Department of Physical Sciences

Gregory R. Aizin received the M.S. degree in physics (with honors) from Belarus State University, Minsk, Belarus, in 1981, and Ph. D degree in physics from the A. M. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, in 1986. From 1985 to 1994, he has been research scientist in the Laboratory of Theoretical Problems in Microelectronics at the Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. In 1994-1997 he has been visiting research scholar at Hunter College/CUNY. Since 1997 he is professor at the Department of Physical Sciences, Kingsborough College/CUNY and also Physics Doctoral Faculty member at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. His research has included theoretical studies of transport and collective phenomena in low-dimensional electron systems. His recent research interests include theory of interaction of THz electromagnetic radiation with low-dimensional electron systems in semiconductor nanostructures, and theory of semiconductor devices based on electron systems with reduced dimensionality.

Selected Publications

• Plasma instability and amplified mode switching effect in THz field effect transistors with a grating gate; G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Phys. Rev. B 107,21 June 2023; doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.245424
• Giant Inverse Faraday effect in a plasmonic crystal ring; G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Optics Express Vol. 30, Issue 8, pp. 13733-13744 (2022); doi.org/10.1364/OE.452324
• Plasmonic instabilities in two-dimensional electron channels of variable width; G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Phys. Rev. B 101, 245404, 2 June 2020; doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.245404
• Plasma instability in graphene field-effect transistors with a shifted gate; J. Crabb, X. Cantos Roman, J. M. Jornet, G. R. Aizin; Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 143502 (2022); doi.org/10.1063/5.0111560
• Design of RF to Terahertz and Terahertz to RF Frequency Converters using Variable Width Plasmonic Structures; Shur, M.; Mikalopas, J.; Aizin, G. R.; Frontiers in Optics, Paper# JTu3A.122, 2019; doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2019.JTu3A.122
• Tunable Stub Plasmonic Structures for Terahertz Detectors and Sources; Shur, Michael S.; Aizin, Gregory R.; Mikalopas, J.; Laser Science, Paper# JW4A.75 (2018); doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2018.JW4A.75
• Current-Driven Dyakonov-Shur Instability in Ballistic Nanostructures with a Stub; G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 064018 7 December 2018; doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.064018

Barcena is a Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences, Kingsborough Community College. He is also affiliated with the Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Research Associate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).

Barcena teaches courses in introductory chemistry. As an advocate for undergraduate research in community colleges, he served as the college's Honors Program Director (2017-2021) and CUNY Research Scholars Program Director (2017-2020). As faculty advisor (2017 – 2021) for Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society, he helped Kingsborough students craft Honors in Action projects to maintain the 5-star status of the chapter. In addition to promoting undergraduate research, his work includes increasing the participation of underrepresented groups (women, minorities, LGBTQ+, and students with disabilities) in STEM.

Barcena’s interest in helping to build communities extend beyond the college. He is a member of the steering committee for the Clinton Community Garden, the oldest community garden in New York City. He further enjoys introducing students to opera by taking them to dress rehearsals at the Metropolitan Opera. 

Research Support:

2019    Hands-on NMR Spectroscopy for Metabolic Profiling, Imperial College London
2018    Metabolomics Workshop, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2017    Community College Research Grant Program

Publications with Kingsborough Students (underlined):

Instruction

Dr. Garavuso mainly teaches physics classes at Kingsborough:

• PHY 1100 General Physics I
• PHY 1200 General Physics II
• PHY 1300 Advanced General Physics I
• PHY 1400 Advanced General Physics II

He has also taught the following classes at Kingsborough:

• EPS 3100 Meteorology
• SCI 2500 Applied Physical Sciences for Allied Health Careers
• SCI 3700 Developments in the Physical Sciences
• PHY 4200 Ideas in Modern Physics

Research

Dr. Garavuso is a theoretical high energy particle physicist specializing in String Theory. His research papers can be found here:  https://arxiv.org/search/?query=garavuso&searchtype=all&source=header

They include

• R-symmetries and curvature constraints in A-twisted heterotic Landau-Ginzburg models, Richard S. Garavuso, Submitted 7 August, 2023
• Nonholomorphic superpotentials in heterotic Landau-Ginzburg models, Richard S. Garavuso Invited talk presented at the 14th International Workshop "Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics" (LT-14), 21-25 June 2021, Sofia, Bulgaria(online);
• Curvature constraints in heterotic Landau-Ginzburg models, Richard S. Garavuso, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1912.01552
• Do All BPS Black Hole Microstates Carry Zero Angular Momentum?,  Abhishek Chowdhury, Richard S. Garavuso, Swapnamay Mondal, Ashoke Sen, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1511.06978

