Brian R. Gibney
Department Chairperson and Professor
Chemistry
Location: 2411 Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x6636
Fax: 718.951.4607
Email:
Professor Brian Gibney currently serves as the Chair of the Brooklyn College Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (2023-) and faculty advisor to the Pre-Health Professions Office (2022-). His research lies at the interface of inorganic and biological chemistry (i.e., bioinorganic chemistry) and focuses on how nature uses protein ligands to modulate the chemical properties of metals. His research tests biochemical hypotheses about metalloprotein structure/function relationships by designing proteins from first principles - de novo metalloprotein design. He teaches courses in the undergraduate and graduate curricula in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry. He was selected as American Chemical Society Fellow in 2018 for contributions to the science of chemistry and service to the American Chemical Society.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - 1994 (Chemistry, General)
B.S., Florida State University - 1990 (Chemistry)
Areas of Expertise:
While DNA is the blueprint for the cell, it is the proteins that do the bulk of the work. About 30% of proteins require metal ions for proper function and their dysfunction leads to human disease. The Gibney Lab takes a constructive approach toward understanding metalloprotein structure-function relationships. Using inorganic chemistry and protein biophysics, his lab designs and synthesizes simplified metalloproteins (maquettes) to test the fundamental tenets of metalloprotein engineering.
Books and Publications
"Heme." Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Ed. Gordon Roberts. Springer. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019
Alexandratos, S.D.; Barak, N.; Bauer, D.; Gibney, B.R.; Hubbard, S.S.; Taft, H.; Webber, M.E.; Westerhoff, P. "Sustaining Water Resources: Environmental and Economic Impact" ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 7, pp 2879-2888. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
"Structure and Function of a Baterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Engineered to bind a [4Fe-4S] Cluster" Aussignargues, C.; Pandelia, M.-E.; Sutter, M.; Plegaria, J.S.; Zarzycki, J.; Turmo, A.; Huang, J.; Ducat, D.C.; Hegg, E.L.; Gibney, B.R.; Kerfeld, C.A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 5262-5270. (Issue Cover, Spotlight, ACS Editors Choice) (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Gibney, B.R. "Equilibrium Studies of Designed Metalloproteins", Methods in Enzymology, Peptide, Protein and Enzyme Design, Pecoraro, V.L. Ed., 2016, vol. 580, 417-438. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2016
Reddi, A.R., M. Pawlowska and B.R. Gibney. "Evaluation of the Intrinsic Zn(II) Affinity of a Cys3His1 Site in the Absence of Protein Folding Effects." Inorganic Chemistry 54: 5942-48. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Chan, K.L., I. Bakman, A.R. Marts, Y. Batir, T.L. Dowd, D.L. Tierney and B.R. Gibney. "Characterization of the Zn(II) Binding Properties of the Wilms' Tumor Suppressor Protein C-terminal Zinc Finger Peptide." Inorganic Chemistry 53: 6309-20. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
"Heme." Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Ed. Gordon Roberts. Springer. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2013
"Metallopeptides as Tools to Understand Metalloprotein Folding and Stability." Protein Folding and Metal Ions -- Mechanisms, Biology and Disease. Eds. C.M. Gomes and P. Wittung-Stafshede. New York: CRC Press. 227-45. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
Deng, B., S. Parthasarathy, W. Wang, B.R. Gibney, K.P. Battaile, S. Lovell, D.R. Benson and H. Zhu. "Unique Heme Pocket in Human Ncb5or and Structural Basis for Intra-Domain Electron Transfer., Journal of Biological Chemistry 285: 30181-91. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
Reedy, C.J., M.M. Elvekrog and B.R. Gibney. "Development and Analysis of a Heme Protein Structure-Electrochemical Function Database." Nucleic Acids Research 36: D307-13. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
Westerlund, K., S.D. Moran, H.K. Privett, S. Hay, J. Jarvet, B.R. Gibney and C.T. Tommos. "Making a Single-Chain Four-Helix Bundle for Redox Chemistry Studies." Proteins: Engineering, Design and Selection 21: 645-52. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
Reddi, A.R. and B.R. Gibney. "The Role of Protons in the Thermodynamic Contribution of a Zn(II)-Cys4 Site Toward Protein Stability." Biochemistry 46: 3745-58. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Reddi, A.R., C.J. Reedy, S. Mui and B.R. Gibney. "Thermodynamic Investigation into the Mechanisms of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Heme Protein Maquettes." Biochemistry 46: 291-305. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Reddi, A.R., T. Guzman, R.M. Breece, D.L. Tierney and B.R. Gibney. "Deducing the Energetic Cost of Protein Folding in Zinc Finger Proteins Using Designed Metallopeptides." Journal of the American Chemical Society 129: 12815-27. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Thompson, A. M., A.R. Reddi, X. Shi, R.A. Goldbeck, P. Moenne-Loccoz, B.R. Gibney and T.R. Holman. "Characterization of the Role of Heme-Binding in the Yeast Protein Dap1p." Biochemistry 46: 12629-37. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Hong, J., O.A. Kharenko, A.K. Petros, B.R. Gibney and M.Y. Ogawa. "A Miniature Cu(I) Metalloprotein Displays Unusual Electron-transfer Reactivity: Collisional Electron-transfer in the Inverted Marcus Region." