Michael Ward
Zhihua An	Galia Maayan	Jeffrey Rimer	Brian Olmsted
Airon Soegiarto	Claire Lee	Yuzhou Liu
Wah Yan	Mike Lee	Soolim Lee	Billy Hickling

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 Short 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    Zhihua An Email: za6@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 Ph.D. M.Chem. Short Research Description: Design of functional materials through the utilisation of intermolecular interactions, primarily charge-assisted hydrogen bonding in the formation of a molecular capsule. Galia Maayan Email: gm92@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 Ph.D. (2006) Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel M.S. (2001) Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel B.S. (1999) Chemistry, Tel-aviv University, Israel Short Research Description: Peptoid and polymer biomimetic architectures incorporating metal complexes. Jeffrey Rimer Email: jr181@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 Ph.D. (2006) Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE B.S. (2001) Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO B.S. (2001) Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA Short Research Description: Adhesion at calcium oxalate crystal surfaces to understand the mechanism of kidney stone disease.  Graduate Students    Brian K. Olmsted Email: bko204@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 B.S. (1998) Chemistry, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN Short Research Description: Crystal epitaxy and polymorphism. Airon Soegiarto Email: acs443@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 B.S. (2004) Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University Short Research Description: Design of functional materials through the control of molecular aggregation in the guanidium organosulfonate crystal network. 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 Short Research Description: Crystallization and polymorphism. 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.  Undergraduate Students    Wah Yan Email: wah.yan@gmail.com Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 Short Research Description: Mike Lee Email: mhl277@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 Short Research Description: Soolim Lee Email: sl1536@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 Short Research Description: Billy Hickling Hofstra University 2008 NYU CCNY SESMI REU Student Email: bh843@nyu.edu Phone: (212) 992-8676 Fax: (212) 995-4895 Short Research Description: Highschool Students     Chelsea Powell Spence School Harry Oppenheimer