BORIS ZAKHAROV, Ph.D.
 

bzakharov@lagcc.cuny.edu 

718 482-6074 

M221F
 

     I have a wide range of research experiences and interests, primary within the fields of Invertebrate Zoology, Biogeography, Evolution. My Master’s project in Arachnology (1979) was performed at Far East State University and dedicated to orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) of South East Russia. In 1989, I earned my Ph.D. in Entomology from Novosibirsk Biological Institute. My professional career I began in “Kedrovaya Pad Natural Reserve” as a Research Scientist, where I participated in and performed various scientific projects in Field Zoology. 

     After arrival in the United States, I was invited to participate in a project on ground spiders of Australia in American Museum of Natural History, where I have worked from 1996 to 2005 as a Curatorial Assistant in Spider laboratory in Department of Invertebrate Zoology. My teaching career I began in 2006 at Hostos Community College (CUNY). From 2010 I am an Assistant Professor at the LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), where I teach courses on Biology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Anatomy and Physiology of Vertebrates.  

     I am working on several projects in invertebrate zoology, biogeography and evolution. I am continuing research in systematics, taxonomy, and biogeography of Australasian ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Currently, in collaboration with Dr. Vladimir Ovtsharenko, I have finished the first book “Revision of Australasian ground spiders” and preparing next book on genus Encoptarthria with description, evolutionary relation and geographic distribution of 45 new spider species. I also participate in study of invertebrate dynamics in Black Rock Forest, as part of the larger project “Ecosystem Consequences of Foundation Taxon Loss”. The third ongoing project concerns organization and function of ground spider’s reproductive organs.   

Research Interests and Activities of Boris Zakharov, Ph.D. 

Carol Haspel

chaspel@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5744

M202

Carol Haspel received her PhD from The City University of New York in 1986 and joined the faculty of LaGuardia Community College in 1987 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1991 and then to Full Professor in 1997. She has served as the Coordinator of Human Anatomy & Physiology since 1987 and in that capacity continuously explores ways to improve the Human Anatomy and Physiology curriculum while supervising more than 20 instructors. In 2006 she was asked to extend these responsibilities and to act as the Science Coordinator for the Natural Sciences Department. Her pedagogical focus, curriculum development, has lead her to develop an 18-week Human Anatomy & Physiology course, introduce clay modeling in lieu of cat dissection into Human A & P, design mini-courses to enhance student success in science (Science Express and Science CPI Exam Preparatory Course), teach and develop cluster courses such as Introductory Science and Anatomy and Physiology for ESL students and co-develop and team-teach Genes and Society for Liberal Arts Students. Dr. Haspel has published six scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Charles Keller, Ph.D.
ckeller@lagcc.cuny.edu  
718 482-5748 
M220D 

Dr. Keller obtained his bachelor’s degree in Biology and Psychology from the University of New Mexico in 1999.  His PHD work was performed in the lab of Martin Chalfie at Columbia University where he studied the sense of touch, neuronal microtubule dynamics, and Touch Receptor Neuron development in Caenorhabditis elegans.  A three year break from graduate school allowed Dr. Keller to teach biology and human anatomy at Central New Mexico Community College and work for the New Mexico Department of Health where he used DNA technology to diagnose disease in commercial and wild animal populations.  Dr. Keller returned to Columbia and obtained his PHD in 2011.  Prior to his appointment at LaGuardia in September 2012, Dr. Keller taught introductory biology and human anatomy at Hostos Community College, Lander College for men, and LaGuardia as an adjunct professor. Dr. Keller currently teaches SCB 201 (fundamentals of biology).

Research interests include:
1.       Neuronal cytoskeletal dynamics and their relationship to the sense of touch and neurodegenerative disease.
2.       Using C. elegans as a model system to study aging and longevity.

