The City University of New York Graduate Center
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry

 

At-Large Faculty at Other Colleges

Selman A. Berger

Professor Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1969

Diana Friedland

Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Ph.D., Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1999
Biophysical: Mechanism of action of Pokeweed antiviral protein selection of mRNA; effects of mRNA structure and eukaryotic initiation factors; applications to antiviral therapy and agro/bio-terrorism toxins.

Yi He

Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Ph.D., Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2004
Analytical: Development of microextraction separation methods and their applications to forensic and environmental anaylsis; general separation techniques.

Edward J. Kennelly

Associate Professor, Lehman College; Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1993
Biology, Biochemistry, Plant Science: Examination of phytochemicals for novel biological actions, specifically in plants used for women's health and polyphenols that may help prevent cancer.

Thomas A. Kubic

Associate Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Ph.D., John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2003
Analytical: Characterization and analysis of micro and ultra micro size samples by light and electron microscopy with x-ray spectroscopy and diffraction techniques.

Chandrika Padmamsala Kulatilleke

Assistant Professor, Baruch College; Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2000
Bioorganic: Metal complex formation of transition metals with polythiaether ligands; thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metal complex formation; reaction mechanisms of complex formation; properties, functions and structure-activity relationships of these complexes. Environmental: Analysis of metals and heavy metals - complex formation mechanisms and transport in biological and aquatic systems; analysis of pesticides and their residues in the environment.

Nicholas Petraco

Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2002
Theoretical: Quantum chemistry of extended pi systems and probes for explosives and finger prints; many body theory; mathematical physics; representation theory.

Manfred Philipp

Professor, Lehman College; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1970
Biochemistry: Enzymology.

Anne-Marie Sapse

Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Ph.D., City University of New York, 1969
Physical: Molecular orbital calculations performed on systems of organic and biochemical interest; theoretical studies of anti-tumor drugs; theoretical studies of ion-molecule(s) structure.

Bruno Scrosati

Adjunct Professor, Universita Degli Studi Di Roma; Ph.D., University of Rome, 1968
Physical: Electochemical energetics; conducting polymers; lithium batteries; intercalation electrodes; protonic conductors; fuel cells; photoelectrochemistry; elctrochromic displays.

Peter Spellane

Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1985
Nanotechnology and Material Science: Preparation and optical properties of compounds that link photosensitive dye molecules, particularly porphyrin and metalloporphyrin compounds, to conjugated polymers, and application of chemical spectroscopies , particularly visible, mid-infrared, and near IR, to issues of infrastructure maintenance.

Steven A. Sundberg

Adjunct Professor, Caliper Technologies; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1983
Physical, Analytical: Microfuidic devices for analysis of biomolecules and performance of miniaturized bioassays; microarray devices for analysis of receptor-ligand and antibody-antigen binding interactions; hybridization of oligonucleotide probes for genetic analysis.

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