Grants Funded:

• 2023 PSC CUNY #66546-00 54: Geologic History of NYC, $5,999
• 2023 NASA Solar System Workings # 80NSSC23K0677, Shock Recovery Experiments and Laboratory Sample Analysis of Lunar-Relevant Plagioclase: Implications for remote observations of the Moon, $862,628

Selected publications:

• Jaret, S. J., Rasbury, E. T., Reiners, P., Thompson, L. M., Hemming, S. R., Thompson, M. S., and Spray, J. G. (2022). Extreme isotopic heterogeneity in impact melt rocks with implications for Mars. Geology (2023) 51 (3): 295–299. https://doi.org/10.1130/G50564.1
• Jaret, S. J., DiPadova, E., Spaeth, L., Yuan, V., Smith, R., Randle, D., Taibly, N., Hammond, K.G., and Ebel, D. S. (2022). Field Guide for the Geology of Central Park and New York City: A teachers guide. American Museum of Natural History, https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/central-park-geology-field-guideDOI: https://doi.org/10.5531/sd.edu.2
• Jaret, S. J., & Scott Harris, R. (2022). No mineralogic or geochemical evidence of impact at Tall el-Hammam, a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08216-x

Dr. Hun Bok Jung is an Environmental Geochemist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College. Dr. Jung has taught a wide range of courses on chemistry, geochemistry, water, environmental science, energy, climate change, and sustainability over the last 10 years at Kingsborough Community College and New Jersey City University.

His research focuses on the geochemical and hydrological processes controlling the transport and fate of toxic contaminants and nutrients in coastal and subsurface environments. Dr. Jung earned his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2009. Dr. Jung worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a postdoctoral research associate from 2009 to 2014. He has conducted research focusing on groundwater and soil contamination, geologic carbon sequestration, hydraulic fracturing, nanogeochemistry, environmental remediation, and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and heavy metals in urban estuaries. Dr. Jung has published 30 research papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Jung has supervised a total of 16 undergraduate and high school students to conduct undergraduate summer research projects on temporal and spatial variations of water quality in urban estuaries, transport of nutrients from coastal aquifers to the Newark Bay, and removal of hexavalent chromium by natural sediments of the Newark Bay Estuary.

Selected Publications

• Jung, H.B., Richards, J., Fitzgerald, A. (2021) Temporal and spatial variations of water quality in the Newark Bay Estuary. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 41, 101589.
• Jung, H.B., Xu. H., Roden E.E. (2019) Long-term sorption and desorption of uranium in saprolite subsoil with nanoporous goethite. Applied Geochemistry, 102, 129-138.
• Jung, H.B., Zamora, F., Duzgoren-Aydin, N. S. (2017) Water Quality Monitoring of an Urban Estuary and a Coastal Aquifer Using Field Kits and Meters: A Community-Based Environmental Research Project. Journal of Chemical Education, 94, 1512–1516.
• Jung, H.B., Xu. H., Konishi, H., Roden E.E. (2016) Role of nano-goethite in controlling U (VI) sorption-desorption in subsurface soil. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 169, 80-88.
• Jung, H.B. Carroll, K.C., Kabilan, S., Heldebrant, D.J., Hoyt, D., Zhong, L., Varga, T., Stephens, S., Adams, L., Bonneville, A., Kuprat, A., and Fernandez, C.A. (2015). Stimuli-responsive/rheoreversible hydraulic fracturing fluids as a greener alternative to support geothermal and fossil energy production. Green Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry), 17, 2799-2812.

Dr. Patrick Lloyd is an Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College.  Dr. Lloyd teaches courses in general chemistry and science for allied health majors. He is also faculty co-advisor to Common Ground, a club dedicated to multiracial unity and the militant fight against racism.

Dr. Lloyd’s research focuses on two areas: 1) integrating research projects into the freshman-level chemistry curriculum 2) developing green methods of chemical bleaching using enzyme technology.

