Congratulations to the 2022-2023 doctoral graduates on this momentous achievement. The graduates listed below were mentored by faculty at the City College of New York.
Abedi, Sara – Advisor: Sergey Vitkalov; Physics; “Electron Transport in Quantum Systems with Interaction”
Abouali, Meryem – Advisor: Tarek Saadawi; Electrical Engineering; “Blockchain Framework for Secured On-Demand Patient Health Records Sharing”
Agonafir, Candace – Advisor: Reza Khanbilvardi; Civil Engineering; “A Citizen Science Approach for Urban Flood Risk Analysis Using Data Analytics and Machine Learning”
Alper, Judy – Advisor: Lucas Parra; Biomedical Engineering; “Ultra-high field MRI methods for precise anatomical and spectroscopic measurements in the brain and application to neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases”
Anbari, Alimohammad – Advisor: Jing Fan; “Microfluidic Dual-Gel Cell Culture Model for Studying Cell Migration under Controlled Interstitial Flow”
Awadallah, Nora – Advisor: Gonzalo Torres; Molecular, Cellular and Biomed;“Role of the G protein betagamma subunits in serotonin transporter dynamics”
Bushati, Rezlind – Advisor: Vinod Menon; Physics; “Control of Nonlinear Optical Properties of van der Waals Materials”
Cancelmo, Leo Marc – Advisor: Steven Tuber; Psychology; “The Impossible Situation?: Impasse as Psychotherapeutic Paralysis, Possibility, and Progress”
Chen, Kai – Advisor: Alexander Khanikaev; Electrical Engineering; “Topological Shadow of Higher-Order Topological Phases and Non-Hermitian Phases Protected by Generalized Rotational Symmetry”
Dong, Wenbin – Advisor: Hansong Tang; Civil Engineering; “Towards Simulation of Complex Ocean Flows: Analysis and Algorithm for Computation of Coupled Partial Differential Equations”
Esmaeilpour, Zeinab – Advisor: Marom Bikson; Biomedical Engineering; “Novel Mechanisms of DC and Kilohertz Electrical Stimulation”
Farahani, Forouzan – Advisor: Lucas Parra; Biomedical Engineering; “TDCS Effects On Synaptic Plasticity And Motor Skill Learning”
Gaggi, Naomi – Advisor: Junghoon Kim; Molecular, Cellular and Biomed; “Cerebrovascular impairment as a potential target for neuromodulation therapy in moderate-severe traumatic brain injury”
Gao, Nicholas – Advisor: David Jeruzalmi; Chemistry and Biochemistry; “Biochemical and biophysical characterization of replicative helicase loading by Vibrio cholerae DciA, Crystal structure of a monoclonal antibody bound to a C-terminal fragment of EBNA-1 from Epstein Barr Virus”
Gordon, Leo – Advisor: Robert Messinger; Chemical Engineering; “Molecular Elucidation Of Reaction Mechanisms In Aluminum and Lithium Metal Batteries By Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy And Electrochemical Methods”
Hajredini, Fatlum – Advisor: Ranajeet Ghose; Chemistry and Biochemistry; “Mechanism of Activation and Regulation of BY-Kinases, a Unique Family of P-Loop Enzymes”
Han, Yu – Advisor: Charles Maldarelli; Chemical Engineering; “Droplets in Electric Field: Surface Rheology, Coalescence and Rebound”
Hawkins, Brendan – Advisor: Sanjoy Banerjee; Chemical Engineering; “Understanding Failure Mechanisms using Multi-Scale Analyses to Improve the Performance of Zinc Metal and Lithium-ion Batteries”
Hirsch, Lukas – Advisor: Lucas Parra; Biomedical Engineering; “Deep learning tools for brain and breast MRI”
Huseynov, Huseyn – Advisor: Tarek Saadawi; Electrical Engineering; “Anomaly-based Intrusion Detection System through Virtual Machine Introspection”
Jiang, Xiaohai – Advisor: Yiannis Andreopoulos & Niell Elvin; Mechanical Engineering; “Investigations on VIV Phenomena of Single- and Double-cylinder Flexible Beam Arrangements of Energy Harvesters”
Kamaludeen, Mohamed – Advisor: Ahmed A. Mohamed; Electrical Engineering; “Battery Energy Storage Systems Applications and Deployment in Dense Urban Areas”
Khaniya, Umesh – Advisor: Marilyn Gunner; Physics; “Using Protonation Microstates and Hydrogen Bond Networks to Track Proton Transfer Pathways in Complex I”
