Science @ CityCollege
The City College Science Division is one of the most active research centers in CUNY. Our faculty includes nearly 50 research-active scientists, with three members of the National Academy of Sciences and six University Distinguished Professors, bringing in $20 million annually in grant funding. Research can be conducted in four doctoral programs (Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or Physics) at seven research institutes and in collaboration with the College’s Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education and Grove School of Engineering, the New York Structural Biology Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, or the American Museum of Natural History. The Science faculty provide outstanding instruction and mentoring with a student-friendly style. Interdisciplinary faculty research explores new frontiers in cell biology, neuroscience, photonics, biophysical chemistry, nanomaterials, and soft and hard condensed matter. The Advanced Science Research Complex planned for City College’s south campus heralds an era of increased leadership in the sciences for the 21st century.
Subprograms or Subdisciplines Emphasized:
Biology: Ecology Evolution & Behavior (EEB), Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCD), Neuroscience
Chemistry: Environmental Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Biochemistry: Structural Biology, Membrane Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Computational Biophysics
Physics: Theoretical & Experimental High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter, Biophysics, Photonics
Areas of Faculty Research Include:
Molecular Genetics of Cancer, Aging, and Immunology • Systems Neuroscience • Animal Behavior • Ecological Modeling & Co-Evolution of Plants and Animals • Nanoscience • Environmental Chemistry • Structural Biology and Computational Biophysics • Biochemical Regulation • Nanoscale Photonics, Ultrafast Laser Technology and Special NMR Techniques • Soft and Hard Condensed Matter Physics • Theoretical High Energy and Mathematical Physics
Research Centers
Center for Advanced Technology in Photonics Applications (CAT)- Center for Analysis of Structures and Interfaces (CASI)
- Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL)
- Research Center in Minority Institutions (RCMI)
- CCNY/ Sloan Kettering Partnership on Cancer Health Disparities
- CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies (MMA)
Core Facilities
Construction of new research facilities is underway at the CCNY campus. Research centers in the 360,000 sq. ft. Robert E. Marshak Science Building:
- Microscopy: SEM, TEM, and Confocal Laser Scanning Systems
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Liquid and solids NMR at 500 & 600 Mhz and 800 & 900 MHz spectrometers at the New York Structural Biology Center.
