstructures of membrane-associated protein complexesand aggregates by NMRspectroscopy.
2013- current Assistant Professor, College of StatenIsland, CUNY
2008-2013 Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2003-2008 PhD, Chemistry, Iowa State University
Dr. Ming Tang
Micha TomkiewiczProfessorBrooklyn College of CUNYDept. of Physics, Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY [email protected]://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/physics/micha/
Publications
Research Interests
Keywords: Climate Change, Physics of Sustainability, Energy.
Environmental issues, science and society, photoelectrochemistry, electrochemistry, physics and chemistry of solid-liquid interfaces, morphology and transport properties of composite media, solar energy conversion and storage, photovoltaic devices, batteries .Strategy: Students will learn how to do energy audits and carbon footprints on a variety of scales. Students will do longitudal studies on the various components of the global efforts to change energy sources from reliance on fossil fuels toalternative energy sources.
2015- current Professor of physics and Chemistry,Brooklyn College, CUNY
1973 - 1976 IBM Thomas J. Watson1971 – 1973 UC-Berkeley1969 PhD - Hebrew University - Jerusalem
Dr. Micha TomkiewiczMicha Tomkiewicz is a professor of physics and chemistry at Brooklyn College and the school for Graduate Studies of the City University of New York. He served as founding-director of the Environmental Studies Program and the Electrochemistry Institute at Brooklyn College; was divisional editor, Journal of the Electrochemical Society (1981-91); chairman, Energy and Technology Division, the Electrochemical Society (1991-93); and member, International Organizing Committee of the conferences on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (1989-92).
Weekly blog on climate change at: http://climatechangefork.blog.brooklyn.edu/
Lori Scarlatos, Micha Tomkiewicz, Ryan Courtney; “Using an Agent-Based Modeling Simulation and Game to Teach Socio-Scientific Topics”, Interaction Design & Architecture Journal – IxD&A, N. 19, Winter 2013/2014, pp. 77 – 90.
Yevgenie Ostrovskiy, Michael Cheng and MichaTomkiewicz, “Intensive and Extensive Parametrization of Energy Use and Income in US States and in Global Urban Environments”, The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.95-107.(2013)
Micha Tomkiewicz and Lori Scarlatos, “Bottom-up Mitigation of Global Climate Change”, the International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.37-48 (2013)
Micha Tomkiewicz; “Climate Change: The Fork at the End of Now”; Momentum Press (2011).
Chen WangAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, Queens College65-30 Kenssina Blvd.120B Remsen HallNew York [email protected]://www.wanglabcuny.net
Publications
1. C. Wang, E. A. Weiss. Accelerating FRETbetween Near-Infrared-Emitting Quantum DotsUsing a Molecular J-aggregates as an ExcitonBridge. Nano Lett., 2017, 17 (9), 56662. C. Wang, M. S. Kodaimati, G. C. Schatz, andE. A. Weiss. The Photoluminescence SpectralProfiles of Water-Soluble Aggregates of PbSQuantum Dots Assembled through ReversibleMetal Coordination. Chem. Comm., 2017, 53(12), 19813. C. Wang, E. A. Weiss, Sub-nanosecondResonance Energy Transfer in the Near-Infraredwithin Self-Assembled Conjugates of PbSQuantum Dots and Cyanine Dye J-Aggregates.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (30), 95574. C. Wang, M. Angelella, S. J. Doyle, L. A.Lytwak, P. J. Rossky, B. J. Holliday, and M. J.Tauber. Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of theT1 Triplet Excited State of Oligothiophenes. J.Phys. Chem. Lett., 2015, 6 (18), 35215. C. Wang, M. J. Tauber. High-Yield SingletFission in a Zeaxanthin Aggregate Observed byPicosecond Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. J.Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 13988
Research Interests
Keywords: ultrafast optical spectroscopy, exciton dynamics, nanomaterials, quantum dot
The aim of our research is to achieve systematic control of the behavior of excitons within thesuperstructures of quantum dots and organic molecules that are developed in our lab. We employ time-resolved optical spectroscopy to investigate the evolution of excitonic states in these novel nanostructures.The knowledge we learn can direct rational designs of materials for applications including optoelectronicdevices, photocatalysis, and biomedical sensors.
As experimental physicalchemists, we assemblesemiconductor nanocrystalsand molecules to createnovel materials, andinvestigate photophysical/photochemical properties ofthese materials using time-resolved optical laserspectroscopy
2018 - current Assistant Professor, Queens College2015 - 2018 Postdoc, Northwestern University2008 - 2014 PhD, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Chen Wang
Nan-Loh YangProfessor of ChemistryCollege of Staten Island2800 Victory BoulevardStaten Island, NY [email protected]
PublicationsAshish 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 Yang” Well-Defined Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at Block Junction: Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization” Macromolecules, 2010, 43 (7), pp 3153–3155
Kai Su, Nurxat Nuraje, Lingzhi Zhang, I-Wei Chu, Hiroshi Matsui, and Nan-Loh Yang.“ First Preparations and Characterization of Conductive Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedles” Macromol. Symposia, Special Issue: Polymers at Frontiers of Science and Technology (2009), 279(1), 1-6.
Su, Nurxat Nuraje, and Nan-Loh Yang*„An Open-Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3, SrTiO3 and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oC”,ACS Langmuir,,(2007),23,11369-11371
Research Interests
Keywords: Nanoeletronics, Superbugs killers, Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals,Supercapacitor Fast Switch, Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes, Micelles
Professor Yang’s research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic andantibacterial nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic – hydrophilic moleculartopography. The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic ofmicell reactors and interfacial polymerization.
Nan-Loh Yang is a Professorof Chemistry at College ofStaten Island.. His researchareas include: antimicrobialpolymer nanoparticle;polymers with well-definedstructure;and materials fornanoelectronics - giantdielectric constant element,fast cionductance switch, 4-stage memory and roomtemperature magnetoelectriccoupling.
Current Professor of Chemistry, CUNY-CSI1969-1970 Postdoc, Mount Sinai School of Medicine1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly
Dr. Nan –Loh Yang