Leadership
Maria Contel, Director
Jenny Basil, Vice-Director
Staff members
Ana Bartolomé (Community Outreach Coordinator/Operations Manager)
Email: BCCC-CURE@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Sheena Philogene (Library and Reference Support)
Email: BCCC-CURE-library@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Leonora Kissis (Technical Support)
Email: Webgroup@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Research and Education Partners
Peter Tolias, Dean of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Brian Gibney, Interim Dean for the Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY
Community Outreach and Education Partners
Michael Menser, Community Outreach Partner, Brooklyn College
Faculty
Clinical Scientist Partners
Florence Lui, Assistant Attending Psychologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and BCCC-CURE Clinical Scientist Partner.
Postdoctoral Fellows (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Maxier Acosta Santiago, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Sylvia Dragulska, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Goutam Ghosh, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Diana Alexandra Martinez-Baquero, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Doctoral Students (The Graduate Center, CUNY/Brooklyn College, CUNY)
David Amoh-Boateng, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Philip Asamani, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Solmaz Azimi, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
John-Charles Baucom, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Jaclyn Doherty, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Orugbani Eli, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Serah Essang, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Danielle Hazeltine, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Hanjun Jeon, Biology PhD Program /Biology Department
Isma’il Kadam, Biochemistry PhD Program / Health & Nutrition Sciences Department
Lloyd Lapoot Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Naifeng Liu, Computer Science PhD Program/ Computer and Information Science Department
Kamrun Nahar, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Luke Nicholls, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Stephen Pagay, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Ama Imasha Panvilawaththe, Biology PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Rachele Rameau, Biology PhD Program / Biology Department, The City College of New York
Britney C. Singh, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Barbara Storch, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Joe Wu, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Carly Wolfer, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Beyza Yilmaz, Biology PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Master’s Students (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Lubna Ghanem, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Erdi Kant, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Research Assistants – Full Time (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Joel Gallardo, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Frederick Grinfel, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Anastasiya Lyubimova, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Office Interns (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Laziza Tolkunova (Communications and Outreach Intern)