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2006 45: 6137-40. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Petros, A.K., A.R. Reddi, M.L. Kennedy, A.G. Hyslop and B.R. Gibney. "Femtomolar Zn(II) Affinity in a Peptide Ligand Designed to Model Thiolate-Rich Metalloprotein Active Sites." Inorganic Chemistry 45: 9941-58. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Riley, E.A., A.K. Petros, K.A. Smith, B.R. Gibney and D.L. Tierney. "Frequency-Switching Inversion-Recovery: Application to Severely Hyperfine Shifted NMR in Aqueous Solution." Inorganic Chemistry 45: 10016-18. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Zhuang, J., A.R. Reddi, Z. Wang, B. Khodaverdian, E.L. Hegg and B.R. Gibney. "Evaluating the Roles of the Heme a Sidechains in Cytochrome c Oxidase Using Designed Heme Proteins." Biochemistry 45: 12530-38. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Zhuang, J., J.H. Amoroso, R. Kinloch, J.H. Dawson, M.J. Baldwin and B.R. Gibney. "Evaluation of Electron-Withdrawing Group Effects on Heme Binding in Designed Proteins: Implications for heme a in cytochrome c oxidase." Inoragnic Chemistry 45: 4685-94. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Research Award (Grants and Fellowships) 2023
American Chemical Society ChemLuminary Award for Best Activity or Program Stimulating Member Involvement, the #IAMNYACS social media campaign. (Awards and Honors) 2022
Improving access to clinical trials (IMPACT) in women's cancers through community-based education and provider accessibility
Training Community Ambassadors with Weill-Cornell Medicine for public outreach to raise awareness about gynecological cancers among women residing in Brooklyn neighborhoods with higher burdens of disease (Grants and Fellowships) 2022
PSC-CUNY Research Award (Grants and Fellowships) 2021
Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences awarded to the Brooklyn College Department of Chemistry (Awards and Honors) 2021
E. Ann Nalley Regional Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society (Awards and Honors) 2020
2019 Outstanding Four Year Graduate Chemistry Teacher Award from the New York Local Section (Awards and Honors) 2019
Chemists with Disabilities Inclusion Award, American Chemical Society ChemLuminary Award for organizing the 'Reaching STEM Students with Disabilities' symposium (Awards and Honors) 2019
Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award from the American Chemical Society Committee on Community Activities and the New York Local Section (Awards and Honors) 2019
Outstanding Chemistry Teacher Award, New York Local Section of the ACS (Awards and Honors) 2019
Outstanding Service Award from the New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society (Awards and Honors) 2019
Outstanding Service Award, New York Local Section of the ACS (Awards and Honors) 2019
PSC CUNY TRADA 50 grant "Thermodynamic Analysis of Cytochrome c-to-b Conversions"
(Grants and Fellowships) 2019
American Chemical Society Fellow (Awards and Honors) 2018
New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society commendation plaque and lapel pin in grateful recognition of able leadership and unselfish service as Chair for 2017 (Awards and Honors) 2018
The New York Local Section was awarded four ChemLuminary Awards for activities during my service as Chair. Outstanding Performance Award : Very Large Size Category, Outstanding On-going National Chemistry Week Event, Outstanding Project SEED Program and Outstanding Local Section-Technical Division Collaboration. (Awards and Honors) 2018
Partners for Progress and Prosperity Award, presented by the Middle Atlantic Region of the American Chemical Society, in recognition of the partnership between the New York Hall of Science and the New York Local Section for their celebration of National Chemistry Week. (Awards and Honors) 2017
Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences
Presented to the PhD Program in Chemistry of the City University of New York under the leadership of Executive Officer Brian R. Gibney, by the Committee on Minority Affairs of the American Chemical Society for "advancing diversity in the chemical sciences and significantly promoting inclusiveness". (Awards and Honors) 2017
Jacques Edward Levy Professor of Analytical Chemistry. (Awards and Honors) 2016
Partners for Progress and Prosperity Award, presented by the Middle Atlantic Region of the American Chemical Society, in recognition of the partnership between the Nichols Foundation and the New York Local Section. (Awards and Honors) 2016
PSC-CUNY Grant,"Lead Binding Thermodynamics of Human Transcription Factors" (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
Jacques Edward Levy Professor of Analytical Chemistry. (Awards and Honors) 2015
PSC-CUNY Grant, for "Zinc Binding Thermodynamics of Human Transcription Factor IIB." (Grants and Fellowships) 2015
Jacques Edward Levy Professor of Analytical Chemistry. (Awards and Honors) 2014
Jacques Edward Levy Professor of Analytical Chemistry. (Awards and Honors) 2013
European Commission Grant, for "Peptide-based Diodes for Solar Cells." (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
Jacques Edward Levy Professor of Analytical Chemistry. (Awards and Honors) 2010
National Institutes of Health Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC-CUNY grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC-CUNY grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
American Heart Association, Grant-in-Aid. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Paul Saltman Memorial Lecutre, Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Biology. (Awards and Honors) 2007
