Faculty and Staff

Doctoral Lecturer Nathan Astrof is a member of the Department of Chemistry.

Adam Braunschweig is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. His research focus is supramolecular chemistry, organic chemistry and nanotechnology.

Lynn Francesconi is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. She teaches courses and conducts research in inorganic chemistry.

Dixie Goss is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. She teaches courses in biological spectroscopy and does research in the areas of biochemistry and physical chemistry.

Clinical Professor Kirsten Grant in the Department of Chemistry has a research focus of chemical education.

Riana Green is a Lecturer and Lab Coordinator in the Chemistry Department. She teaches Essentials of Organic Chemistry and coordinates the course’s lab classes.

Nancy Greenbaum is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. Her research focus is structural biology of RNA.

Doctoral Lecturer Philip R. Hamann in the Department of Chemistry teaches courses in organic chemistry. His research focus is chemical education and organic chemistry.

Associate Professor Wayne Harding in the Department of Chemistry teaches courses and conducts research in organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

Dr. Mandë Holford is a Professor in Chemistry at Hunter College and CUNY-Graduate Center, with scientific appointments at The American Museum of Natural History and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Akira Kawamura is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry.

Frida Kleiman is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. Her teaching and research focuses on biochemistry.

Doctoral Lecturer Nadya Kobko-Litskevitch in the Department of Chemistry does research in the areas of chemical education, physical chemistry and computational chemistry.

Mateusz Marianski is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry. He teaches courses in physical chemistry and does research in the areas of computational chemistry and physical chemistry.

Professor Louis Massa in the Department of Chemistry has a research focus of electronic structure of biological molecules.

Professor Hiroshi Matsui in the Department of Chemistry teaches courses in biophysical chemistry and physical chemistry. His research focus is bionanotechnology, nanotechnology, biomaterials, sensors, electronics, medical imaging and quantum computing.

David Mootoo is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. He teaches courses in organic chemistry and does research in the areas of bioorganic chemistry, biochemistry and organic chemistry.

Anton Oliynyk is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry. He teaches courses and conducts research in inorganic chemistry.

Gabriela Smeureanu is a doctoral lecturer in the Department of Chemistry. Her research focus is chemical education, nanotechnology and analytical chemistry.

Professor Rein Ulijn in the Department of Chemistry teaches courses in nanotechnology. His research focus is nanoscale chemistry, biochemistry and physical chemistry.

Yujia Xu is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry. She teaches courses in biophysical chemistry, biochemistry and structural biology and conducts research centered around protein design, biomaterials and biochemistry.

Professor Brian Zeglis in the Department of Chemistry teaches courses in inorganic chemistry. His research focus is biochemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry and radiochemistry.

Shengping Zheng is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. His teaching and research focuses on organic chemistry.

Dinesh Bhupathiraju is a research associate for Radiochemistry. His research focus is Radiation and Chemical Safety.

Matthew Devany is in charge of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facility in the Department of Chemistry.

Michelle Neary is in charge of the X-Ray Crystallography facility in the Department of Chemistry.

Dustin Wheeler is director of the Electronics facility in the Department of Chemistry. His research focus is inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry and analytical chemistry.

Barney Yoo is in charge of the Mass Spectrometry facility in the Department of Chemistry.

Tomoko Hagane-Mullins is a senior college lab technician in the Department of Chemistry.

Nicole Popa is a purchasing agent and chief CLT in the Department of Chemistry.

Alex Ruck is a college lab technician in the Department of Chemistry.

Olena Shport is a senior college lab technician in the Department of Chemistry.

Gabriela Solotchi is a senior college lab technician in the Department of Chemistry.

George Solotchi is a chief college laboratory technician in the Department of Chemistry.