BC Chemistry :: Alexander Greer

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ALEC GREER

Home Town: Chico, California
Hobbies: Swimming, running
Currently: PI

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GOUTAM GHOSH

Home Town: Midnapore, India
Hobbies: Movies, volleyball
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Followed by: Postdoc, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute fellowship with S. McFarland, Acadia University

Currently: Research Associate, CUNY, Brooklyn College

KAMRUN NAHAR

Home Town: Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Hobbies: Learning new things, singing

Currently: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Graduate Center, and Brooklyn College

SERAH ESSANG

Home Town: Lagos, Nigeria
Hobbies: Cooking and learning

Currently: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Graduate Center, and Brooklyn College

AKSHAYA IYER

Home Town: Mumbai, India
Hobbies: Sketching, digital painting, poetry, and anime

Currently: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Graduate Center and Brooklyn College

AUTUMN HOLMES

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Reading, volunteering, and nature walks

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

OLIVER TURQUE

Home Town: Manhattan, New York
Hobbies: Classical music, composition, writing

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Research Associate, CUNY, Brooklyn College and Baruch College

JULIA GREER

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Improv, piano, and helping the environment

Currently: Student, New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)

FARIHA MAHDIA

Home Town: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hobbies: Learning foreign languages

Currently: Student, Edward A. Reynolds High School

JUDY DARWISH

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Reading, Pilates, Baking

Currently: Undergraduate Student, Honors Academy

CUNY, Brooklyn College

MASON YEUNG

Home Town: Long Island, NY
Hobbies: Traveling, Swimming, Volleyball

Currently: Student, Great Neck South High School

ALIAA SOLIMAN

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Photography and writing

Currently: Undergraduate Student, Honors Academy,

CUNY, Brooklyn College

Former Members (Partial list)

TATYANA VOLOSHCHUK

Home Town: Zhitomir, Ukraine
Hobbies: Dancing, running, skiing
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Partner, St. Onge Steward
Johnston & Reens LLC, Stamford CT

ADEBOGUN ADENIKN

Home Town: Lagoa, Nigeria
Hobbies: Singing, music, reading poems
Formerly: Post baccalaureate, CUNY, Brooklyn College

MOHAMMAD ALQAIM

Home Town: Gujrat, Pakistan
Hobbies: Cricket, coin collecting, classical music
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

EDYTA M. BRZOSTOWSKA (GREER)

Home Town: Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland
Hobbies: Martial arts, exercising, dancing
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Followed by: Postdoc with R. Hoffmann, Cornell University
Currently: Professor, CUNY, Baruch College

MICHAEL SKOWRONSKI

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Tennis, playing the piano, building computers
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

WANG CHAN

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College
Followed by: Medical School

AARON T. FRANK

Home Town: Mt. Airy, St. Paul's, Grenada
Hobbies: Cricket, soccer and science reading
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College
Followed by: Ph.D. Student, UC Irvine,

Postdoc and Professor, Univ. Michigan

Currently: Arrakis Therapeutics

BONNIE KRUFT

Home Town: Mount Airy, Maryland
Hobbies: Cooking/baking, travel and photography
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Followed by: Postdoc with R. Hoffmann, Cornell University
Currently: AI4Science at Microsoft Research

DRUTI SHIKDAR

Home Town: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hobbies: Reading NY Times and Harry Potter series, computers
Formerly: Summer Researcher, CUNY, Brooklyn College

ORRETTE WAUCHOPE

Home Town: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Hobbies: Adventures, reading and enjoying the company of friends
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College,

Ph.D. Student University of Maryland, Baltimore County,

Postdoc with L. Marnett, Vanderbilt Univ.

