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CHARLES MICHAEL DRAIN
Hunter College of the City University of New York
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Phone: (212)650-3791 Fax: (212)772-5332 E-mail: CDRAIN@hunter.cuny.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1984-1988: Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA. Thesis title: Methane Evolution
from Methyl-coenzyme-M Induced by a Simple Nickel(II) Complex, and the
Synthesis and Characterization of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(2,6-diaminophenyl)
porphyrin. Barry B. Corden, advisor.
B.A. 1980: University of Missouri at St. Louis
EXPERIENCE
• Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Professor 2004-present
Associate Professor 2000-2004
Assistant Professor 1996-1999
• Adjunct Faculty, The Rockefeller University 1996-present
• Head of the Nanotechnology & Materials Chemistry Ph.D. program at CUNY 2002-2014
1993-1995 Research Associate in the laboratory of Dewey Holten, Department of Chemistry at
Washington University, St. Louis
1991-1993: Guest Investigator in the Laboratoire Supramoléculaire of Jean-Marie Lehn,
Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (on leave from Rockefeller Univ.)
1988-1991 Postdoctoral Associate in the Photobiology & Photophysics laboratory of David
Mauzerall at the Rockefeller University, New York
1983-1984 Promoted to Lab Manager at MIDCO Products Inc., St. Louis. Two patents resulted
from work during this time.
1981-1983 R&D Chemist at MIDCO Products, Inc., St. Louis
AWARDS & HONORS
2015: nominated for: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and
Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)
2012: Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor in the Sciences at Hunter College, I3 project
2007: L. Stokes Alliance Mentoring Award, for Diana Samaroo, Ph.D.
2004: New York Academy of Sciences, “Science in the City” honoree
2001: Foresight Institute Feynman Prize Finalist, in Nanotechnology
1997: Eugene Lang Junior Faculty Development Award, Hunter College: for promising
junior faculty research
1996: Schuster Award, CUNY: for outstanding efforts in teaching

1996: Presidential Faculty Incentive & Teaching Award, Hunter College: for developing an
integrated math, physics, biology, and chemistry course for ‘at risk’ high school
students
1994: Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Missouri, St. Louis (Chemistry)
1994: Bioelectrochemical Society award to young investigators at Gordon Research
Conference in Irsee, Germany. “Electrostatics inside membranes”
1992: Inst. Biophysics, Szeged Hungary Distinguished Lecture series: 2-day course in
biological energy transduction
1991: Chateaubriand Fellowship, sponsored by the French Embassy
1990: Student Presentation Award: 10th International Biophysics Congress, Vancouver,
Canada
1989: Galvani Prize: Bioelectrochemical Society, Pont-à-Mousson, France. “Photogating
of ionic currents across lipid bilayers”
1988: Scholarship to the International School of Biophysics, Erice, Italy
1985: duPont Fellowship for Academic Excellence: Tufts University, Medford
1978-80: MIDCO Products Inc. Academic Scholarship, University of Missouri at St. Louis
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Memberships: American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
New York Academy of Sciences
Editorial Boards: (1) Analytical Chemistry Insights http://www.la-
press.com/journal.php?pa=editorial_board&journal_id=1 (2) E-Journal of Chemistry
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/chem/editors/
Regular reviewer for : J. Am. Chem. Soc., Inorg. Chem., Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg., Chem.
Commun., Chem Rev,. Tet. Lett., N. J. Chem., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., Biophys.
J., Chem. Euor. J., Langmuir, Nano Lett., Org. Lett., Combi. Chem., J. Phys. Chem. J.
Porph. Phthal., Dalton Trans., Perkin Trans., Eur. J. Org. Chem., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.,
Chem. Lett., Syn. Lett., Chem. Mater., Syn. Metals, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA; Israel.
J. Chem. Nano Lett., ACS Nano, Photochem. Photobiol. J. Mater. Chem. I reviewed
75 papers or chapters in 2014
Textbook consultant: “General Chemistry, 2nd Ed.” J.W. Hill & R.H. Petrucci, Prentice-Hall, NY,
1999.
Proposal Review - ad hoc or panels: NIH (SBIR, SCORE); NSF (CAREER, chemistry, MRSEC, NSEC
SBIR); Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, PSC-CUNY, Dreyfus, and
Research Corp.