Grants Funded:

• 2007 National Science Foundation NSF # 0703107    Amount:  $896,350.00
• 2005 Senior Staff for The Brooklyn Gateway, NSF # 0525370 Amount:  $1,550,000.
• 2004 Application of Peer-Led Team Learning to General Chemistry (amount funded:  $2,500)

Selected publications:

• 2010 Lloyd, P.M. and Eckhardt, R.A., Strategies for Improving Retention of Community College Students in the Sciences, Science Educator Journal, Spring V19, N, p. 33.
• 2009 A. Angel, et al., General Chemistry ACS Division of Chemical Education Examination, Exams Institute.
• 2008 Lloyd, P.M., Use of PLTL in Improving Retention and Graduation Rates at Kingsborough Community College, Progressions, V10, N1. 
• 2007 A. Angel, et al., General Chemistry ACS Division of Chemical Education Examination, Exams Institute.
• 2006 Lin, Y. and Lloyd, P., An Enzyme Kinetics Experiment for General Chemistry Using Laccase. J. Chem. Ed., v. 83. n. 4, p.638.

Historical geologist who, except when instructing students, prefers her office on the Kinney Rim, Wyoming.

• Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, 2007 – present
• D. 2004, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Thesis title: "Orbital forcing of continental Eocene climate: Detailed stratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Green River Formation in Wyoming". Advisor: Paul E. Olsen.
• Sc. 1996, Geology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Thesis title: "Geochemical parameters in the Lisan Formation aragonite: proxies for paleolimnology of Lake Lisan and climatic history of the Dead Sea region" Advisors: Y. Kolodny and M. Stein
• B.Sc. 1990, Computer Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

GRANTS AWARDED

• PSC/CUNY Professional Development Fund (adjunct), 2018 “X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) core-scanning measurements of deep-sea sediments from the Gulf of Corinth, Greece, in MARUM Bremen, Germany”
• International Ocean Discovery Program, Expedition 381, 2018, Expedition phase: “Corinth Active Rift development”, Post expedition research: "40Ar/39Ar geochronology of volcanic ashes and provenance of sand layers in cores obtained from the Gulf of Corinth, IODP expedition 381".

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Machlus, M.L., Shea, E.K., Hemming, S.R., Ramezani, J., Rasbury, E.T., 2020. An assessment of sanidine from the Fire Clay tonstein as a Carboniferous ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar monitor standard and for inter-method comparison to U-Pb zircon geochronology. Chemical Geology 539, 119485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119485
• McNeill L, Shillington D, Carter G, Everest J, et al. (Expedition 381 Participants*), High- resolution record reveals climate-driven environmental and sedimentary changes in an active rift. Scientific Reports. 2019; 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40022-w
• Separate chapters of the 2019 IODP proceeding volume 381, https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.381.2019

Jay Mancini has been a Professor of Physics at Kingsborough Community College since 2004 as well as a Research Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology.

While at Kingsborough, Dr. Mancini has taught both semesters of Physics with Calculus (PHY 13 & 14) as well as both semesters of General Physics (Physics 11 & 12). Dr. Mancini has also taught several advanced Physics courses while at Kingsborough covering such topics as General Relativity, Electricity and Magnetism as well as  Mathematical Methods in Physics. He has also taught Science 25, a pre-clinical requirement for all Kingsborough Nursing students. Dr. Mancini was assigned the task of reorganizing the course when he arrived in 2004. This included a complete rehauling of the entire syllabus as well as the rewriting of the Laboratory Manual. In recognition of his dedication to this course, a former student dedicated a Nursing Scholarship in his name.

Before arriving at Kingsborough, Dr. Mancini had been a Full Professor at Fordham University where he had served two terms as Chair of the Department, during which time the enrollment of Physics majors more than quadrupled. IN 200, he was named Outstanding Professor of the year. While at Fordham, Dr. Mancini taught all of the classes offered in the undergraduate Physics program as well as a graduate course in Electricity & Magnetism. Further he re-established the Fordham Seismic Station which had laid dormant for over thirty years, resulting in feature news coverage by the television News show NY1 as well as a full story in New York Newsday. Further he taught a course in Environmental Physics wherein 30% of the class grade was community service: a precursor to the now popular pedagogical move to get students involved in their community. In this role, a number of community organizations such as Urban Gardens, Riverkeepers etc.. worked with the students to both enhance their educational experience as well as to have them become useful and functioning members of their community.  Professor Mancini also has been a visiting Professor at both Argonne National Laboratory, in Illinois as well as at the University of Zurich working with Prof. Peter Meier.

Dr. Mancini’s focus of research is Condensed Matter Physics where he has published over 60 papers in refereed journals as well has having presented over 200 Papers to various Physics Conferences. He is currently involved in theoretical work involving new materials such as Dichalcogenides, graphene and Dice Lattices. He is also actively involved in novel theoretical calculations on the Hubbard Model and its relation to superconductivity.