Currently: Assistant Professor, CUNY, Baruch College

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MATIBUR ZAMADAR

Home Town: Calcutta, India
Hobbies: Soccer, cricket
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Followed by: Postdoc with J. Michl, University of Colorado

and J. Miller, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Currently: Associate Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University

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ÁLVARO CASTILLO

Home Town: Bogotá, Colombia
Hobbies: J. S. Bach, ancient music, history, Jordi Savall
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Followed by: Postdoc with J. Bozzelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Elmhurst University

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LAILA H. WAZNEH-KHALIL

Home Town: Mazraat Mishref, Lebannon
Hobbies: Gardening, reading, traveling
Formerly: Visiting Scientist, CUNY, Brooklyn College

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MAHENDRAN ADAICKAPILLAI

Home Town: Kandy, Sri Lanka
Hobbies: Cricket, tennis, classical music
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Postdoc with R. Breslow, Columbia University

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

California State Polytechnic University

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ANGELA VUONG

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Sketching, art history, karaoke
Formerly: MS student, SUNY Albany,

Assistant Researcher, CUNY, Broolyn College

CHENZIRA RAPHAEL

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Reading, exercise and watching movies
Formerly: Post Baccalaureate, CUNY, Brooklyn College

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STANLEY KIMANI

Home Town: Kariua, Kenya
Hobbies: Traveling, reading and music
Formerly: Ph.D. student, The Open University,UK, April 2011,

Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College

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DAVID AEBISHER

Home Town: East Northport, NY
Hobbies: Coin collecting
Formerly: Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Professor,

Medical College of the University of RzeszÃ³w,

University of Rzeszów,

Rzeszów, Poland

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NAHED SAWWAN

Home Town: Jerusalem
Hobbies: Table tennis, traveling, climbing
Formerly: Ph.D student, CUNY, Brooklyn College, 2007,

Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College

GREG KHARONOV

Home Town: Tampa FL (born in Odessa, Ukraine)
Hobbies: Running, chess, reading, poker
Currently: Actuary at New York Insurance

Among the very first members of the group in 1999

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BENJAMIN RUDSHTEYN

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Skiing, swimming, chess
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College,

2012 Barry M. Goldwater Award Recipient

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, Yale University

Formerly: Postdoc, Columbia University

Currently: Senior Scientist, SchrÃ¶dinger

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DOROTA BARTUSIK-AEBISHER

Home Town: Rzeszow, Poland
Hobbies: Astronomy
Formerly: Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Professor,

Medical College of the University of Rzeszów,

University of Rzeszów,

Rzeszów, Poland

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JOSEPH GOTESMAN

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Hobbies: EMS, philosophy, comedy
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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MARILENE SILVA OLIVEIRA

Home Town: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hobbies: Traveling, movies, rock and roll

Formerly: Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College and
University of Sao Paulo (with P. Di Mascio)

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RAJIB CHOUDHURY

Home Town: Burdwan, India
Hobbies: Cricket, soccer, swimming
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, University of Miami with V. Ramamurthy

Followed by: Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Associate Professor, Arkansas Tech University

NWE WIN

Home Town: Pyay, Myanmar (Burma)
Hobbies: Reading, watching Korean dramas, listening to K-pop,

making Burmese snacks, and traveling
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

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BETH MANES

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Hobbies: Dancing, cycling, singing
Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

LUCY KALININ

Home Town: Chișinău, Moldova
Hobbies: Boat and winter camping, reading, cycling
Currently: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

MARIANA VIGNONI

Home Town: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hobbies: Traveling, movies

Formerly: Visiting Scientist, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Assistant Researcher of CONICET
at INIFTA - National University of La Plata

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ASHWINI GHOGARE

Home Town: Mumbai, India
Hobbies: Listening to music, reading, painting
and mountaineering

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College,

Senior Scientist, Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Andover, MA

Currently: CEO and Head of Artificial Intelligence and

Automation in Drug Discovery, MilliporeSigma

(Optimizing Data-Driven Drug Design with AIDDISON™

Software & GOSTAR^®)

MIHAELA MINNIS

Home Town: Baia Mare, Romania
Hobbies: Traveling and cooking
Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

CIRO DEBAZ

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Hobbies: Baseball, football, lifting weights, violin
Formerly: M.S. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

BELAID MALEK

Home Town: Tizi ouzou, Algeria
Hobbies: Soccer, hiking, adventures, biking
Formerly: M.S. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Aviv Biomedical, Lakewood, NJ

