Group Leader  

Michael D. Ward
Email: mdw3@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 998-8439
Fax: (212) 995-4895

Ph.D. (1981) Chemistry, Princeton University
B.A. (1977) Chemistry, William Paterson College of New Jersey

Professor
Molecular Design Institute
Department of Chemistry
New York University
100 Washington Square East, Room 1001
New York, NY 10003-6688

Research Description: Synthesis of molecular materials and crystal engineering, physical and electronic properties of molecular solids, nucleation and growth of organic and protein crystals, scanning probe microscopy and interfacial phenomena.

Publications


 Postdoctoral Associates  
David Ehre
Email: de33@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

Ph.D. (2008) Materials, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
M.Sc. (2003) Materials Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
B.Sc. (2000) Materials Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Research Description: Investigation of crystallization and polymorphism of organic materials using levitated particles.
Hwa-Sung Lee
Email: hl47@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

Ph.D. (2009) Chemical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea
M.S. (2006) Chemical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea
B.S. (2004) Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea

Research Description: Chemical modification of graphite surface through the adhesion of Ru-catalysis.
Trina Mandal
Email: tm1454@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

Ph.D. (2010) Inorganic Chemistry, Rice University,Houston, TX
M.Sc. (2005) Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
B.Sc. (2003) Chemistry, Presidency College, Kolkata, India

Research Description: Study of crystal growth mechanisms using Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy.
Daniele Musumeci
Email: daniele.musumeci@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

Ph.D. (2009) Supramolecular Chemistry, Sheffield University, England
B.S & M.S. (2005) Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universita di Catania, Italy

Research Description: Study of pharmaceutical amorphous compounds by Atomic Force Microscopy and microdiffractometry to elucidate the amorphous-to-crystal mechanism and to understand the causes of the process.

 Graduate Students  
Qi Jiang
Email: qj213@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

M.S. (2006) Physical Chemistry, Nanjing University, China

Research Description: Mesoscale materials design and polymorphism selectivity with nanoporous confinement.

Claire Lee
Email: chl287@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

B.S. (2002) Chemistry, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

Research Description: Crystallization and polymorphism.


Yuzhou Liu
Email: yl598@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

M.S./B.S. (2006) Organic Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Research Description: Framework manipulation of hydrogen bond structures of guanidinium sulfonate salts in search of functional host frameworks which can be used for gas sorption, separation, heterogeneous catalysis and so on.

Pengcheng Song
Email: ps1381@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

M.S. (2007) Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
B.S. (2004) Fundmental Science (Math and Physicis), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Research Description: Soft mater crystallization and 2D packing.

Wenchang Xiao
Email: wx233@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895

B.S. (2009) Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, HeFei, China

Research Description: Design functional materials through guanidium-sulfonate network, and explore applications of such material.



 Undergraduate Students   

Jinju Yi
Email: jjy236@gmail.com
Phone: (212) 992-8676
Fax: (212) 995-4895


Research Description:Molecular capsules in hydrogen-bonded guanidinium sulfonate frameworks.




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