Recent publications:
Genetically separable functions of the MEC-17 tubulin acetyltransferase affect microtubule organization.Topalidou I, Keller C, Kalebic N(co-first authors), Nguyen KC, Somhegyi H, Politi KA, Heppenstall P, Hall DH, Chalfie M. Curr Biol. 2012 Jun 19;22(12):1057-65. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.066. Epub 2012 May 31.

Dennis Aguirre 

deaguirre@lagcc.cuny.edu 

718 482-5748 

M221B 

 Education: MD diploma from UMAN Medical School Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 

Issued title and license of Doctor of Medicine Surgery and Midwifery by the National Secretariat of Public Education, Mexico, 2004.  

Teaching: LaGuardia Community College since January 2007: Fundamentals of Human Biology I-SCB203 and II-SCB204 (Anatomy and Physiology) lecture and lab; Principles of Biology SCB115. 

Non-teaching college activities: Integration of Digication ePortfolios into the Human Biology curriculum, a project funded by a 2010-2011 minigrant from CTL, together with Professor Howard Motoike. 

Participant of Carnegie Seminar for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011-2013. 

Volunteer tutor at The English Language Clinic at LaGCC and Science Study Halll E312. 

Other Interests: Swimming, tennis, biking, soccer, travel, painting, numismatics, ASL. 

Personal: Live in Brooklyn with wife and two sons, ages 13 and 7.  

hfam@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5078

M220C

Professor Holly Porter-Morgan

hporter-morgan@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-6181

M221D

 Holly Porter-Morgan, Assistant Professor of Biology, received her PhD in Biology with specializations in Ecology and Plant Sciences from the Graduate Center, CUNY after attending the New York University for a Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.  She then conducted post-doctorate work on predictive modeling and geospatial technology for conservation as a research scientist at the New York Botanical Garden.  

Dr.Porter-Morgan directs the Environmental Science Program at LaGuardia and teaches courses in Biology, Ecology, GISc, and Environmental Science.  She is currently serving as a research mentor for the NSF-funded Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program. 

Dr. Porter-Morgan’s research interests lie at the confluence of Environmental Science, geospatial technology,and Conservation Ecology.  Currently, she is studying the potential for bioremediation to supplement proposals for water quality remediation at a local Superfund site; Newtown Creek, Queens.  This research examines measures of organismal diversity and water quality and is being conducted with a number of collaborators including the Newtown Creek Alliance.  

The second portion of her research is a geospatial (GISc) investigation of the environmental hazards affecting residents of the communities surrounding Newtown Creek. This work incorporates field data collected by student interns with predictive models and data submitted by organizations including the EPA, DOH, and DEC.   

Howard Motoike, Ph.D. 

hmotoike@lagcc.cuny.edu
 

718 482-5322 

M216 

Howard Motoike received his B.S. in Zoology from California State University Long Beach and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Miami.  His expertise is in the structure and function of voltage-gated ion channels.    He is also a Research Associate at Columbia University in the Department of Cardiology where he conducts research on the voltage and calcium activated potassium channel.  His interests include all types of muscle contraction, signal transduction pathways and receptor pharmacology.  He has held positions at the University of Cincinnati and Columbia University before accepting his appointment at La Guardia Community College.  He has taught SCB-203 (Human A&P I), SCB-204 (Human A&P 2) and SCB-115 (Biology for Non-Majors) at LAGCC.    

Research Interests of Howard K. Motoike, Ph.D. 

Karim Sharif 

ksharif@lagcc.cuny.edu 

718 482-5964 

M212 

Dr. Karim A. Sharif completed his undergraduate studies at the Hunter College of the City of New York. Subsequently, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the City University of New York on the functional studies of the E. coli RNA polymerase using subunit specific antibodies as probes. Dr. Sharif received his first post-doctoral training at the Albert-Einstein College of Medicine where he studied the pharmacokinetics of drug transport in human breast cancer cells. He then joined the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, as a Post-doctoral Research Associate where he performed research involving mouse models of human disease and the regulation of laminin gene expression in transgenic mice.