WILLIAM FANG

Home Town: Queens, New York
Hobbies: Skiing, ice skating, traveling
Formerly: M.S. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

RADHIKA VISWANATHAN

Home Town: Great Neck, New York
Hobbies: Dancing, reading, hiking, Netflix
Formerly: B.A. Student at Macaulay Honors College

at Brooklyn College

PRABHU MOHAPATRA

Home Town: Rourkela, Odisha, India
Hobbies: Jogging, sightseeing, poetry, photography
Formerly: Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Fiscal Manager, State of Maryland

JOSE ROBINSON DUGGON

Home Town: Panama City, Panama
Hobbies: Music, softball, movies

Formerly: Visiting Scientist, CUNY, Brooklyn College,
Ph.D. student at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Currently: Regular Professor, Department of Biochemistry,

Faculty of Natural, Exacts Sciences and Technology,

University of Panama, National Research I, National System

of Research (SNI) National Secretariat for Science,

Technology, and Innovation of Panama (SENACYT), Panama

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NILUKSHA WALALAWELA

Home Town: Kandy, Sri Lanka
Hobbies: Hiking, rugby

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Senior Clinical Research Scientist and Consultant,

QLS Labs

JOHN KHAN

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Driving, cooking

Fomerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

MORHLON HARRIS

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Hobbies: Language learning, piano, anime

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

HARRY KOPOLOVICH

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Running, Kayaking, Weightlifting

Formerly: M.D., SUNY-Downstate

Followed By: Residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine,

and MBA at UMass, Amherst

Currently: Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island

LUCIA D'ACCOLTI

Home Town: Conversano (BA), Italy, Europe
Hobbies: Running, swimming, reading

Formerly: Visiting Scientist, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Associate Professor, Chemistry Department,

University "Aldo Moro"

Bari, Italy, Europe

CALLISTUS OBUMNEME CHIEMEZIE

Home Town: Lagos, Nigeria
Hobbies: Soccer, basketball, reading

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

SAYUJ ZACHARIAH

Home Town: Floral Park, New York
Hobbies: Basketball, volleyball, reading

Formerly: Undergraduate Student at Macaulay Honors College

at Brooklyn College

DEREK C. PERRY

Home Town: Queens, New York
Hobbies: Cycling, yoga, mixed martial arts

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

STAS LEKHTMAN

Home Town: Tula, Russia
Hobbies: Swimming and boating

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

JOEL MATHEW

Home Town: New Hyde Park, New York
Hobbies: Movies, listening to music, gaming

Formerly: Undergraduate Student at Macaulay Honors College

at Brooklyn College

ALYSSA KATTAN

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Hobbies: Baking, dog walking

Formerly: High School Student at Midwood High School

Currently: Student, The Johns Hopkins University

ANASTASIIA IVANOVA

Home Town: Kursk, Russia
Hobbies: Painting, running

Formerly: Undergraduate Second Degree Student,

CUNY, Brooklyn College

ANDRES DURANTINI

Home Town: Río Cuarto, Argentina
Hobbies: Running, biking

Formerly: Visiting Fulbright Scientist, CUNY, Brooklyn College

and assistant Professor, CONICET, Universidad Nacional

de Río Cuarto

Currently: Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University

Edwardsville

NUSRAT JAHAN

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Good stories, new cuisine, travel, politics, coffee

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

MOMMINA ASHAQUE

Home Town: Queens, NY
Hobbies: Researching, badminton, poetry, painting

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, Macaulay Honors

CUNY, Brooklyn College

AZAMAT BAZAROV

Home Town:Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Hobbies: Chess, table tennis, programming

Formerly: Undergraduate student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

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INNA ABRAMOVA

Home Town: Baku, Azerbaijan
Hobbies: Reading and traveling

Formerly: Research Assistant, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Pharmacist, CVS

HAMZA DAOUD

Home Town: Savannah, Georgia
Hobbies: basketball, reading, weightlifting

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

STEFANO PROTTI

Formerly: Visiting Scientist, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Associate Professor, PhotoGreen Lab, University of Pavia

