Leadership
Maria Contel, Director
Jenny Basil, Associate Director Community Outreach
Brian Gibney, Associate Director Education
Staff members
Ana Bartolome (Operations Manager/ Administrative Support)
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
Michael Menser, Community Outreach Partner
Faculty
Cheryl Carmichael
Jorge Matias Caviglia
Maria Contel
Lesley Davenport
Terry Dowd
Jennifer Drake
Emilio Gallicchio
Brian Gibney
Michele Greene
Postdoctoral Fellows (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Maxier Acosta Santiago, Chemistry Department
Sylvia Dragulska, Chemistry Department
Goutam Ghosh, Chemistry Department
Hiwa Karim Saeed, Chemistry Department
Jaehyun Kim, 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
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
Maureen Coyle, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Jessica Desamero, Biochemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Jaclyn Doherty, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Orugbani Eli, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Brandon Ely, Biology PhD Program / Biology Department
Ricky Granderson, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Danielle Hazeltine, Psychology PhD Program/ Psychology Department
Shakeela Jabeen, Chemistry PhD Program /Chemistry Department
Isma’il Kadam, Biochemistry PhD Program / Health & Nutrition Sciences Department
Jingbo Kan, Biochemistry PhD Program / Biology 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
Jasmin Philip, Biochemistry PhD Program / Biology Department
Rachele Rameau, Biology PhD Program / Biology Department, The City College of New York
Katherine Andrea Rivera Gomez, Biology PhD Program / Biology Department
Avdar San, Biochemistry PhD Program / Biology Department
Dan Schiavone, Chemistry PhD Program / Chemistry Department
Vui Yin (Mafer) Seow, Biology PhD Program / Biology 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
Master’s Students (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Sudharma Banerjee, Biology MA Program
Lubna Ghanem, Chemistry MS Program
Muna Hugais, Chemistry MS Program
Erdi Kant, Chemistry MS Program
Research Assistants – Full Time
Austin Batugal, Chemistry Department
Anastasiya Lyubimova, Chemistry Department
Joel Gallardo, Chemistry Department
Eric Gavrilov, Chemistry Department
Stacy and Michael Garil Summer 2021 Interns
Aiman Hafeez, Chemistry Major (Contel Lab)
Ariha Hamid, Psychology Major (Schvarzstein Lab)
Fatema Alam, Biology Major (Schvarzstein Lab)
Meriem Guttatfi, Biology Major (Lipke Lab)
Mitchell Porsche, Biology Major (Carmichael and Staniczenko Labs)