Previous Group Members

Ms. Lorraine Brocato
Current Affiliation: Liaison for Budget, Facilities, IT, Provost\'s Office, College of Staten Island, CUNY.
Dr. Shiying Tian
Ph.D., 2005, Polymer Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006 Research interests NMR spectroscopy Organic Synthesis. Current Affiliation: Abon Pharmaceuticals, Northvale, NJ
Ms. Yasmin Leigh
Education: B.A., Mass Communications and Sociology, Iona College, 2002 B.S., Biology, Minor: Biochemistry, December 2006, CUNY College Of Staten Island Research credits: LSAMP Research Assistant 2005-7; LSAMP Grad, 2009- Research Conferences: Undergraduate Chemistry Symposium at St. Johns University, Queens campus 2005 Title of research project: Rapid Screening of Potato Metabolites using High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Dr. George Guohua Wu
Ph.D., 2000, Polymer Chemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island Research interest: NMR Spectroscopy and Polymers Current Affiliation: Benjamin Moore Corporation
Ruth Ding
Education SUNY Upstate Medical University, Class of 2013 Post-Baccalaureate student, Program in Premedical Studies, CUNY-City College, Fall 2006 - Fall 2008 B.A. in Economics, Rutgers University, 2001 Research Interests Metabolites in wound-healing potato tissue.
Dr. Tong Zhang
Visiting Scholar Associate Professor, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Education：Ph.D. in Pharmacy (Traditional Chinese Medicine，TCM), Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China B.S. in Chemistry, Nanjing University, China Research interest: natural products, pharmaceutics and quality standard of Chinese Materia Medica
Dr. Rufeng Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow Education Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy, Peking University,China. 2003 M.S. in Botany, Shandong University,China. 1995 Interests: Liquid state NMR theory and application. Natural Product Chemistry Traditional Chinese Medicine
Dr. Dan Arrieta
Education BS Pharmacological Chemistry and Biology Mexico, 1995 MS Bio-Organic Chemistry Mexico, 1997 Ph.D., Biochemistry Sciences, National University of Mexico, 2002 National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico Research Associate Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Mexico 2006 RESEARCH INTEREST Natural Products Biotechnology: Study and applications. CURRENT PROJECTS Studies of the incorporation of the aromatic monomers in the suberin biosynthesis Degradation of the suberin and analysis of the products by HPTLC, HPLC, NMR and MS. More informations in my personal webpage:http://mx.geocities.com/okidoski/daniel/daniel_eng.htm
Dr. Feng Qiu
NMR spectroscopy. Current Affiliation: NMR leader of Hopewell Site in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
Dr. Junyan Zhong
Education Ph.D. in NMR and polymer science, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 2005 B.S. in Chemistry, GanNan Normal university, Ganzhou, China, 1993 Current affiliation: NMR Facility Manager, Old Dominion University 4/07 Research Associate Postdoctoral Research Associate Research Interests Development and Implement of novel NMR pulse sequence and methodology, both solid and liquid state. Structural elucidation of biopolymers by NMR. Projects in Stark Lab Structural elucidation of fungal melanin by means of isotope labeling of precursors and NMR techniques.
Dr. Zhen-jia (Zane) Chen
Research Interest: Organic synthesis. Currently, R & D Leader in Singapore.
Dr. Rima Estephan
Ph.D., 2005, Biochemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island Current affiliation: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Staff Member
Dr. Bingwu Yu
Research Associate Education Ph.D. in Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2001 M.S. in Medicine, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 1998 Interests: 1. Solid/Liquid state NMR theory and application. 2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 3. Natural Product Chemistry Stark Group Projects: HR/CP-MAS NMR Studies of Biopolymers from Hardening Potato (Solanum tuberosum) and Fungal Melanins Current Affiliation: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Email: ybw73@yahoo.com
Dr. Tony Yan
Research Interest: NMR Methods Software design and system performance. Current Affiliation: Principal Programmer/Analyst, Health Research Inc. Albany, NY
Ms. Patricia Cano-Sanchez
MMA Research Assistant Current Affiliation: Laboratory Manager in Biochemistry - National University of Mexico 2006
Dr. Farah A. Jayman
Ph.D., 2007, Biochemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island Current affiliation: CUNY Graduate Center, MAGNET Program
Dr. Cherryl Tihal-Antohi
Research Interest: NMR Methods in natural products. Current Affiliation: Part-time teaching position in the Chemistry department at University of Texas, Arlington
Ms. Theodora Johnson
Undergraduate Student
Dmitry Volfson, D.O.
B.S., Chemistry, Honors College at The College of Staten Island, 2002 CUNY Salk Scholar, 2002 Current affiliation: Resident in Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Ms. Adriana Vela
B.S. in Chemistry, City University of New York, Honors College at the College of Staten Island, 2005 Bridge to the Doctorate student 2005 - 2007 Research Interest Proteins and NMR spectroscopy Current Project: Investigating protein-ligand binding interactions using multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Current affiliation (2007- ): Ph.D student, Dept of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Yale University
Ms. Ping Ao
Education Ph.D. student in Polymer Chemistry, City University of New York Pursuing Ph.D. in Medicine Material Chemistry, Peking Union Medicine University ,Beijing, China M.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China B.S.Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China Research Interest Structural elucidation of fungal melanin by means of isotope labeling of precursors .
Dr. Xiaomin Yang
Education Ph.D. in Chemistry, Peking University, P.R.China, 1996 B.S. in Chemistry, Lanzhou University, P.R.China, 1986 Research Interests High-resolution NMR methods in protein structure studies Current Projects Studies of liver fatty acid binding protein structure at binding state (holo-structure) and unbinding state (apo-structure) via solution NMR multiple-dimension experiments.
Ms. Toni Eversley
Education B.S in Biochemistry, 2005, College of Staten Island M.S. student urrently pursuing Master\'s in Pharmacology/Toxicology at Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY Current project involves investigating the biosynthesis of suberin using the analytical methods HPLC and NMR spectroscopy.
Dr. Weimin Wang
Education M.S., Polymer Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry (Biopolymers), City University of New York Current Affiliation: Research staff, Rockefeller University Research Interests: Analytical methods (HPLC, NMR, (MS)n) polymeric materials peptide synthesis.
Dr. Fouad Francis
Education B.S., Chemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island, 2001 Ph.D., Biochemistry, City University of New York, 2007 Current Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH Research Interests: High-resolution NMR methods in protein structural studies
Dr. Amy Xiuhua Fang
Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of New York Current Affiliation: AlphaPharm Corp. Research Interests: NMR, HPLC methods.
Dr. Xiaofang Cheng
Research interest: NMR Spectroscopy and plant polymers.
Dr. Anup Ray
NMR spectroscopy, organic synthesis.
Dr. Ka-Loh Li
Associate Specialist, Step IIDepartment of Radiology Magnetic Resonance Science Center University of California, San Franciscoka-loh.li@radiology.ucsf.edu
Dr. Mingming Guo
Polymer Science Institute The University of Akron