Kiriushechkina, Svetlana – Advisor: Alexander Khanikaev; Electrical Engineering; “Topological photonic metasurfaces for light manipulation and strong light-matter interaction”
Kirkland, Omari – Advisor: John Lombardi and Steve O’Brien; Chemistry; “SERS for the Detection of Trace Materials”
Levy, Ido – Advisor: Maria Tamargo; Chemistry and Biochemistry; “Growth, Optimization, and Characterization of Topological Insulator Nanostructures by Molecular Beam Epitaxy”
Li, Shuaijun – Advisor: Jing Fan & Charles Maldarelli; Mechanical Engineering & Chemical Engineering; “Fundamentals of microgel flooding and nanoparticles-stabilized foams in enhanced oil recovery”
Liu, Zhi-Lun – Advisor: Xi Chen; Chemical Engineering; “Biomimetic water-responsive structures: From fundamental mechanisms to evaporation energy harvesting applications”
Malbranche, Nelya – Advisor: Jeffrey Morris; Chemical Engineering; “Shear Thickening in Dense Bidisperse Suspensions by Dynamic Simulations”
Martin, Jesse – Advisor: Steven Nicoll; Biomedical Engineering; “Development of Cellulose-Based, Semi-Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels as Tissue-Adhesive, Thermoresponsive, Injectable Implants”
May, Andrew – Advisor: Elizabeth Biddinger; Chemical Engineering; “Understanding the Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Desired and Undesired Reactions during Electrochemical Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Furfural on Copper in Acidic Media”
Mekawy, Ahmed – Advisor: Andrea Alu; Electrical Engineering; “Wave engineering in time modulated, nonlinear, and anisotropic metamaterials”
Mendelowitz, Zelda Zara – Advisor: Itzhak “Itzik” Mano; Molecular, Cellular and Biomed; “Transcriptional Mechanisms of Neuroprotection in Excitotoxicity-Driven Neurodegeneration in C. elegans”
Moussa, Hady – Advisor: Andrea Alù; Electrical Engineering; “Nonlinear and Time-Modulated Metamaterials: Applications at Microwave Frequencies”
Moutushi, Tasnuva – Advisor: Marco Castaldi; Chemical Engineering; “Investigation of Reactions Occuring in Municipal Solid Waste Residues”
Nentwich, Maximilian – Advisor: Lucas Parra; Biomedical Engineering; “Neural processing of semantic content in movies”
Nguyen, Duc – Advisor: Jacek Dmochowski; Biomedical Engineering; “Low intensity ultrasonic neuromodulation of the rat hippocampus”
Padgett, James – Advisor: Mitchell Schaffler; Biomedical Engineering; “Mechanically driven In vivo Osteocyte Ca2+ Signaling: Aging and Pharmacologic Effects”
Preston, Jonathan – Advisor: Ronald Koder; Physics; “Dynamics in Designed Elastins and Enzymes”
Qadeer, Arslan – Advisor: Myung Lee; Electrical Engineering; “Machine Learning driven Resource Allocation in Edge Cloud”
Raitses, Rebecca Rose – Advisor: Maxime Blanchard; Classical & Modern Language & Literature; “Heritage Repair: Revisiting Familial and Collective Histories in Filiation Narratives by Dalila Kerchouche, Colombe Schneck and Martine Storti”
Salle, Vincent – Bettina Lerner; Classical & Modern Language & Literature; “Homotextualité réaliste: Cryptosexualité et subculture pédéraste chez Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert”
Saravanan, Vedika – Advisor: Samah Saeed; Electrical Engineering; “Scalable Quantum Compilation Approaches for Reliable Quantum Computing”
Schilder, Victoria – Summer 2023; Prof. Sasha Rudenstine; Clinical Psychology; “Object Relational Functioning and the Politics of Patriarchy – A Community Sample Study”
Sharifnezhadaziz, Zahra – Advisor: Reza Khanbilvardi; Civil Engineering; “Data Fusion and Synergy of Active and Passive Remote Sensing: An Application for Freeze Thaw Detections”
Sible, Emily Anne – Advisor: Bao Vuong; Biology; “Function of ATM and MSH2 during DNA repair and recombination”
Stark, Benjamin – Advisor: Lissa Weinstein; Clinical Psychology; “Voiding The Unwanted Self: An Examination of Racialized Violence in the United States”