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. (Awards and Honors) 2005
Young Bioenergeticist Award, Biophysical Society. (Awards and Honors) 1998
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Department of Chemistry, New College of Florida, "The Role of Zinc(II) in Protein Folding" (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
Symposium Organizer, Speaker and Analytical Breakout Room Leader
Symposium title: Teaching in the Time of COVID
Talk title: Visual Labs for Quantitative Analysis (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
"Insight into Ferredoxins, Metallothioneins, and Zinc Finger Transcription Factors from designed Iron-Sulfur Proteins " presented at the 19th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC-19), Interlaken, Switzerland (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
'Textbook Science - More or Les' presented at the symposium entitled:
The structure and function of natural proteins and maquette held at the University of Pennsylvania (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Department of Chemistry, Lehman College (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2019
Sigma Xi Research Showcase, Keynote speaker, Ramapo College (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
St. Francis College, Department of Chemistry & Physics (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
Brooklyn College Science Retreat (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Colloquium at the Department of Chemistry, Idaho State University (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Frontiers of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Symposium (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
German Center for Research and Innovation. New York (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Keynote Speaker, The 22nd Annual High School Research Poster Session, St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn NY (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"A retrospective and prospective view of iron-sulfur protein design", 2016 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
"Coordination chemistry of designed metallopeptides: Insight into the biological function of natural metalloproteins" Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the ACS (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"New York, the American Chemical Society at 125 years of Shared History", Dinner Speaker, 2016 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"Connecting the Global Protein Folding Free Energy and Heme Affinity Using the Formal Reduction Potential of Heme." 249th ACS National Meeting and Exhibition, BIOL-98. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Linking Protein Folding, Cofactor Affinity, and Electrochemistry in Heme Proteins by Determination of the Formal Reduction Potential of Heme Free Energy and Heme." 250th ACS National Meeting and Exhibition, INOR-551. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Determination of the standard reduction potential of heme: Insight into all heme proteins." 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exhibition. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Department of Chemistry, City College of New York (CUNY). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island (CUNY). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Department of Chemistry, St. John's University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
German Center for Research and Innovation. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"Determination of the ferric and ferrous heme affinities and global protein folding free energies of cytochrome b562: Insight into all heme proteins." 246th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exhibition (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Elucidation of the free energy cost of protein folding in zinc finger proteins." 246th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exhibition. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Zinc(II) binding properties of the fourth zinc finger of the human Wilms tumor suppressor." 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exhibition. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Department of Chemistry, Hofstra University. Hempstead, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Department of Chemistry, Iona College. New Rochelle, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Aix-Marseille Universite. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Development of an Electrochemical Method to Predict Ferric to Ferrous Heme-binding Constants in Heme Proteins." 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
University of Nevada - Reno. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Weizmann Institute of Science. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"Metal-Induced Protein Folding." Protein Design Megagroup Meeting. May 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Zinc Protein Folding." Department of Biology, Long Island University. April 12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Invited talk at Long Island University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Using Synthetic Heme Proteins to Study Nature's Nanomachines." Department of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University. Sept. 29. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Zinc Protein Folding." Department of Chemistry, St. John's University. March 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Zinc Protein Folding." Department of Chemistry, Yeshiva University. April 23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Zinc Protein Folding: Lessons From Synthetic Peptides." Department of Chemistry, SUNY Potsdam. Sept. 29. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Advances in Proteomics. Analytical, Structural and Functional Aspects" lecturer and session chairman. 13th International Meeting on Trace Elements in Man and Animals (TEMA 13). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
