| Maria Entezari, Ph.D. Chairperson Natural Sciences Department Professor of Biology Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms underlying inflammatory responses in neurodegenerative diseases and infection M-202A (718) 482-6079 tentezarizaher@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Howard Motoike, Ph.D. Deputy Chair Natural Sciences Department Professor of Biology Structure and function of ion channels M-202 (718) 482-5322 hmotoike@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Amit Aggarwal, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Porphyrinoid Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanotechnology M-B36C (718) 482-6180 aaggarwal@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Ian Alberts, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Drug Discovery | Computer-Aided Drug Design | Substance Abuse and Addiction | Quantum Computing | Quantum Mechanics M-212 (718) 482-6183 ialberts@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Natalia Biani Lecturer of Biology Behavioral ecology of Neotropical bees. Species interactions. Urban ecology. M-220E (718) 482-5906 nbiani@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Jacqueline (Allie) Brashears, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Thermal Biology | Metabolic Biology | Evolution of Endothermy | Life History Evolution | Reproduction Research Page M-B36A (718) 482-7412 jbrashears@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Olga Calderon, Ph.D Professor of Biology Microbiology | Entomology | Symbiotic relationships| Antimicrobial compounds & bacterial resistant genes| research in the classroom | emotions in the classroom. M-220A (718) 482-5749 ocalderon@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Daniel Capic, Ph.D Lecturer of Physics Theoretical condensed matter | Skyrmions | Magnetic excitations M-209 dcapic@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Claudette Davis, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology STEM Education | Cell Biology | Genetics E-263C (718) 482-7300 cldavis@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Sarah E. Durand, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology salt marsh habitat restoration | potential ecosystem services provided by a native estuary bivalve | the ribbed mussel | neurobiology of avian vocal learning M-221C (718) 482-5743 sdurand@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Christopher Farley, Ph.D. Co-director of the Physical Sciences Program: Chemistry track Assistant Professor of Chemistry Computational chemistry | spectroscopy of photovoltaic and photocatalytic materials M-B36D (718) 482-6100 cfarley@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| James Frost, Ph.D. Professor of Physics . M-208 (718) 349-4046 jamesf@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Lucia Fuentes, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Innate Immunity | Macrophages | Neurodegenerative Diseases M-220F (718) 482-6084 lfuentes@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Xin Gao, Ph.D. Professor of Physics theoretical finance | undergraduate STEM education | experimental biophysics M-221G (718) 482-5964 xgao@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Daniel Gertner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology Behavioral Genetics M-215 (718) 730-7459 dgertner@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Janet Gonzalez, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry Protein-substrate interactions | Serine Hydrolase Mode of Action | Antibiotic Resistance M-206 (718) 482-5019 jagonzalez@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Richa Gupta, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Mechanisms of DNA damage and break repair | Mycobacterial Genetics | Antibacterial drug targets and antibiotic resistance | Topoisomerase biology M-218 (718) 482-6010 rgupta@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Tonya Hendrix, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Cellular Immunology | Small molecule modulation of macrophage function M-220B (718) 482-5202 thendrix@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Joby Jacob, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Microbes of Polluted NYC Area Waterways M-202B (718) 482-6013 jjacob@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Sultan Jenkins, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Genomics | Genetics and evolution of early C. elegans development E-263A (718) 730-7562 sjenkins@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Charles Keller, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Tardigrades or “Water bears” and the genetic basis of their ability to resist hostile environments M-217 (718) 482-5748 ckeller@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Amish Khalfan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics Mathematical Physics | Theoretical High-Energy Physics M-220C (718) 482-6182 akhalfan@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Marta Kowalczyk, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry Photochemistry | Pigments | Charge Transfer Complexes | Computational Chemistry E-263B (718) 349-4009 mkowalczyk@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Kevin Mark, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry Analytical Chemistry | Mass Spectrometry | Proteomics M-B36G (718) 482-6111 kmark@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Philippe Mercier, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Education theory | Learning assessment M-221B (718) 482-6182 pmercier@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Thomas Onorato, Ph.D. Professor of Biology
Molecular and Cell Biology of Reproduction and Development | Regeneration of Sea Star Larvae | Marine Invertebrate Cell Culture | Aquatic Toxicology | Microbiomes Research Page M-207 (718) 482-5763 tonorato@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Vanya Petrova, Ph.D. Lecturer of Biology Medicinal chemistry | Plant science/Molecular mechanisms of chronic inflammation M-221A vpetrova@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Shashikanth Ponnala, Ph.D. Lecturer of Chemistry
Organic synthesis | Medicinal Chemistry | Computer-Aided Drug Design M-B36E sponnala@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Holly Porter-Morgan, Ph.D. Co-director of the AS in Environmental Science Program Professor of Biology Restoration and resilience of local waterways | Urban ecology | Pollination biology M-221D (718) 482-6181 hporter-morgan@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Preethi Radhakrishnan, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Behavioral Ecology | Sexual Selection Theory | Ecological Immunity | Alcohol Addiction Research Page M-213 (718) 482-5746 pradhakrishna@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Pratikkumar Rathod, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Phosphoproteomics | Mass Spectrometry | Bioenergy E-263D (718) 730-7304 prathod@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Roman Senkov, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics
theoretical nuclear physics | nuclear structure | fundamental symmetries in nuclei and atoms | nuclear level density Home Page M-211 (718) 349-4017 rsenkov@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Allyson Sheffield, Ph.D. Professor of Physics
Galactic structure | Galactoseismology | Stellar spectroscopy M-216 (718) 349-4007 asheffield@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Sunaina Singh, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Synthesis of porphyrin-based sensitizers for dynamic therapy and imaging. M-214 (718) 482-5310 ssingh@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Joshua Tan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics Optical/Infrared Observational Astronomy | Neutron Stars | Short Period Binary Millisecond Pulsars | Astrophysical Modeling Using Python M-220D (718) 482-6179 jotan@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Benjamin Taylor, Ph.D. Co-director of the AS in Environmental Science Program Professor of Biology Behavioral Ecology of Social Insects | Evolution of Eusociality | Communication | Collective Behavior Research Page MB-36B (718) 482-6191 btaylor@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| John Toland, Ph.D. Co-director of the Physical Sciences Program: Physics track Professor of Physics M-210 (718) 482-6005 jtoland@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Midas (I-Hsien) Tsai, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry Peptide structure stability | Molecular orbital methods | Peptide structure and disease M-B36F (718) 482-5981 itsai@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Ingrid Veras, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Reproductive toxicology of sea stars (gametogenesis, fertilization, embryogenesis) | molecular and cellular biology of reproduction M-202B (718) 482-6197 iveras@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Priyantha Wijesinghe, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology NYC urban ecology and natural history | Fauna of Sri Lanka | Systematics of Salticidae M-221E (718) 482-5770 pwijesinghe@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Na Xu, Ph.D. Director of the AS in Biology Program Professor of Biology Cancer Biology | Chromatin Structure and Function | Cell Migration M-220G (718) 482-6190 nxu@lagcc.cuny.edu |
| Boris Zakharov, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Invertebrate Zoology | Biogeography | Evolution | Systems Theory M-221F (718) 482-6074 bzakharov@lagcc.cuny.edu |