Speakers Bureau

Department of Anesthesiology

Cindy Leiton, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Stony Brook University

Email: Cindy.Leiton@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Neurobiology/Astrocyte-Neuron metabolism
Seminar Title: "The Astrocyte-Neuron Metabolic Relationship during Hypoxia" 

 

 

 

Department of Anthropology 

 

Pedro Fernandez

Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Anthropological Sciences

Email: Pedro.Fernandez@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Physical anthropology & Postcranial Functional Morphology
Seminar Title: "Functional Morphology of the Distal Metatarsus in Anthropoids"

 

 

 

Carrie Mongle
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Anthropological Sciences

Email: Carrie.Mongle@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Morphology & Phylogenetics
Seminar Title: "Species Variability and Recognition in the Hominin Fossil Record"

 

 

Allison Nesbitt
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Anthropological Sciences

Email: Allison.Nesbitt@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Biological Anthropology, Osteology, Geometric Morphometrics & Forensic Anthropology
Seminar Title: "Evolution and the Morphological Integration of the Skull" 

 

 

 

Lauren Petrullo 
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Anthropological Sciences

Email: Lauren.Petrullo@stonybrook.edu 
Specialty: 
Seminar Title: 

 

 

 

Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics  

 

 

T. Dwight McGee Jr., PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Stony Brook University

Email: Terry.Mcgee@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Computational Chemistry
Seminar Title: "Free-Energy Protocol to Aid in the Design of Small-Molecule HIV Fusion Inhibitors"    

 

 

Department of Biochemistry

Joe Matarlo
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Biochemistry and Structural Biology

Email: Matarlo.Joe@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery: Microbiology & Enzymology
Seminar Title: "Mechanism of MenE Inhibition by Acyl-Adenylate Analogues: Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationships of Novel Antibacterial Agents."

 

 

 

Moises Guardado
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Genetics

Email: Moises.Guardado@stonybrook.edu
Specialty:Cancer Chemotherapeutics & Cancer Metabolism
Seminar Title: "Probing the metabolic state of cancer cell and its role in metastasis"

 

 

 

 

Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

Daphne Meza
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Biomedical Engineering

Email: Daphne.Meza@stonybrook.edu

 

 

 

 

Department of Biological, Environmental and Climate Sciences

 

Paulo Castillo, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Email: PCastillo@bnl.gov
Seminar Title: "Atmospheric Aerosols and Their Influence in Climate"

 

 

 

Department of Chemistry

Benedette Adewale
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Chemistry

Email: Benedette.Adewale@stonybrook.edu
Seminar Title: "Sorption of Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate to Coastal Gulf of Mexico Sediment."

 

 

 

Alejandra Castano
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Chemistry

Email: Alejandra.Castano@stonybrook.edu
Seminar Title: "Generation and Characterization of Adduct-Specific Anti-Ciplatin DNA Antibodies."

 

 

Alesha Harris, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry

Email: HarrisAlesha@bnl.gov
Seminar Title: "Targeted and Metal-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles as Potential Cancer Therapeutics." 

 

 

 

Kevin Hauser
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Chemistry

Email: Kevin.E.Hauser@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Chemical Biology: Computational and Theoretical
Seminar Title: "A Human Transcription Factor in Search Mode"

 

 

Crystal Lewis
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Inorganic Chemistry

Email:Crystal.Lewis@stonybrook.edu
Seminar Title: "The Potential Use of Iron Oxide (α-Fe2O3) Nanorhombohedra in CNS Therapy."

 

 

 

 

Jeannette Marine
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University

Email: Jeannette.Marine@stonybrook.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Palomino, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry

Email: robert.palomino@stonybrook.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Department of Geosciences 

Jesse John
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Geosciences

Email: Jesse.John@stonybrook.edu 
Specialty: Geochemistry/ X-ray diffraction/ Synthesis
Seminar Title: "PDF Analysis of Mono Sodium Titanate"          

 

 

 

Melissa Sims
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Geosciences

Email: Melissa.Sims@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Mineral physics
Seminar Title: "Insights into Shocked Feldspar Systems from Adventures in Rate-Dependent in-situ Compression and Heating Experiments."               

 

 

Department of Material Science & Engineering 

Owen Abe
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Material Science & Engineering

Email: Owen.Abe@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Ceramics, Biosensors
Seminar Title: "Fabrication and Characterization of ε-WO3 Processed Flame Spray Pyrolysis Thin Film Ferroelectric Capacitors"

 

 

 

Celest Okoli
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Material Science & Engineering

Email: Celest.Okoli@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Energy Technology & Materials
Seminar Title: "Can we depend on electrochemical energy as a path to energy sustainability?" Yes we can.   

 

 

 

 

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology 

Steve Tsotras
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Genetics

Email: Steve.Tsotras@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Microbiology/ Virology
Seminar Title: "Histone Deactylases as Sumo Ligases in Adenovirus Infection"

Department of Neurobiology and Behavior 

Azeez Aranmolate
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Molecular & Cellular Biology

Email: Azeez.Aranmolate@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Immunology & Pathology
Seminar Title: "The Role of Dystrophin in myelination of the Central Nervous System."

 

 

Patricia Enmore
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Neuroscience

Email: Patricia.Enmore@stonybrook.edu

 

 

 

 

Ariel Negrón
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Neuroscience

Email: Ariel.Negron@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Neuroendocrinology/ Reproductive Neuroendocrinology
Seminar Title: "Targeted Deletion of PTEN in Kisspeptin Cells: Effects on Kisspeptin Neuron Development and Reproductive, Physiology."

 

 

Lyl Tomlinson
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Neuroscience

Email: Lyl.Tomlinson@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Cellular & Molecular/ Exercise
Seminar Title: "Exercise and Youth: How Aerobic Activity May Influence Brain Development in Juveniles."  

 

 

Jinelle Wint
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Molecular & Cellular Biology

Email: Jinelle.Wint@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Developmental Biology
Seminar Title: "Zebrafish as a model for Parkinson's Disease"

 

 

 

Department of Pharmacological Sciences 

Jason Quinones
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology

Email: Jason.Quinones@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Genome Integrity & Carcinogenesis/ DNA Repair
Seminar Title: "The Formation & Fate of Oxidative DNA-protein cross-links (DPCs) Involving DNA Polymerase Beta in Mammalian Cells."  

 

 

Department of Technology and Society

Kayode C.V. Adebowale
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Technology, Policy and Innovation

Email: Oluwakayode.Ekwunifeorakwue@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Educational Technology/ Online and Blended Learning
Seminar Title: "A Model for Predicting how Patterns of Learner Interactions with Course Contents Impacts Student Retention, Course Completions, and Scores on Learning Assessments among Post-Secondary Students in Asynchronous Online, and Synchronous Blended/Hybrid Learning Environments."    

 

R. Emilio Fernández
Graduate Student, Stony Brook University
Technology, Policy and Innovation

Email: Emilio.Fernandez@stonybrook.edu
Specialty: Mathematics Education & Policy; STEM workforce Policy/ The University's Third Mission
Seminar Title: "An Effective Policy for High School to College Transition: The Case of Bronx Count Public High Schools."