Previous Group Members

Name	Description
Dr. Mingming Guo	Polymer Science Institute The University of Akron
Dr. Amy Xiuhua Fang	Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of New York Current Affiliation: Pharma Tech Specialist, Actavis Research Interests: NMR, HPLC methods.
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. 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 .
Dmitry Volfson, D.O.	B.S., Chemistry, Honors College at The College of Staten Island, 2002 CUNY Salk Scholar, 2002 Current affiliation: Regional Medical Director at CITYMD Urgent Care, NYC
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
Dr. Bin Yan	NMR Methods Software design and system performance. Current Affiliation: Principal Programmer/Analyst, Health Research Inc. Albany, NY
Dr. Feng Qiu	NMR spectroscopy. Current Affiliation: CEO, AIT Qualytics, Warminster, PA
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
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
Mr. Zhantong Mao	Graduate student Education Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry, CUNY
Ms. Esther Jang	High School Research Intern Education: Hunter College High School, Class of 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2014
Dr. George Guohua Wu	Ph.D., 2000, Polymer Chemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island Research interest: NMR Spectroscopy and Polymers Current Affiliation: Supervising Scientist, Colorant Technical Group, Benjamin Moore Corporation
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. Sayantani Sarkar	Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, City University of New York - City College of New York, 2012 M.S. in Biochemistry, University of Calcutta B.S. in Physiology, University of Calcutta Research Interests: Biochemistry, Nutritional Chemistry, Biophysics
Dr. Hongwei Wu	Research Assistant Professor and NMR Facility Manager, Indiana U. Education B.S. in Biophysics, Nankai University, China, 1989. Ph.D. in Biophysics, Beijing Medical University, China, 1995. Research Interests: Various biophysical methods mainly including high-resolution NMR, also AFM, CD Florescences technique etc. in protein solution structure analysis and protein-protein interaction. Projects in Stark Lab: Studies of the behaviors of the isotropic bicelle as the membrane mimetic medium by 31-P NMR and AFM PPAR protein solution structure analysis and PPAR-FABP interaction using multi-dimensional NMR.
Dr. Yan He	Principal Research Scientist, Abbvie Pharma, North Chicago, IL Education: Ph.D. in Chemistry, City University of New York - College of Staten Island, 2000 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 1990 Research interests: Protein tertiary structure determination by multi-dimensional NMR Protein-ligand binding interaction studies by both NMR and molecular modeling Computational chemistry on homology modeling, protein-to-target docking, and QSAR.
Dr. Bingwu Yu	Sr. Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs CMC 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 Past Affiliation: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Email: bingwuyu@gmail.com Current Affiliation: Boeringer Ingelheim
Ms. Julia Oktawiec	Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern U. Education: Hunter College High School, Class of 2009 Columbia University, Class of 2013 Research interest: High School Research Intern: NMR studies of the cuticular waxes of tomatoes High School Research Intern: AFM surveys of dewaxed tomato cuticles Undergraduate student at Columbia U.: Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Ph.D., Chemistry, UC Berkeley.
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 Scientist,Intertek Chemicals & Materials 2013 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. Fouad Francis	Education B.S., Chemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island, 2001 Ph.D., Biochemistry, City University of New York, 2007 Current Affiliation: Ann Arundel School District, Maryland Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH Research Interests: High-resolution NMR methods in protein structural studies
Dr. Shiying Tian	Ph.D., 2005, Polymer Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006 Research interests NMR spectroscopy Organic Synthesis. Current Affiliation: Senior Scientist, Frontida Biopharm
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: Senior Scientists, Abon Pharmaceuticals, Northvale, NJ Research staff, Rockefeller University Research Interests: Analytical methods (HPLC, NMR, (MS)n) polymeric materials peptide synthesis.
Dr. 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 Project: Investigating protein-ligand binding interactions using multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Current affiliation: Ph.D., Dept of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Yale University (2007-13). Current affiliation: Director, Medical Affairs Team, Pharma in NYC
Dr. Rima Estephan	Ph.D., 2005, Biochemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island Current affiliation: NYC Board of Education Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Staff Member
Ms. Toni Eversley	Education B.S in Biochemistry, 2005, College of Staten Island M.S. student in Pharmacology/Toxicology, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY Current project involves investigating the biosynthesis of suberin using the analytical methods HPLC and NMR spectroscopy.
Ms. Lorraine Brocato	Current Affiliation: Liaison for Budget, Facilities, IT, Provost's Office, College of Staten Island, CUNY.
Dr. Ka-Loh Li	Research Associate, University of Manchester (UK), Institute of Population Health. Previous: Associate Specialist, Step II, Department of Radiology Magnetic Resonance Science Center University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Farah A. Jayman	Ph.D., 2007, Biochemistry, CUNY College of Staten Island Current affiliation: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Ms. Silmilly Toribio	Current affiliation: Laboratory Manager, Iona College Education: Ph.D. student in Biochemistry, CUNY M.S. Science Education-Chemistry, City College of New York, CUNY B.S. Chemistry Honors in Biochemistry, City College of New York, CUNY A.S. Liberal Arts in Science, Hostos Community College, CUNY Research Interest: Use biophysical methods such as NMR to study protein-ligand interactions as an approach to better understand of biochemical pathways.
Ms. Nancy Medina	Ph.D. candidate in Analytical Chemistry, CUNY Research Interests: Metabolites in wound-healing potato tissue
Mr. David Kam	Undergraduate Research Intern Education: The College of New Jersey, Seven-Year BS/MD program, Class of 2016
Ms. Sindy Tan	Hunter College High School, Class of 2013 Harvard University, Class of 2017
Dr. Patricia Cano-Sanchez	MMA Research Assistant Current Affiliation: Laboratory Manager in Biochemistry - National University of Mexico 2006
Dr. Xudong Guan	NMR specialist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute for Genomic Biology Education: Ph.D. in Chemistry (Molecular Biophysics), CUNY, 2012 M.S. in Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China 2003 B.S. in Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China 1999 Research Interests: NMR applications in organic chemistry, material science and biomolecular assemblies NMR technique development
Dr. 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. 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 & Manager for NMR and Mass Spectrometry 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. Qian Wang	Ph.D., 2017, Biochemistry, CUNY & CCNY Current Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow, CUNY College of Staten Island
Dr. Keyvan Dastmalchi	Senior Research Associate Education: Ph.D. in Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 2008 Master of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India, 2000 Bachelor of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India, 1998 Research interests: Activity guided fractionation and identification of phytochemical substancesLC-MS and NMR based metabolomics analysis of natural products Determination of the architecture of macromolecular assemblies Projects in the Stark Lab: Metabolomics study of wound healing process in different potato varieties Structural studies of cuticular biopolymers and fungal melanins Current Affiliation: Assistant Director, MabPlex USA, Inc., La Jolla, CA
Dr. John E. Kelly	Postdoctoral Fellow Ph.D. in Chemistry, U. of Calif., Irvine, 2018 Research Interests: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Biological Solids Current Affiliation: Biomolecular NMR Facility Manager, UC Irvine
Ms. Angeles Anunagba	Administrative Assistant CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies The City College of New York