Dr. Sharif has published and reviewed articles for peer-reviewed scientific journals and authored an invited paper in the Methods in Enzymology.

Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the LaGuardia Community College, New York, where he teaches Fundamentals of Biology I (SCB201) and Fundamentals of Biology II (SCB202).

Dr. Sharif’s current research interests include studying laminin gene expression in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease and comparative genomic analysis of various Drosophila species, which is in collaboration with the Howard-Hughes Medical Institute Professor Sarah Elgin of the Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Dr. Sharif has been serving as a research mentor for LaGuardia students under the NIH-Bridges to Baccalaureate grant and the NYC Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYC-LSAMP) programs. He is also the course coordinator for the Principles of Biology (SCB115).

Research Activities of Karim Sharif

 Lucia Fuentes 

lfuentes@lagcc.cuny.edu 

718 482-6084 

M220F 

Doctor Lucia Fuentes did her undergraduate studies in the University of Geneva in Switzerland, received her Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Costa Rica and her PhD in Plant Virology from the University of British Columbia, Canada.  Her post-doctoral work involved the study of cell-to-cell movement of viruses into embryonic plant tissues. While doing her post-doctoral work at the Agriculture Canada Research Station in Vancouver, she developed and directed a series of workshops for professors from the Universidad Agricola de Nicaragua, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, on molecular techniques for detection of plant viruses. 

Before joining LaGuardia in spring 2013, Dr. Fuentes worked at Douglas College in British Columbia, for over fifteen years.  At Douglas, she taught and developed curriculum for courses in Anatomy and Physiology, General Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Evolution, and Biochemistry. She also served as representative of the Faculty of Science and Technology on Education Council, the college-wide committee responsible for approving curriculum and advising the College Board on educational matters. In 2002, she submitted a proposal, supported by the Biology Department, which resulted in the assembly of a cell biology laboratory for both teaching and research purposes. For the past eight years, Dr. Fuentes has worked in collaboration with her colleagues on determining macrophage recognition mechanisms of microbial pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) via pattern recognition receptors (PRRs).  Specifically, she is interested in elucidating the mechanism by which bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) augments the phagocytosis of zymosan (yeast cell-wall derived particles) by macrophages. 

Research Interests and Activities of Lucia Fuentes 

Maria Entezari

tentezarizaher@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-6079

M211

Dr. Entezari completed her Bachelors in Biology at Tehran University, Iran. Then she completed her Master’s and Ph.D in Anatomical Sciences at the Medical University of Tehran, Iran. She later travelled to the U.S. and worked at the Feinstien Institute of Biomedical Research Center, North shore LIJ as a research assistant, and  completed her postdoctoral work at the pharmaceutical Sciences Department at  St. John’s University, College of Pharmacy.   Dr. Entezari has been a part of the Natural Science Department at LaGuardia Community College since 2008. She teaches Fundamentals of Human Biology I (SCB203) and II (SCB204), and Fundamentals of Biology I (SCB 201). In addition to teaching at LaGuardia, Dr. Entezari has also taught at Tehran Medical University, Queen College and St.John’s University.  

Dr. Entezari’s research focuses on oxidative stress and its role on the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and their effects on macrophage functions. She is also one of the research mentors of the NIH BRIDGS program at the Natural Science Department.  

Her studies and research interests can be categorized into 2 major areas:  

1-      Influence of female sex hormone on macrophage response to oxidative stress. 

2-      Oxidative Stress and Clearance of Aβ protein by Microglia 

Preethi Radhakrishnan

pradhakrishnan@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5746

M213

Dr. Radhakrishnan completed her Bachelors in Zoology and Masters in Biotechnology at the University of Madras, India. She then completed her PhD in Biology at the Department of Brain, Behavior and Evolution at Macquarie University, in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Radhakrishnan then travelled to the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL for a post-doctoral position. Dr. Radhakrishnan currently teaches Fundamentals of Human Biology I (SCB203) and runs an active research lab.