Professional Leadership
Associate Director for Education, Brooklyn College Cancer Center (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Chair, Long Range Planning Committee of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society Board of Directors (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Co-Organizer, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Editor, The Indicator The monthly newsletter serving the 6,200 members of the North Jersey and New York Local Sections of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Treasurer, New York Local Local Section of the American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Program Chair, Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Undergraduate Deputy Chair, Department of Chemistry (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Associate Director for Education, Brooklyn College Cancer Center (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Chair, Long Range Planning Committee of the New York Local Section of the ACS Board of Directors. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Editor, The Indicator
The monthly newsletter serving the 6,200 members of the North Jersey and New York Local Sections of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Faculty Oversight of the Pre-Health Advising Office (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Pre-Health Advisor Search Committee, Brooklyn College (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2022
Summer Chair, Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Treasurer, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Undergraduate Deputy Chair, Department of Chemistry (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Councilor, American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Summer Chair, Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Associate Director for Education, Brooklyn College Cancer Center (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Deputy Executive Officer, CUNY PhD Program in Chemistry (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Editor, The Indicator The monthly newsletter serving the 6,200 members of the North Jersey and New York Local Sections of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Member, William H. Nichols Medal Jury (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021
Undergraduate Deputy Chair, Department of Chemistry (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Councilor, American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2020
Associate Director for Education, Brooklyn College Cancer Center (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2020
Member, William H. Nichols Medal Jury (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2020
Executive Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Member, American Chemical Society Joint Board-Council Committee on Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2019
Panelist, Graduate Student Reality Check, Part 1: Getting in, 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2019
Member, American Chemical Society Joint Board-Council Committee on Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2019
Chair, Executive Council of the Executive Officers, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Councilor, American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Executive Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Founding Director, CUNY Masters Program in Nanoscience (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Member, William H. Nichols Medal Jury (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Panelist, Graduate Student Reality Check, Part 1: Getting in, 258th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2019
Presidential Search Committee, The CUNY Graduate Center (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2019
Program Chair, Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Member, American Chemical Society Joint Board-Council Committee on Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Counselor, American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Member, William H. Nichols Medal Jury (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Panelist, Graduate Student Reality Check, Part 1: Getting in, 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, New Orleans (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2018
Panelist, Graduate Student Reality Check, Part 1: Getting in, 256th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, Boston, MA (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2018
Chair, Executive Council of the Executive Officers, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Co-organizer, 'Reaching Students with Disabilities' symposium
http://www.newyorkacs.org/meetings/Symposium/Symposium.php (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2018
