Members

The Team

 

Principal Investigator

 
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Prof. SerdaL kIRMIZIALTIN

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Physical Chemistry, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics.

Education: Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin M.S. Polymer Physics, Sabanci University B.S. Chemistry, Koc University

E-Mail: serdal@nyu.edu


Postdoctoral Associates

 
 

DR. Nour Alkhatib

Material science, Molecular simulations, Machine Learning. 

Education: Ph.D. Chemistry, New York University, USA B.S. Chemical engineering, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Email: na2416@nyu.edu

Nour is interested in Molecular simulations both Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo on topics related to gas separation, carbon dioxide capture, and water treatment. 


Dr. Akshaya Kumar Das

Biophysics, Chemistry and Computer simulation

Education: Ph.D. University of Basel, Switzerland M.Sc Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, India B.Sc Chemistry, Ravenshaw University, India

Former Position:  Postdoctoral Associate, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Akshaya is interested in optimizing forcefields and interpreting structure and dynamics of RNA molecules using machine learning and enhanced sampling.


 
 

DR. WEIWEI HE

Biophysics, Computer Simulations, DNA Motor, Machine Learning

Education: Ph.D. Chemistry, New York University, USA B.S. Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China

E-Mail: wh1165@nyu.edu

Weiwei is interested in developing innovative methods to investigate structural dynamics of biomolecules using computer simulations in conjunction with advanced experiments. His current research lies in the structural-dynamic properties of nucleic acids by data-driven simulations and machine learning. During his free time, he enjoys exploring new places and photography. Visit his Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/warren_heww

 
 

DR. Rabindranath Paul

Physical Chemistry, Material Science, Biophysics, Computer Simulations and Machine Learning

Education: Ph.D. IIT Guwahati, Assam, India
M.Sc. Physical Chemistry, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India
B.Sc. Chemistry, Katwa College, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India

Former Position: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

E-Mail: rp4207@nyu.edu

Rabi is interested in addressing basic but key challenges in the petroleum industry. He is currently working to find the key inhibitor to address the Asphaltene aggregation problem during petroleum production. In his free time, he enjoys playing and watching games.

 

Graduate Research Assistants

Radwa E. Mahgoub

Biophyscis, Biochemistry, Computer Simulations

Education: M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E BPharm, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

Email: rem8266@nyu.edu

Radwa is intrested in studying the dynamics of RNA using computer simulations and machine learning. In her feee time, she enjoys reading, music, and cozying up to stray cats. 


Saifeldeen Hatim S Abed Alrhman

Energy & sustainability, molecular simulation & dynamics, material science.

Education: B.S. Chemical engineering, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Email: saa788@nyu.edu

Saif has high interest in energy, sustainability, and environment. He is currently working on sour natural gas treatment by Eliminating acidic and corrosive impurities, such as H2S. His studies focus on capturing H2S molecules and breaking them down for hydrogen production purposes. He is an enthusiastic computationalist who studies the effectiveness of Metal Organic Frameworks in achieving the objectives of his studies using molecular dynamics and simulations. Saif enjoys simplicity. He enjoys the beach, the sea, the desert, the sunrise, the sunset, and the full moon as well as sports.


Sara Mahmoud Elgengehi

Materials Science, Quantum Chemistry, Molecular simulations

Education: M.Sc. Physical Chemistry, Cairo University, Egypt B.Sc. Chemistry, Cairo University, Egypt

E-Mail: sme9918@nyu.edu

Sara is interested in Molecular simulations both Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Dynamics on topics related to Nanomaterials, Metal Organic Frameworks and Gas separation. Her current focus is finding solutions to BTEX pollutants in the petroleum industry.

 
 
 

Ginger

Special Guest, Lab Cat

Our purr-fect team member Ginger


 
 
ALUMNI

Dr. Anja Henning-Knechtel, Former PostDoc

Dr. Nawavi Naleem, Former PostDoc

Sharon Lee, Former Research Assistant

Yu Shen, Former Intern Student

Marko Brnovic, Former Research Assistant

Alice Shi, Former Intern Student

Joanna Ibrahim, Former Intern Student

Tina Monzavi, Master Graduate

Yasmin Abdelghaffar, Former Capstone Student

Krzysztof Warmuz, Former Capstone Student

Amit Srivastava, Senior Scientist at Khalifa University

Diego Kleiman, PhD Student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Joe Z Wu, PhD Student at The Graduate Center at CUNY

Adrienne Chang, PhD Student at Cornell University

Andrei Stoica, PhD Student at Oxford University

Hadi Saleeh, Research Associate at New York University