Dr. Radhakrishnan’s research interests are largely focused on ecological immunology and the interactions between reproduction and immunity. These interests are pursued using insects as models such as the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster and the Chinese preying mantis Tenodera sinensis. 

Current research projects include:

* Effects of anti-oxidants on sperm viability in D. melanogaster 

* Effects of infections on fertility and sperm viability in D. melnogaster 

* Honey Bee Navigation - In collaboration with colleagues at Empire State College, NYC, we plan to study how honey bees (Apis mellifera) navigate an urban landscape such as New York City. This project is in collaboration with urban roof top farmers, and the Beekeeper's Association. Check this space for more information regarding this project in 2012.
 

Teaching and Research e-Portfolio of  Preethi Radhakrishnan 

Priyantha Wijesinghe

pwijesinghe@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5770

M221E

Priyantha Wijesinghe was born in Sri Lanka and had his early education in Sri Lanka and in England. He became interested in spiders, insects and other terrestrial invertebrates while an undergraduate in zoology at University College London (University of London) (1983). After a period of employment in Sri Lanka as a systematic entomologist, during which he studied the spider fauna of Sri Lanka, he pursued graduate studies at the City University of New York and the American Museum of Natural History, obtaining his PhD in 1997 for a systematic study of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
 

Here at LaGuarda Community College, where he is an Associate Professor in Biology, Professor Wijesinghe coordinates and teaches two courses that together comprise the general biology sequence. He continues his interest in the systematics of spiders and other taxa, as well as the history of natural history exploration in South Asia, documentation of the fauna of Sri Lanka, and ecology and natural history in New York City. 

Randall Saad

rsaad@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5940

M204

Randall began teaching at La Guardia Community College in 1996 as an adjunct in the Natural and Applied Sciences Department. In 2011, he was hired as a full-time Substitute Lecturer. Randall  received the degree of Master of Science in Biology at New York University, where he was awarded a series of teaching fellowships. He subsequently studied animal behavior and earned a Master of Philosophy in Biology at the CUNY Graduate Center. His graduate research concerned the role of androgens on the sexual and aggressive behavior of the male ringdove, Streptopelia risoria. The research was conducted at the American Museum of Natural History and at Barnard College. Randall was also awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health.

At La Guardia, Randall has taught the following courses: Topics in Biology, General Biology, and Fundamentals Of Human Biology 1 and 2.  He can often be found in the Science Learning Center helping students.  

Randall also co-wrote a chapter in the book, Androgens in Birds (Raven Press, edited by Dr. Carlos Beyer). 

Sarah E. Durand

sdurand@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5743

M221C

Sarah E. Durand, Associate Professor of biology, received a dual 4-year BA/MA degree in Ecology and Evolution from the University of Pennsylvania for a field study that examined shorebird foraging patterns in the intertidal zone along the Maine cost. Her doctoral degree in Neurobiology and Behavior was conferred by the Center for Molecular and Behavior Neuroscience of Rutgers University for a dissertation on novel auditory pathways in the avian brain, which received the Dean’s Dissertation Award for Excellence. For her postdoctoral work, supported by an NIH postdoctoral fellowship, she studied the parrot forebrain system for vocal learning at the University of Maryland.   

Dr. Durand has published in and reviewed for the Journal of Comparative Neurology (JCN), co-authored papers for Nature Reviews Neuroscience and the New York Academy of Science and has reviewed grant proposals for the National Science Foundation.

By way of the NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate grant to LaGuardia, Dr. Durand mentors research students in both ecology and neuroscience, with two students in the latter group winning "Best in Neuroscience" awards at the national conference for minority research students, ABRCMS. She is currently assisting development of the new major in Environmental Science that emphasizes collaboration with local high schools, community organizations and government agencies and she directs the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program at LaGuardia.