CUNY Bench Sciences Oversight Committee (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Executive Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Member, President's Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion at the Graduate Center (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Co-founder and committee chair, William H. Nichols Fellowship Award. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Executive Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Member, American Chemical Society Joint Board-Council Committee on Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Chair, Executive Council of the Executive Officers, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Chair, Long Range Planning Committee of the New York Local Section of the ACS Board of Directors. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Chair, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Chemistry - Physics Graduate Student Recruitment Committee (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
CUNY Bench Sciences Oversight Committee (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Member, President's Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion at the Graduate Center (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Member, Strategic Planning Implementation Committee at the Graduate Center
Oversees implementation of the Graduate Center's 2017-2022 Strategic Plan (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Member, William H. Nichols Medal Jury (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Organizer, New York ACS Sectionwide Conference (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2017
Panelist, Graduate Student Reality Check, Part 1: Getting in, 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2017
Panelist, Graduate Student Reality Check, Part 1: Getting in, 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, Washington DC (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2017
Chair, Executive Council of the Executive Officers, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016
Chair, Long-range Planning Committee of the New York Local Section of the ACS Board of Directors. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016
Chair-Elect, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016
Co-founder and committee chair, William H. Nichols Fellowship Award. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016
Co-Organizer, Symposium at the ACS National Meeting honoring Prof. Vincent L. Pecoraro (Michigan) (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2016
Executive Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016
Member, American Chemical Society Joint Board-Council Committee on Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member, William H. Nichols Medal Jury (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Organized a Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion for the CUNY PhD Program in Chemistry
Implementing recommendations as Executive Officer of the PhD Program (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016
Organizer, William H. Nichols Symposium in honor of Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald (MIT) (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2016
Associate, American Chemical Society Joint Board-Council Committee on Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Chair, Long-range Planning Committee of the New York Local Section of the ACS Board of Directors. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Chair-Elect, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2015
Co-founder and committee chair, William H. Nichols Fellowship Award. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2015
Counselor, American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2015
Executive officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2015
Member, Search Committee, Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning, CUNY Graduate Center. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Associate, American Chemical Society Joint Board-Council Committee on Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Chair, Long Range Planning Committee of the New York Local Section of the ACS Board of Directors. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Counselor, American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Department of Chemistry undergraduate adviser. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Executive officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Member, Executive Council of Executive Officers, CUNY Graduate Center. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Chair, Long Range Planning Committee of the New York Local Section of the ACS Board of Directors. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Counselor, American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Department of Chemistry undergraduate adviser. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Alternative delegate to the Eastern Analytical Symposium. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Department of Chemistry undergraduate adviser. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Secretary, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Alternate delegate, Eastern Analytical Symposium. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Department of Chemistry undergraduate adviser. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Secretary, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Alternative councilor, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Chairman, Brooklyn Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Member, Long Range Planning Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society New York Section. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Webmaster, New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Pedagogical Achievements