In 2014 Prof. Mancini was the Principal Investigator on NSF-STEM Grant # 0965875 and was awarded the amount $599,935 which was devoted to the education and support of the Kingsborough STEM students.

John Mikalopas received his Ph. D degree in Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1993. He was a research scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Research Laboratory, a Postdoctoral Assistant and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Cincinnati.   In 1998, he was appointed as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College of The City University of New York.  For 20 years he has served as elected Chair of the Department.  His research interests include computational studies of sensing applications of THz technology.    He instructs:

EGR2100 – Introduction to Engineering Design
EGR2200 – Introduction to Electric Circuits for Engineers
EGR2300 – Introduction to Thermodynamics for Engineers

Selected Publications

• Plasma instability and amplified mode switching effect in THz field effect transistors with a grating gate; R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Phys. Rev. B 107,21 June 2023; doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.245424
• Giant Inverse Faraday effect in a plasmonic crystal ring; G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Optics Express Vol. 30, Issue 8, pp. 13733-13744 (2022); doi.org/10.1364/OE.452324
• Plasmonic instabilities in two-dimensional electron channels of variable width; G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Phys. Rev. B 101, 245404, 2 June 2020; doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.245404
• Design of RF to Terahertz and Terahertz to RF Frequency Converters using Variable Width Plasmonic Structures Shur, M.; Mikalopas, J.; Aizin, G. R.; Frontiers in Optics, Paper# JTu3A.122, 2019; doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2019.JTu3A.122
• Tunable Stub Plasmonic Structures for Terahertz Detectors and Sources; Shur, Michael S.; Aizin, Gregory R.; Mikalopas, J.; Laser Science, Paper# JW4A.75 (2018); doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2018.JW4A.75
• Current-Driven Dyakonov-Shur Instability in Ballistic Nanostructures with a Stub; R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 064018 7 December 2018; doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.064018
• Current-driven plasmonic boom instability in three-dimensional gated periodic ballistic nanostructures; G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, and M. Shur; Phys. Rev. B 93, 195315, 25 May 2016; doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.195315

Dr. Jisun Park is an expert on noble gas analyses. Mainly she does research on the age dating of the Martian meteorites and Lunar meteorites. Moon rocks from the Apollo mission which NASA sent are one of her research themes. She has studied the chronologies of Martian meteorites and lunar meteorites for nearly 20 years. She has reported the Ar/Ar age of the Itokawa grains from the Hayabusa sample and recently worked on Ryugu grains from Hayabusa2. After her PhD. at the University of Tokyo, she worked at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville Alabama, and Rutgers University, Piscataway New Jersey, in postdoctoral positions. And currently, she is an Associate Professor at Kingsborough Community College, the City University of New York, and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. She has also visited Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon Korea, as Korean Brain-Pool Program Scientist. Still, she has many international collaborations with many scientists from Japan, Korea, and USA.

Selected publications:

 

Professor Varattur D. Reddy is an Organic Chemistry Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Center- CUNY and Director of NMR Facility at Kingsborough. Dr. Varattur Reddy’s research focuses on the synthesis of organic and organometallic compounds as anticancer and anti-Alzheimer’s agents. Organic synthesis involves total synthesis of natural and unnatural products and modified carbohydrates. Organometallic chemistry involves synthesis of novel organometallic catalysts, efficient methodologies for the synthesis of biologically active molecules, bioorganometallics, and drug delivery systems. Research supported by many PSC-CUNY research grants and NSF educational grants. Research facilities at Kingsborough are 400 MHz NMR Facility, IR, GC, and HPLC.