Thomas M. Onorato

thomas.onorato@gmail.com

718 482-5763

M207

Dr. Thomas M. Onorato received a Bachelor of Science in Biology (1999) from St. Joseph's College, NY and earned his Master of Science (2001) and Doctor of Philosophy (2004) in Biological Sciences from St. John's University, NY. In 2004, he received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award individual postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to conduct research in the Morris Laboratory at the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research located at The Rockefeller University, NY.  In addition to conducting research at LaGuardia, Dr. Onorato currently coordinates the Biology Program and teaches General Microbiology, Fundamentals of Biotechniques, and Cell Biology (the capstone course for the Biology Major).

Dr. Onorato’s research interests are in reproductive cell biology.  His previously researched the effects of environmental toxicants, such as phthalates, on spermatogenesis using the SV-40 immortalized mouse spermatocyte-dervived cell line, GC2-spd(ts), and the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as models.  After doing an American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee Visiting Professorship (2010-2011) in the Wessel Laboratory at Brown University, RI, his interests have switched.  Dr. Onorato current research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms involved in egg-sperm binding in the sea star (starfish).

 

Brief biography of Burl Yearwood

byearwood@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5755

M202A

Dr. Burl Yearwood obtained his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Yearwood obtained his PhD degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. His research dealt with the preparation of precursors for the production of semi-conductors. Dr. Yearwood also investigated the type of compounds formed between organo-aluminum compounds and organic sulfur and selenium complexes.

Dr. Yearwood conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Kentucky. His research dealt with the formation and study of the tetrafluoroaluminate ion (which can act as a phosphate mimic in the body). Dr. Yearwood also looked at the synthesis and characterization of organotin compounds, and their as biocidal agents in marine paints

Dr. Yearwood is currently the chairperson of the Natural Sciences Department at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). He has taught Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, and Introductory Chemistry at LaGuardia. Presently his research deals with the analysis of environmental toxins in Newtown Creek River, a Superfund site, in Long Island City.

Dionne A. Miller

dmiller@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5741

M214

Dionne A. Miller is an assistant professor of chemistry in the Natural Sciences Department of LaGuardia Community College.  She received her PhD in Physical Chemistry from the CUNY Graduate School and University Center in 2008.  Her dissertation was titled “Optical Properties of Solid Thin Films by Spectroscopic Reflectometry and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry”.  Dr Miller’s current research interests are in the optical properties of nanoshell thin films and how the elucidation of these properties will influence the design of applications involving these particular nanoparticles.   

She received her B Sc in Chemistry from the University of the West Indies, Mona and also holds postgraduate diplomas in Management Studies from the University of the West Indies, Mona and Technical Education from the University of Technology, Jamaica.

Dr Miller has extensive experience in college teaching.  She held the position of Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Technology, Jamaica from 1996 – 2000 and, while completing her graduate studies, was an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Bronx Community College and the City College of New York.  Dr. Miller is currently the coordinator of the chemistry program and also serves as the coordinator for SCC201: Fundamentals of Chemistry I.  She also has developed and teaches a hybrid online course for SCC201.

Ian Alberts

ialberts@lagcc.cuny.edu

718-482-6183

M221G

Dr. Alberts received his bachelor of science degree in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, UK, and his Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, UK. His PhD research focused on the development of quantum mechanical methods for predicting the properties of small molecular systems.

Dr. Alberts conducted Postdoctoral research at the University of Georgia, USA, and then taught Chemistry and led active research groups as a Lecturer at the Universities of Edinburgh and Stirling, UK. He was also a visiting researcher at the European Bioinformtics Institute in Cambridge, UK, where he worked on computational approaches for simulating protein-ligand complexes.

Dr. Alberts has significant experience working in the area of Computational Chemistry in the commercial environment. At De Novo Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, UK and Schrödinger in NYC, he was Principal Scientist and led research teams focused on the development and application of state-of-the-art methodology for Computational Drug Discovery.

