John Jay Science Dept Faculty

Selman A. Berger, Ph.D.
	University of Connecticut (1969). Professor of Chemistry, Chairperson. Research: Equilibrium studies of solvent extractions of transition metals using organic chelating agents, particularly 1,2-diketone-mono and di-2-azaaryl hydrazones.

Anthony Carpi, Ph.D.
	Cornell University (1997). Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology. Research: 1) Atmospheric and environmental chemistry including the use of cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectroscopy for the trace analysis of mercury transport and cycling in the environment. 2) The application of forensic investigative techniques to environmental protection, especially related to source attribution of environmental pollutants and the development of genetic assays using PCR and capillary electrophoresis for the identification of environmental pathogens.

Peter R. De Forest, D.Crim.
	University of California at Berkeley (1969). Professor of Criminalistics.

Diana Friedland, Ph.D.
	Ph. D., City University of New York (1999), Physical Chemistry Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
	General Area of Research: Physical Biochemistry/Biophysical Chemistry Methodologies and Techniques: Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions/Enzymology/Fluorescence Spectroscopy/Biochemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics. Current Research: Mechanism of Action of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins (RIPs): Applications to Anti-viral Therapy and Bioterrorism Toxins

Yi He, Ph. D.
	City University of New York , 2005 Assistant Professor of Chemistry
	My research interests are mainly focused on three areas: (1) development of novel sample preparation methods and their application to solve the real world problems encountered in forensic and environmental laboratories, (2) general separation techniques, and (3) investigation of arsenic in food and environmental samples. My research project usually covers more than one area in the field of chemistry, forensic toxicology and environmental science.

Irvin Heard, Jr., M.S
	Howard University (1980). Lecturer in Physics.

James J. Horan, M.S.
	John Jay College (1974). Lecturer in Forensic Science.

Lawrence Kobilinsky, Ph.D.
	City University of New York (1977). Professor of Biology and Immunology. Research: DNA analysis for identification purposes. Specifically: RFLP, PCR (VNTR and STR), and AMPFLPs. Methods include fragment length analysis, SNP detection, and sequencing.

Ali Kocak, Ph.D.
	The City University of New York (1998). Assistant Professor of Analytical and Physical Biochemistry. Research: “The Role of Vibrational Spectroscopy in Modern Forensic Science Research” Determining the distribution of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs in hair samples utilizing Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) and infrared imaging techniques.

Thomas A. Kubic, J.D.
	St. John’s University (1979). Instructor in Forensic Chemistry. Research: The application of light and electron microscopy as well as vibrational and atomic spectroscopy to the analysis of trace materials of milligram and microgram amounts.

Henrietta Margolis Nunno, Ph.D., J.D.,
	Ph.D.: City University of New York (1978); J. D.: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (1998). Assistant Professor of Biology. Research: Forensic DNA analysis including the development of new methods for the profiling of low copy number (LCN) DNA samples and studies on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence heteroplasmy.

Nicholas D. K. Petraco Ph.D.
	University of Georgia (2002) Research: Computational Quantum Chemistry of Forensically Important Molecules
	Many Body Theory Mathematical Physics Representation Theory Web page: http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/npetraco/mywebpage.html

Gloria Proni, Ph.D

Anne-Marie Sapse, Ph.D.
	City University of New York (1969). Professor of Chemistry.

Francis X. Sheehan, B.S
	John Jay College (1980). Lecturer in Criminalistics.

Richard Stripp, Ph.D

Margaret M. Wallace, Ph.D.
	City University of NewYork (1997). Assistant Professor of Biology. Research: Development of an immuno-magneto extraction procedure for the isolation of human spermatozoa from forensic samples; application of real-time PCR to human ABO bloodgroup typing; identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and development of high throughput (MALDI-TOF and Biochip) DNA analysis systems.

Adjunct Professors
Nicholas Petraco M.S.
	CUNY John Jay College (1979) Research: Novel Approaches To Trace Evidence Analysis Construction Of Databases For Use With Statistical Methods In Forensic Science Web page: http://petracoconsulting.com/

Ron Pilette, Ph.D

Sandra Swenson, Ed.M