Sthapit, Engela – Advisor: Reza Khanbilvardi; Civil Engineering; “Evaluation of Snow and Streamflow in the National Water Model with analysis using Machine Learning”
Tejada Lopez, Carla – Advisor: Alison Conway; Civil Engineering; “Urban Freight Transportation: The Interactions of Home Deliveries in Cities”
Unal, Gozde – Advisor: Marom Bikson; Biomedical Engineering; “Computational Model of Electro-Convulsive Therapy Considering Electric Field Dependent Skin Conductivity”
Vakulenko, Anton – Advisor: Alexander Khanikaev; Electrical Engineering; “Design and experimental observation of topological states in photonic metasurfaces”
Vicuna, Patricio – Advisor: Camille Kamga; Civil Engineering; “Towards an Artificial Intelligence based Decision Support System to Evaluate Various Transit Projects”
Wang, Angela – Advisor: Luis Cardoso; Biomedical Engineering; “Exosome- and MicroRNA-Based Therapeutic Approach for Tendinopathy”
Wang, Haiyan – Advisor: Yingli Tian; Electrical Engineering; “Perceiving and Understanding Scenes with Deep Learning”
Wang, Haozhen – Advisor: Xi Chen; Chemical Engineering; “The correlation of bacterial peptidoglycan’s water-responsive behaviors with its mechanical and chemical properties.”
Wei, Wei – Advisor: Barbara Zajc; Chemistry and Biochemistry; “Synthesis Of Fluoro-organics And Applications of Novel Fluorinated Building Blocks”
Westerman, Ariel Rosalind – Advisor: Sasha Rudenstine; Psychology; “Countertransference and the Patient’s Experience: Exploring How Engagement with Affect is Related to Short-Term Psychotherapy Outcomes”
Xia, Yifan – Advisor: Bingmei Fu; Biomedical Engineering; “Modulation of Brain Tissue Transport and Endothelial Glycocalyx and Tight Junctions of the Blood-Brain Barrier by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation”
Yu, Shuangyue – Advisor: Hao Su; Mechanical Engineering; “Design and Control of Quasi-direct Drive Actuation Wearable Robots”
Zannou, Adantchede – Advisor: Marom Bikson; Biomedical Engineering; “Use of Bioheat Modelling to Characterize and Optimize Implantable Medical Devices and Neuromodulation Technologies”
Zhao, Chunheng – Advisor: Taehun Lee; Mechanical Engineering; “Ternary Flow Simulation based on the Conservative Phase Field Lattice Boltzmann Method”
Zhao, Shihua – Advisor: Pouyan Ghaemi; Physics; “Revealing The Three-Dimensional Magnetic Texture with Machine Learning Models”
Zuelke, Dustin – Advisor: Andreas Kottman; Molecular, Cellular and Biomed; “The behavioral and gene expression effects of loss of sonic hedgehog from dopamine neurons”
The RICC was unable to confirm the graduation status of the following 2022-2023 doctoral candidates:
Corti, Andrea – Advisor: Luis Cardoso; Biomedical Engineering
Das, Sagnik – Advisor: Prabal De; Economics and Business
Gates Melissaris, Kelsey – Advisor: Rosario Gennaro; Computer Science
Jayanthi, Ramya – Clinical Psychology
Lian, I Wang – Clinical Psychology
Liu, Jingya – Advisor: Yingli Tian; Electrical Engineering
Malinchak, Casina – Chemistry and Biochemistry
Meyer, Henry – Advisor: Jizhong Xiao; Electrical Engineering
Rappaport, Molly – Clinical Psychology
Talhouk, Leila – Clinical Psychology
Vatandas, Nihal – Advisor: Rosario Gennaro; Computer Science
Amanda is a student at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, where she’s studying health & science reporting and broadcast journalism. She graduated from Baruch College in May 2022, where she double majored in journalism & creative writing and political science and double minored in environmental sustainability and communication studies. She has been published in City & State, BORO Magazine, Bklyner, The Canarsie Courier, the New York City News Service, PoliticsNY, Gotham Gazette, Bushwick Daily, DCReport, News-O-Matic, The Queens Daily Eagle, Tower Times, The Ticker, and Dollars & Sense Magazine.