Consultant:
2001- Board member: Foundation Antoine Saugrain; an American-French foundation for
the development of technologies to improve the health of the urban poor – mostly
in terms of environmental toxicants, e.g. lead paint
2002-2006: Kava Technologies, Inc. on the medical and industrial applications of porphyrinoid
compounds and materials

2003: Meera Technologies on the applications of self-assembled materials and
nanotechnology, nanolithography
1996-1998: Midco Products Co., Inc. on formulations of industrial and commercial products,
especially dyes, perfumes, and veterinary products.
Meeting, Symposia & Workshop Organizer for:
2013: Hunter workshop on arts across the curriculum
2008: International Conference on Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines IV, Moscow, Russia.
2006: International Conference Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines III, New Orleans, Louisiana
symposium: “Molecular Photonic Materials”
2005: Pacifichem meeting in Honolulu Hawaii, symposium: “Self-Assembled Photonic
Materials” Editor of ACS Symposium Series book based on this symposium.
2004: International Conference Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines II, Kyoto, Japan.
symposium: “Porphryinic Materials”
2001: Symposium: “Connecting to the Nano World,” and Workshop: “NanoScience in a
Mega City” October 19-20, 2001 at Hunter College.
1998: “Materials for the 21st Century & Beyond” cover story of the June 8th 1998 issue of
Chemical & Engineering News “Materials to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges
Workshop participant: Inorganic Chemistry (NSF, 1999); Nanotechnology and the Future (NIST,
2001); A workshop to devise and suggest topics and review mechanisms for NIH support of issues
concerning Nanotechology & Biology (2003); Graduate education, research, and training (NSF.
2004); IGERT workshop on graduate education and training (NSF 2012).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Undergraduate: General Chemistry (I & II), Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, Inorganic
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biophysics Lab, Honors Research, Science 200 (introduction to
scientific methods, presentations, ethics, etc.)
Graduate (Ph.D. level): Inorganic Chemistry, Introduction to Nanotechnology, Seminar Chair or co-
chair Nanotechnology & Materials Chemistry (for last six years),
COLLABORATIONS
1. Lynn Francesconi (Hunter) and I have collaborated for 10 years on various inorganic
chemistry projects and radiochemistry, especially using polyoxometalates
2. Self-assembly and self-organization of H-bond supramolecular porphyrin materials on
surfaces. Collaboration with J.-M. Lehn (Univ. of Strasburg, France). The goal is to examine
the role of molecular dynamics on the morphology of supramolecular porphyrin materials.
3. SPM of (metallo)porphyrins and assemblies of (metallo)porphyrins on a variety of surfaces.
Collaboration with J. D. Batteas (Texas A & M). The goal is to probe the photonic properties
of single molecules and supramolecular materials of these chromophores as a function of
surface, mode of attachment, and organization.
4. Solar cell design and assessment, nanoparticle characterization in collaboration with Chuck
Black and the center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Labs.
5. Probing the mechanism of self-assembly of porphyrinic systems on surfaces. Collaboration
with G. Flynn (Columbia). The goal is to examine the kinetics of self-assembled porphyrin
arrays (both metal ion and H-bond assembled) on surfaces from their component parts to
probe surface and dimensionality effects on self-organizing processes.

6. Photophysical properties of porphyrins and porphyrinoids compounds in collaboration with
C.-Y Nam (Brookhaven National Labs) and in terms of 2-photon microscopy with Sushmita
Mukherjee (Weill Cornell).
7. Dye sensitized solar cells collaboration with M. Durstok at Air Force research labs.
8. Work with I. Goldberg (Univ. Tel Aviv) continues on the comparisons between solution
structure to surface structure to crystal structure and how to correlate these.
RESEARCH GRANTS
CurrentA
2012: NSF Collaborative Grant: Molecular electronics in Confined Spaces, CM Drain and JD
Batteas, Texas A&M
2010: NSF IGERT: Lynn Francesoni (PI), co-PIs: CM Drain, Jason Lewis, Pamela Mills, Sylvia
Jurison
2010: NSF MRI: 400 MHz NMR, Lynn Francesconi (PI), co-PIs: CM Drain, Nancy
Greenbaum, Matthew Devaney
2008: NSF, Hierarchical Photonic Materials
Previous over $2,900,000 including:
2008: NIH Clinical Translational Research (CTSC) subcontract with Cornell Medical School,
($170,000/ 1 year) Porphyrin Therapeutics and Tags
2004-2008 NIH, (S01) Combinatorial Chemistry of Porphyrins (550K/year, 4 years)
2002-2005: NSF, Hierarchical Self-Organization of Photonic Materials ($380,000/3 years)
1998-2002: NSF CAREER award, Supramolecular Photonic Materials (440,000/4 years)
1999-2005: NSF, IGERT (Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Training Research, Co-PI with D.