Selected Publications and/or Other Resources

• Reddy, V. D.; Dayal, D.; Szalda, D.J. Cosenza, S.C.; Reddy, M.V.R. " Synthesis and characterization of triruthenium carbonyl incorporating 4-pyridones as potential anti- tumor agents ". Organomet. Chem, 2018, 872, 102.
• Reddy, V. D.; Dayal, D.; Szalda, D.J. Cosenza, S.C.; Reddy, M.V.R. " Ruthenium carbonyl containing 4-pyrones  as  potent  anticancer  agents".   Organomet.  Chem, 2018, 872, 135.
• Reddy, D., Greener Organic Chemistry Experiments 1 A Miniscale and Microscale 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
• Reddy, D., Greener Organic Chemistry Experiments 2 A Miniscale and Microscale 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
• Reddy, D. Organometallic Anticancer Complexes". U.S. Pat. 2012/032507 and Int. Pat. WO 2012/138988 A2.
• Reddy, V. D.; Dayal, D.; Szalda, D.J. Cosenza, S.C.; Reddy, M.V.R. " Synthesis, structures, and anticancer activity of novel organometallic ruthenium-maltol complexes". Organomet. Chem, 2012, 700, 180.
• Reddy, V. D.; Howard, M.; Milien, M. "Attempts to minimize the excess CO2 inearth's atmosphere using ruthenium compound," Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2009, IX, 170
• Reddy, V. D.; Dayal, D.; Cosenza, S.C.; Reddy. M.V. ;  Pearl.  Jr.,  W.C.;  Adams, R.D. "Glycal ruthenium carbonyl clusters: Synthesis, characterization, and anticancer activity," J.Organomet. Chem, 2009, 694, 959.
• Reddy, V. D. "Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of a novel ruthenium carbonyl cluster containing tri-O-benzyl-D-glucal as a chiral carbohydrate ligand," Organomet. Chem, 2006, 691, 27.
• Reddy, V.D.; Franck, R.W. "Cleavage and Activation of Benzylidene Lactones with N-Bromosuccinimide," J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 6911.

Recent Grants Funded:

• 2022-2023 PSC CUNY #65540-00 53: The Record of Hydrothermal Activity in Enstatite Chondrites, $5,688.57
• 2018-2024 NASA Emerging Worlds #80NSSC18K0589: Origin and Thermal History of Enstatite Chondrites, $433,000

Selected publications:

• Goss K. R., Gray M. L., Weisberg M. K. and Ebel D. S (2023) Lewis Cliff 87223, an anomalous enstatite chondrite with implications for origin of Earth. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 58, 433-443. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13962.
• Alpert S. P., Ebel D. S., Weisberg M. K. and Neiman J. (2021) Petrology of the opaque assemblages in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, MAPS 56, 311-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13619.
• Boleaga Y., Weisberg M. K., Friedrich J. M. And Ebel D. S. (2021) The Pecora Escarpment (PCA) 91020 EL3 chondrites and deformation on the EL3 asteroid. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 56, 2144-2154. DOI: 10.1111/maps.13762.
• Rindlisbacher M. A., Weisberg M. K., Ebel D. S. and Alpert S. P. (2021) Metal-rich nodules in anomalous EL3 chondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 8785. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 56, 960-970.
• Weisberg M. K., Kita, N. T., Fukuda K., Siron G. and Ebel D. S. (2021) Micro-distribution of oxygen isotopes in unequilibrated enstatite chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 300, 279-295.

Hanying Xu is a Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College of CUNY, where he has been a faculty member since September 2005.  Hanying Xu obtained B.S. degree in Chemistry from Peking University and graduated from Mississippi State University in 2001 with his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry.  After graduation, Hanying Xu spent a year and half at Drexel University as an Instructor Postdoctoral Fellow teaching labs of physical chemistry and general chemistry and doing computational research with the faculty members at Drexel.  Before joining Kingsborough Community College, Hanying Xu taught Organic Chemistry (II) courses at the University of Georgia at Athens where he was the Organic Laboratory Coordinator.  Hanying Xu’s research interest is to use Gaussian suite of programs to conduct computations aiming to gain better understanding of some fundamental concepts and mechanisms in organic chemistry, like, conformation, aromaticity, regio-selectivity in Diels-Alder reactions and nature of bonding in highly strained molecules.

Selected Publications:

• Xu, Hanying; Saebo, Svein; Pittman, Charles U. “The potential energy surface of singlet cyclobutadiene and substituted analogs: a coupled-cluster study”, Structural Chemistry 2014, Vol. 25, No. 2, 635-648 (DOI:10.1007/s11224-013-0352-8)
• Xu, Hanying; Pittman, Charles U.; Saebo, Svein “A coupled-cluster study of linear and rhombic boron nitride dimers: a revisit”, Structural Chemistry 2013, Vol. 24, No. 4, 1383-1393 (DOI:10.1007/s11224-013-0208-2)
• Xu, Hanying; Saebo, Svein; Pittman, Charles U. “A coupled-cluster approach to the relative strains in [1.1.1]propellane, its derivatives and hetero[1.1.1]propellanes”, Molecular Physics: An International Journal at the Interface Between Chemistry and Physics 2012, 110(19-20), 2349-2357 (DOI:10.1080/00268976.2012.680517)

