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Science Faculty Spotlight: Ryan Williams
Williams' research is focused on the design of nanotechnologies to understand, diagnose, and treat human disease.
How Our Scholars Played Heroic Roles in the Pandemic
Graduate Center scholars have been at the forefront of research to understand the virus and the larger pandemic.
Celebrating Trailblazers and Scholars Who Amplify Women’s History
From the first dean to the first graduate, the Graduate Center was shaped by women trailblazers.
Mandë Holford Is Named an Allen Distinguished Investigator
With the distinction, Holford and her research partner, Li Zhao of The Rockefeller University, received $1.5 million to study immunity and its evolution.
How a Chemist From Iran Landed in the Cosmetics Industry in New York
By Lida Tunesi When she was 24, Nasim Farahmand (Ph.D. ’22, Chemistry) moved from Iran to the U.S. to pursue her graduate education. Now, after crossing continents and obtaining two graduate degrees, she is applying her materials science and nanotechnology...
‘I WAS FORTUNATE TO JOIN A GREAT RESEARCH GROUP’: A 2021 CHEMISTRY ALUMNUS REFLECTS ON HIS PH.D.
In December, a few months after completing his Ph.D., Marek Wlodarczyk (Ph.D. ’21, Chemistry) was back at the Graduate Center to help the Ph.D. Program in Chemistry welcome students who started the program in the fall of 2020 and 2021...
Science Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Valles
Daniel Valles started the Ph.D. program in chemistry at CUNY in August of 2017 and graduated in August 2021 while working in Adam Braunschweig’s group at the Advanced Science Research Center. Before joining the PhD program, he obtained a Bachelor...
Science Alumni Spotlight: Lauren Bejcek
Lauren Bejcek started the doctorate program in chemistry at CUNY in August of 2016 and graduated in March 2021. She worked in the lab of Ryan Murelli at Brooklyn College. Prior to joining the PhD program at CUNY Lauren attended...
With Ph.D.s and Master's in Hand, These 11 Grads Are Going Places
The Class of 2021 graduates have overcome incredible odds to complete their dissertations and push scholarship in their fields forward.
COOKING UP NEW WAYS TO USE THE ‘WONDER MATERIAL,’ GRAPHENE: ANDREW LEVINE, CLASS OF 2021, JOINS A STARTUP
Levine's knowledge of carbon-based nanomaterials comes from studying organic light-harvesting materials and their fabrication into devices at the CUNY ASRC.