Akins at City College and J.D. Batteas then at College of Staten Island. A (~$100K
supplement was given fall, 2004). Ca. $300,000 went to Hunter college students
2005: NIH, Purchase of a High Resolution TOF Mass Spectrometer ($411K) w/ C. Soll
2005: NSF MRI, Purchase of a MALDI Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer ($423K)
• Others: NIH (S01, $680K); Israel-US Binational (co PI I Goldberg, U. Tel Aviv, $300K); DoD
(Infrastructure, D. Goss coPI, $280K).
• Co-PI on instrumentation and other grants (not included in above sum): NSF, for a CCD X-
ray; NSF, for a ESI mass spectrometer; NIH 500 MHz NMR with cryo probe; NIH for a
confocal microscope; NSF for a XPS; SBIR, phase I, with Kava Technologies
Pending
2015: NIH, Detection and treatment of Head and Neck Cancer (PI)
2015: NSF, new photonic materials by bottom-up self-assembly (PI)
2016: NSF, NRT: Radiochemistry: Educating Stewards of the Discipline
SERVICE to Hunter College and the City University of New York
2013-present: Chair, Department of Chemistry, Hunter College
2001-present: member of the CUNY Ph.D. program’s executive committee
2009-2013 CUNY chemistry doctoral student admissions committee
2008: chair of the CUNY chemistry doctoral student admissions committee
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Abbreviations: N.I.H. = National Institutes of Health; N.S.F. = National Science Foundation; N.I.S.T. = National
Institute of Standards & Technology; PSC = Professional Staff Congress (CUNY’s Union); DOD = Department of
Defense; SBIR = Small Business Investigative Research;

2002-present: Chair or co-chair of the Nanotechnology & Materials Chemistry sub-discipline in the
Chemistry Ph.D. program at CUNY
2006-2008: restructuring of the doctoral programs in the sciences at CUNY: reorganization of
the support, administration, and the education/training of doctoral programs in
chemistry, biology, physics, and biochemistry
2006-2008: CUNY Advanced Science Center design and implementation advisory panel
2006-2007: CUNY science ethics and misconduct review panel
2002-present: Steering committee for the CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies
2004-present: CUNY Center for Advanced Technologies: photonics member.
2001-present: Hunter College Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry “Personnel & Budget
Committee” (tenure, promotion, budget, etc.)
2001-present: CUNY Ph.D. program in Chemistry Executive Committee (administers the Ph.D.
program in chemistry for the consortia of CUNY schools)
2002-2007: Hunter College Research Centers at Minority Insitutions (RCMI) steering, recruiting
and facilities committees
2001: Developed “Introduction to Nanotechnology” a required graduate level course for
the new discipline, vide infra, serve as pedagogical consultant for the course
1999: Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry Ph.D. program: Though conceived as an
interdisciplinary program, we introduced it as a discipline in chemistry as it is the
most facile way to get a new program started at CUNY. The intent is to eventually
make the Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry Program semi-autonomous so
that students from any of the sciences and engineering can freely participate in a
truly interdisciplinary program without the restrictions imposed by any one of the
traditional science and engineering programs. Thus, they can tailor their courses
and research to their interests and needs in nanotechnology. > 40 students are
enrolled in the NMC Program as of the Fall, 2007 semester.
1999: Established the annual “Hunter College Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Award,”
and the Antoine Saugrain Lecture/Award, both sponsored by the Foundation A.
Saugrain.
For example, the 1999 recipient of the Alumni Award was Alice Stoll and included a
lunch discussion on the changing roles of women in chemistry from the perspective
of “Five Generations of Women in Chemistry at Hunter College.” Recipients of the
A. Saugrain Award include Nobel Laureates and other world-renown scientists.
1998: Assisting in the development of new physical and analytical chemistry laboratories;
my focus is on materials science. Six new state-of-the-art experiments have been
put together, or are under development.
1997: Developed a course on Supramolecular Chemistry for CUNY. Several of these
lectures have been incorporated into my graduate and undergraduate courses.
1996: Participant in a pilot study to redesign undergraduate junior year evaluations at
CUNY. These obligatory exams are a crucial step for undergraduates.
