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)
Sylvia Dragulska, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Goutam Ghosh, 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
Orugbani Eli, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Serah Essang, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Raven Fisher, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Ricky Granderson, Psychology PhD Program / Psychology Department
Danielle Hazeltine, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Akshaya Iyer, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Hanjun Jeon, Biology PhD Program /Biology Department
Isma’il Kadam, Biochemistry PhD Program / Health & Nutrition Sciences Department
Anastasiya Lyubimova, Biochemistry PhD Program/ Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Aaron Manu, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Katerine Menendez-Borbolla, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry 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
Rachele Rameau, Biology PhD Program / Biology 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, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Arefa Yeasmin, Biology PhD Program / Biology Department
Master’s Students (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Joyce Escatel, Psychology Department
Emma Tupone, Psychology Department
Marina Krupitskaya, Computer and Information Science Department
Research Assistants – Full Time (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Fatima Aftab, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Office Interns (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Joanna Davalos (Communications and Outreach Intern)
Victoria Josef (Communications and Outreach Intern)
Tré Laforce (Business and Administration Intern)
Vonetta Elvis (Business and Administration Intern)