SARAH J. BELH

Home Town: Frankinville, NJ
Hobbies: Board games, DnD, miniatures

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Awards: Graduate Student Research Awardee of the

Eastern Analytical Symposium

MARIA FARAG

Home Town: Staten Island, NY
Hobbies: Singing, Acting, Badminton

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, Macaulay Honors

CUNY, Brooklyn College

MAHIR RASHID

Home Town: Long Island, NY
Hobbies: Soccer, reading, teaching

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, Macaulay Honors

CUNY, Brooklyn College

YUSUF HASAN

Home Town: North Bellmore, NY
Hobbies: Cross country running, writing, music

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

MICHAEL ZATOULOVSKI

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Piano, basketball, traveling

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

DEVORA BAKER

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Reading, playing guitar, anime

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

ERDI KANT

Home Town: Istanbul, Turkey
Hobbies: Reading, watching documentaries, swimming

Currently: Graduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

MARWA ISLAM

Home Town: Queens, NY
Hobbies: Watching movies and drawing

Currently: Macaulay Honors Program,

CUNY, Brooklyn College

SHAKEELA JABEEN

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, poetry

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Scientist at the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

DAVE DODSON

Home Town: Dix Hills, NY
Hobbies: Fishkeeping, Woodworking, and Basketball

Formerly: Macaulay Honors Program,

CUNY, Brooklyn College

RYAN O'CONNOR

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Hobbies: Chess, Puzzle Solving, Playing Video Games

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College
Currently: Ph.D. Student, NYU (member of Marvin Parasram’s group)

AMA PANVILAWATHTHE

Home Town: Balangoda, Sri Lanka
Hobbies: Reading, poetry, photography

Currently: Ph.D. student, CUNY, Graduate Center, and Brooklyn College

MARIAM ALEX

Home Town: Rockland, NY
Hobbies: Running, Music

Currently: Undergraduate Student, Macaulay Honors CUNY,

Brooklyn College

GENEVIEVE CLANCY

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Interests: AP Chemistry, medical techniques and technology

Currently: Student, Brewster High School

MAYA SZEWCZYK

Home Town: Brewster, NY
Hobbies: Learning about new scientific discoveries, watching the

news, learning about global issues, exercising

Currently: Student, Brewster High School

ANASTASIA KUTUZOV

Home Town: Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Hobbies: Swimming, Reading, Listening to Music

Currently: Undergraduate Student,

BA/MD Program and Macaulay Honors Program,

CUNY, Brooklyn College

JOSHUA HARRISON KOEGEL

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Piano, surfing, ultimate frisbee, reading

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: JD Candidate, Harvard Law School

BRITNEY C. SINGH

Home Town: Queens, NY
Hobbies: Journaling, astrology

Currently: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Graduate Center, and Brooklyn College

BEGIMAI (PEGGY) DJUMAGLUOVA

Home Town: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Hobbies: Reading, Chess, Soccer

Formerly: Student, Manhattan Village Academy High School

SHARON YUNAYEV

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Interests: Basketball, drawing, running

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

JOHIRUL BIPU

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Interests: Gym, soccer, socializing with friends

Formerly: Undergraduate student,
CUNY, Brooklyn College

REKHA BHUSAL

Home Town: Queens, NY
Hobbies: Traveling, Reading, Hiking and Roller skating

Formerly: Graduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

YOLETTE BUKAI

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Interests: Sewing and crocheting

Formerly: Pre-med undergraduate student,

majoring in Philosophy and Medical Ethics,
CUNY, Brooklyn College

IKHIL YEVDAYEV

Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Reading, basketball, video games

Formerly: Undergraduate Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

LLOYD LAPOOT

Home Town: Bukidnon, Philippines
Hobbies: Biking, Mountaineering, Cooking

Formerly: Ph.D. Student, CUNY, Brooklyn College

Currently: Lecturer, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

DEVORAH SCHEINFELD

Home Town: Suffern, NY
Hobbies: Reading, Lego and sports

Currently: Undergraduate Student, Macaulay Honors Program,

CUNY, Brooklyn College