1997: Developed curriculum entitled “Investigations in Chemistry,” an integrated science
and math curriculum for academically ‘at risk’ high school students with Hunter
College masters in education student
1989: Volunteer teacher of an advanced course for seniors entitled “Chemistry & Physics
of Some Biological Systems” at Xavier High School, New York
1989: Symposium Organizer: “Biological Charge Transfer: from Photosynthesis to
Physiology” at The Rockefeller University, New York

Ad Hoc Committees: Present: Graduate general exam; Graduate thesis (at CUNY, Columbia,
Rockefeller, Rutgers, & Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands, University of Strasburg, France);
Previous: Hunter College Senate, 1996, departmental seminar, Fall 1996; Undergraduate teaching;
CORE course advisory committee
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
2015
• Univ. Maryland, Baltimore County: “New Biomedical Directions in Porphyrin and
Phthalocyanine Chemistry”
• Univ. Minnesota, Duluth: “Self-Organized Porphyrin & Phthalocyanine Materials”
• Stockton University: “Photophysics of Porphyrinoids for Diverse Applications”
• Strasburg, France: “20 years of Supramolecular Photonics and Chemistry at Hunter College”
2014
• Tufts University: “New Dyes for Theranostics”
• RTRN network: “Photophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of a Chlorin, Isobacteriochlorin
and Bacteriochlorin for Photodynamic Theragnostics: Discovery of a Two-photon-absorbing
Photosensitizer”
• International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanine, Istanbul Turkey “Hierarchical
and hybrid porphyrinoid photonic materials self-organized by coordination chemistry”
• Univ. Maryland, Baltimore County “New Biomedical Directions in Porphyrin and
Phthalocyanine Chemistry”
• SUNY Old Westbury “New Biomedical Directions in Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine
Chemistry”
• Long Island University, Brooklyn
2013
• Cancer Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference: Efficacy of Self-organized
Nanoparticles of Photodynamic Therapeutics
• Cambridge University, UK: Self-organized porphyrin and phthalocyanine materials
• RTRN/CTSC Network (Research Centers at Minority Institutions Translational Research
Network / Clinical Translational Science Center): Porphyrinoids forn new directions in
cancer biochemistry, detection, and therapy (broadcast via Internet-2 to 20 institutions
across the USA)
2012
• AGEP Lecture Graduate Center CUNY: Glycosylated Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines, and
Chlorins for Photodynamic Therapy, Imaging, and Biochemistry
• 245th ACS National Meeting and Exposition April 7-11, 2013
(1) Tailoring Graphene Based Electronics. C. Carpenter, C. Chang, C. Drain, J. Batteas
(2) Studies of charge transport in tunable molecular assemblies on surfaces, James Batteas,
Brad Ewers, Alison Pawlicki, Chi-Yuan Chang, Charles Drain
• 244th ACS National Meeting August 19-23, 2012
745 - Facile synthesis of a flexible tethered porphyrin dimer that preferentially binds C70 over
C60. Authors: Matthew Jurow, Chris Farley, Cesar Pabon, Brian Hageman, Aaron Dolor,
Charles Michael Drain

581 - Glycosylated porphyrins, phthalocyanines, and related systems for therapies,
diagnostics, and imaging. Authors: Charles Michael Drain, Sunaina Singh, Amit Aggarwal
547 - Axial metal-oxygen bonding to graphene oxide. Authors: Matthew Jurow, Charles M
Drain, Ivana Radivojevic
354 - Synthetically facile, acyclic porphyrin dimer selectively binds [70]fullerene over
[60]fullerene. Authors: Matthew Jurow, Christopher Farley, Cesar Pabon, Brian
Hageman, Aaron Dolor, Charles Drain
310 - Greener synthesis of subphthalocyanines using microwave heating. Authors: David
Nissenbaum, Chris McConnell, Matthew Jurow, Dr. Charles Drain
129 - Lithography of polymer nanostructures on glass for teaching polymer chemistry and
physics Authors: Jennifer M Vance, Charles Michael Drain, Adi Sahar-Halbany *
*Over 50 students at Hunter College and several high school groups have successfully stamped
patterns using this method simple and inexpensive method that uses CD roms, C-clamps, and a
microscope. This has greatly enhanced science and non –science majors’ appreciation for the
power of supramolecular chemistry, polymers, nanotechnology, and surface science.