Dr. Alberts was appointed to the Faculty in the Natural Sciences Department at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) in September 2011. He currently teaches Organic Chemistry, Fundamentals of Chemistry II, Introductory Chemistry and Foundations of Chemistry at LaGuardia. His research work involves application of computational drug discovery methods to design potential new drug candidates for targets of therapeutic interest, including tyrosine kinases, GPCR’s, matrix metalloproteases and metabolic enzymes. He also collaborates with external research groups on projects focused on simulation of biological systems, such as membrane proteins, DNA polymerases and key biopolymers.

Iván O. Rivera-Torres 

irivera@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5202

M217

Iván O. Rivera-Torres was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 22, 1973.  He received his B.S. degree in Biology (1996) from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.  He completed the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biochemistry (Membrane Protein NMR) both from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of the Yeshiva University in New York in August 2004 and May 2000, respectively, under the mentorship of Prof. Mark E. Girvin.  In late 2007, IO Rivera-Torres received a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biochemistry from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and worked a season in the laboratory of Prof. Shimon Schuldiner.

IO Rivera Torres was Adjunct Associate Professor in the Biology Department of the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hostos Community College - CUNY.  At the present time, IO Rivera-Torres is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York.

For further details of Dr. Rivera’s work, please follow the LaGuardia website link below.

http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/irivera/ 

Janet Gonzalez

jagonzalez@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 349-4082

E200I

Nalband Hussain 

nhussain@lagcc.cuny.edu 

718 482-5207 

M210 

Dr. Hussain received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Poona, India. He conducted research involving the synthesis and characterization of new heterocyclic compounds. He conducted post-doctoral research at The Ohio State University on poly aromatic hydrocarbons and their mechanism of action as carcinogens. Dr. Hussain has taught Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, and Introductory Chemistry at LaGuardia. He currently conducts research in Natural Products and also synthesis of Anti-oxidants. Before joining La Guardia he was Sub. Associate Professor of Chemistry at Lehman College (CUNY) and worked as Research Scientist at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals for 6 yrs prior to the teaching.  

Research Activities of Professor Nalband Hussain 

Philippe Mercier

pmercier@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5940

M221B

Jaime Nieman

niemanja@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-5754

M206

Jaime Nieman holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from CUNY. His research interests are focused on laser-induced photochemistry and spectroscopy, as well as on reactions using atomic and molecular beams. He has published papers in these fields and he is also the co-inventor of a patent titled “Laser Initiated Chain Reactions for Producing a Sintered Product”. He has been a Visiting Scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and a Research Associate at the Laser Institute of Brooklyn College. Jaime has worked in industry and has consulted for both industry and government.      

Jaime spent a year as a Visiting Associate Professor at the CUNY Graduate School in the Chemistry Department. Since 1991 he has been at LaGuardia Community College. He has taught General Chemistry, Biological Chemistry and Topics in Chemistry. He currently coordinates and teaches the Fundamental of Physics sequence (SCP201 and SCP202) as well as Topics in Physical Science (SCP101).

James Frost 

jamesf@lagcc.cuny.edu 

718 349-4046 

M208 

Dr. Frost received a Bachelor of Sciences degree in mathematics and physics from The City College of New York (CUNY) and a Master of Science and a PhD. degree in physics from New York University.  Dr. Frost has taught mathematics, physics, and computer science at New York University, Lehman College (CUNY), Medgar Evers College (CUNY), and at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria (4 years) before coming to LaGuardia. Dr. Frost is currently conducting research at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies on the campus of Columbia University. His research interests are Polarimetry studies of aerosols in the earth’s atmosphere and aerosol studies of Jupiter’s stratosphere. Dr. Frost is also the coordinator of the physical science courses in the Natural Sciences Department.

Research Interests of Dr. Frost  

John Toland

jtoland@lagcc.cuny.edu

718 482-6005

M215