Jose is a Chief Laboratory Technician in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College. He earned a BS degree in Chemistry and Biology at Santiago de Cali University, USC and took graduate studies in organic chemistry and natural products at Universidad Del Valle and The CUNY Graduate School. Jose has been with the department for 19 years. He also hold the title of General chemistry and sciences Adjunct Lecturer. Jose instructs SCI2500, SCI7000, CHM1100, and CHM1200 courses. Jose is particularly interested on extraction and characterization of natural products, the chemistry of wine and wine production and he is actively involved on the protection and conservation of the natural ecosystem of the Andean cloud forest.

Yuan Zhuo Zhang joined Kingsborough Community College as College Laboratory Technician of Chemistry in the Department of Physical Sciences in 2017. He received his Bachelor’s degree from John Jay College in Forensic Science in Toxicology and his Master's Degrees in Chemistry from the City College of the City University of New York. Zhang has been involved in performing highly-skilled laboratory functions and other technical duties in support of coursework. Since 2018, he has also been an adjunct lecturer for General Chemistry and Applied Physical Sciences for Allied Health Careers.

Paul Errico is an adjunct professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College.  He graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Geology and Paleontology and holds a MS in Earth and Environmental science from the University of Rhode Island. Prof. Errico has been teaching at CUNY for nearly 20 years.  He mainly teaches Introduction to Earth Science, but occasionally teaches other courses in Earth Science, Astronomy and Chemistry as well.

Shawon Bhuiyan is an adjunct lecturer of chemistry in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College. She earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in ChE (Minor: Chemistry and Photography) at The City College of New York in 2021. She has been with the department for 8 months. She instructs General Chemistry I. She has achieved the Chemistry award, President's award, and Valedictorian Award from College Discovery (CD). Also, she has earned Guttman Transfer Scholarship.  Education is the backbone of a nation. She believes that the sharing of knowledge leads the nation to success and prosperity. Knowledge can never decrease by sharing with others. Relevant hobbies: seeking knowledge to achieve skills in different criteria, and love to accept challenges.

Nelli Nazarov is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College.  She earned a Doctorate degree in Chemistry at Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences.  Dr. N. Nazarov has been with the department for 19 years.   Dr. Nazarov instructs General chemistry 1100 and 1200 courses.   She has 14 patents issued in the Azerbaijan Republic and number of publications in scientific journals.  Dr. Nazarov is a strong believer in public education and encourages women participate in science.

In her free time, Dr. Nazarov enjoys reading and playing tennis.

Rena Hagver is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry area in the Department of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College. Rena Hagver earned her Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry at Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. She has been with the department since 2005 and leads courses for lecture and lab in Green, General Chemistry (Preview, I & II), and Science for Allied Health. Her research interest in the past has included various topics such as biomedicine and polymers within manufacturing. Additionally, she has had 24 publications and numerous patents. Her teaching philosophy focuses on the experiences of the students and being able to make learning enjoyable for those taking her courses at any level – either as an entry level class or on their way to a career in STEM. She has participated in honor program contracts as well.

Larbi Rddad is an Associate Professor of Earth Science/Geosciences in the Department of Physical Sciences (Earth and Planetary Division). He earned his Master’s degree in Applied Geology and a PhD in Ore Geochemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, as well as a Master’s degree in Education from Pace University in New York. Dr. Rddad has been a faculty member in the department for 19 years, offering courses such as Introduction to Earth Science (EPS3800), Research I (EPS9201), Research II (EPS9202), and Research III (EPS9203). He tailors his lectures to meet the needs of diverse learners, with an emphasis on critical thinking. Dr. Rddad's research interests revolve around mineral resources, organic geochemistry, and low-temperature geochemistry. The first and main area of interest focuses on constraining the genesis of mineral resources using stable and radioactive isotopes, microthermometry, and Rare Earth Elements among other techniques. The second theme revolves around identifying potential source rocks for hydrocarbons using Rock-Eval analysis and other techniques. The third theme involves the identification and distribution of trace elements such as arsenic and boron that can potentially contaminate groundwater. Dr. Rddad has received several awards from KBCC/CUNY and has secured grants from PSC/CUNY. He has supervised students at KBCC as well as PhD candidates from North Africa in completing their research projects. Dr. Rddad has published several papers in renowned journals and attended several international conferences. For a full, up-to-date list of publications, please click here and/or here.