STEM Pedagogy Institute - Computational Methods. Training in inclusive STEM pedagogy employing computational methods 2022
Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators 2021
Community of Practice Leader for Distance Learning, School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences 2020
CUNY Online Teaching Essentials Workshop 2020
Reformed the CUNY Chemistry PhD curriculum 2017
Community Activities
Co-Organizer, Lay Health Navigator training program for Brooklyn College students at the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute 2022
Co-Organizer, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad
2022
Co-Organizer, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2021
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2020
Co-organizer, Brooklyn Frontiers in Science Public Lecture presented by Prof. Gregory Petsko 2019
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2019
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2018
Co-organizer, Brooklyn Frontiers in Science Public Lecture presented by James Hone of Columbia University 2017
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2017
Chemagination judge. 2015
Co-organizer, 5th Annual Brooklyn Frontiers in Science Public Lecture. 2015
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2015
Co-organizer, 4th Annual Brooklyn Frontiers in Science Public Lecture. 2014
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2014
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2013
Co-organizer, 3rd Annual Brooklyn Frontiers in Science Public Lecture. 2012
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2012
Co-organizer, 2nd Annual Brooklyn Frontiers in Science Public Lecture. 2011
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2011
Co-organizer, Inaugural Brooklyn Frontiers in Science Public Lecture. 2010
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2010
Exam proctor, U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. 2009
Other Professional Activities
Director, BCCC-CURE Summer Research Internship Program 2023
Organizer, National Historic Chemical Landmark honoring Dr. Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the United States. (dedicated May 19, 2023 at Columbia University) 2023
Program Chair, 2023 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society 2023
Organizer, Nanoscience Approaches to Cancer symposium 2022
ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark honoring Dr. Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American Woman to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Proposal author, Landmark dedication ceremony organizer. 2022
Co-Organizer, Frances S. Sterrett Environmental Chemistry Symposium 2022
Director, Stacey & Michael Garil Summer Research Program 2022
Founding Director, Chemical Marketing & Economics Summer Research Program 2022
Founding Director, Stacey & Michael Garil Summer Research Program 2021
Organizer, Nanoscience Approaches to Cancer symposium 2021
Panelst for ACS Panel, "Don't panic: Getting into graduate school" 2021
Webinar host, American Chemical Society webinar entited "Tips for Applying to Graduate School in Chemistry" 2021
Founding Director, American Chemical Society Bridge Program - Bridge Partner Site 2020
Symposium Organizer, Academic Integrity in the Online Era 2020
Academic Leadership Team (ALT 2019) workshop participant 2019
Organized the 'Application Boot Camp for Bench Science PhD Programs' on behalf of the Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics PhD Programs at CUNY. 2018
Organized the 'Application Boot Camp for Bench Science PhD Programs' on behalf of the Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics PhD Programs at CUNY. 2017
Organizer, William H. Nichols Award Dinner in honor of Prof. Chad A. Mirkin (Northwestern University) 2017
Represented the CUNY Science PhD Programs at the Annual SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicano/Hispanic and Native American Scientists) Conference 2017
YouTube Video on How to write an effective personal statement for your PhD application
https://youtu.be/DhNqoX9hGsw 2017
Application Process for Graduate School
YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8-VU5taaHY&t=11s 2016
Attended the American Chemical Society Leadership Training Institute 2016
Candidater au Programme Doctoral de Chimie de la Graduate School
YouTube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic82MfvDYlM 2016
Completed the American Chemical Society Leadership Development System, a 17-course curriculum in leadership skills 2016
Los estudios de doctorado en Química en CUNY
YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BccoXSudPo 2016
Panelist, Graduate Student Reality Check, Part 1: Getting in., American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA 2016
PhD Studies in Chemistry at CUNY, YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7sBz12RL8E 2016
Session Chair, ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in honor of Vincent L. Pecoraro 2016
Studia Doktoranckie na CUNY
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpVCWS9JULk&t=192s 2016
Deputy Executive Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. 2013
Deputy Executive Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Program in Chemistry. 2012
Session chairman, 16th Annual Conference on Environmental Issues. 2011
Student recruitment, represented Brooklyn College and the City of New York University chemistry and biochemistry Ph.D. programs at the 58th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. 2010
Guest editor, Inorganic Chemistry Forum on Biomolecular Design in Inorganic Chemistry. 2006
