Leadership
Maria Contel, Director
Jenny Basil, Associate Director Community Outreach
Brian Gibney, Associate Director Education
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
Community Outreach and Education Partners
Michele Greene, Community Outreach Partner
Michael Menser, Community Outreach Partner
Faculty
Cheryl Carmichael
Jorge Matias Caviglia
Maria Contel
Lesley Davenport
Terry Dowd
Emilio Gallicchio
Brian Gibney
Alec Greer
Postdoctoral Fellows (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Maxier Acosta Santiago, Chemistry Department
Sylvia Dragulska, Chemistry Department
Goutam Ghosh, Chemistry Department
Diana Alexandra Martinez-Baquero, Chemistry Department
Doctoral Students (The Graduate Center, CUNY/Brooklyn College, CUNY
Nana Agyemang, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Afruja Ahad, Biology PhD Program / Chemistry Department
David Amoh-Boateng, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Philip Asamani, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Solmaz Azimi, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
John-Charles Baucom, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Seth Bennett, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Alex Berkowitz, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Samantha Cobos, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Jessica Desamero, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Jaclyn Doherty, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Orugbani Eli, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Ricky Granderson, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Danielle Hazeltine, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Shakeela Jabeen, Chemistry PhD Program /Chemistry Department
Hanjun Jeon, Biology PhD Program /Biology Department
Isma’il Kadam, Biochemistry PhD Program / Health & Nutrition Sciences Department
Hunter Korsmo, Biochemistry PhD Program / Health & Nutrition Sciences Department
Lloyd Lapoot Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Naifeng Liu, Computer Science PhD Program/ Computer and Information Science Department
Javier Lopez-Hernandez, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Yaron Marciano, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Nazia (Naz) Nayeem, Biology PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Luke Nicholls, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Rachele Rameau, Biology PhD Program / Biology Department, The City College of New York
Dan Schiavone, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Fnu Sheeman (Sheeman), Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Andriele Silva, Biochemistry PhD Program / Biology Department
Barbara Storch, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Oliver Turque, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Joe Wu, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Carly Wolfer, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Master’s Students (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Lubna Ghanem, Chemistry MS Program
Erdi Kant, Chemistry MS Program
Research Assistants – Full Time
Joel Gallardo, Chemistry Department
Eric Gavrilov, Chemistry Department
Frederick Grinfel, Chemistry Department
Anastasiya Lyubimova, Chemistry Department
Stacey and Michael Garil Summer 2022 Interns
Annabelle Fu, Health and Nutrition Science Major (Gerona-Navarro Lab)
Devorah Scheinfeld, Chemistry Major (Gerona-Navarro Lab)
Fatima Aftab, Biology & Psychology Major (Contel Lab)
Justin Chow, Chemistry Major (Murelli Lab)
Masataka Mizuno, Chemistry Major (Contel Lab)
Michael Kozlov, Psychology Major (Torrente Lab)
Operations and Marketing Interns
Jessica Morales (Marketing and Communications)