• International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 7. Jeju Korea. Self-organized
porphyrin and phthalocyanine materials, New glycosylated porphyrinoids for biomedical
applications
2011
• 2011, Solar Fuels Gordon Conference: Phthalocyanine Blends in Organic Solar Cells
• 2011, University of Montreal: Commercially Viable Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines on
Surfaces in Devices
• 2011, University at Sherbrook: Commercially Viable Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines on
Surfaces in Devices
• 2011, American chemical Society: Commercially Viable Dyes and Self-Organized Films for
Photonics Applications
· 2011, McMasters University: Phthalocyanine Blends in Organic Solar Cells
2010
• International Conference of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Taos: keynote speaker, Self-
Organized Porphyrin & Phthalocyanine Materials
• American Chemical Society, Fall meeting in Boston: Lecture on line at: Mutlifunctional
porphyrinoids for breast cancer detection and thereapy, ACS webcast:
Bostonhttp://www.softconference.com/ACSchem/player.asp?PVQ=GLHF&fVQ=FFIEIM&hV
Q=
• University of Connecticut, Storrs: Supramolecular Photonic Materials
• University of Wyoming: Commercially Viable Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines on Surfaces in
Devices
• Brookhaven National Laboratories
• Pacific Rim Chemical Societies, Honolulu
• Exxon/Mobil, NJ
TEACHING

In terms of high school chemistry, I have developed two chemistry/science courses. Together
with a Hunter College education graduate student, Z. Zbaida, class of 1997, we developed a year-
long course in science for New York City high school students considered ‘at risk’ (at risk of not
graduating for a variety of reasons such as age limits, disciplinary problems, etc.). The overall
approach of this course is to begin with an oftentimes dramatic demonstration followed by
discussion of what was observed, hypotheses on the causes of the phenomenon, and then a
discussion of the science underlying the demonstration and the reformation of development of a
new hypothesis. This class has been taught in a high school in Brooklyn for 3 or 4 years with the
hopes that it can be used in other New York City high schools for classes of at risk students. In
2007 we updated the materials. The second course is a lab course developed at Xavier High School
that focuses on both biochemical and materials chemistry.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Year Name, discipline (supported by) present employment
Current
2010: Christopher Farley (nano)
2011: Travis Shafer (IGERT student, Memorial Sloan Kettering)
2012: Junior GonzalesB (IGERT, organic)
2013: Waqar Rizvi (organic)
Past
2000: Xianchang Gong, Anal. (NSF) Started his own biotech business
2001: Xinxu Shi, org. (NSF) Memorial Sloan Kettering
2001: Fotis Nifiatis, physical org. (NSF)A Prof. Montclair State
2002: Tatjana Milic, anal./nano (NSF) Albany Molecular Research
2004: Xin Chen, biochem. (NIH) Arvinas, Inc.
2004: Kai Cheng, org. (NSF) N. Shore Hospital, NY
2005: Chang Xu, polymer (NSF, NIST, Israel-US) U. Mass Amherst
2005: James Helt, polymer (IGERT, NSF, NIST) entrepreneur, US Aerospace
2006: Alexander Falber, inorg. (NSF, IGERT) founder, Algae Enterprises, Australia
2007: Diana Samaroo,B biochem (AMP, IGERT, NSF) Prof. NYC Tech.
2007: Gabriela Smeureanu, anal. (NSF) Lecturer, CUNY
2008: Giorgio Bazzan, anal. (NSF) Staff scientist, Air Force Labs
2009: Alessandro Varotto, nano (NSF) Loyola Marymount University
2009: Sebastian Thompson Parga,B biochem. (NIH) visiting Prof. Northwestern Univ.
2010: Jennifer Vance, nano (CUNY) Prof. LaGuardia Community College
2010: Ivana Radivojevic, Nano (NSF) Visitn Prof. Boston College
2011: Amit Aggarwal, anal. (NSF) Prof. LaGuardia Comm. Col.
2011: Sunaina Singh, org. (NSF) Prof. LaGuardia Comm. College
2011: Jacopo Samson, Nano (NSF) Lecturer CUNY
2012: Matthew Jurow, nano (NSF) consultant
2016: Matthew Wall, nano (NSF IGERT) post-doc U. Washington
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Dr. Nifiatis won the 1998 Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award in Nanotechnology for his contribution
to the work on the nonameric porphyrin array: http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT6/release.html
B
Underrepresented minority,

MASTERS STUDENTS
2013-2015: David ArenivarB
POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS
Year Name, (supported by, location) present employment
2000-2001: O. Athilakshmi (NSF, Rockefeller) U. IL, Urbana
2000-2002: Isabelle Sylvain (NIH, Hunter) returned to France, Elf
2000-2003: Ning Chi (Israel-US, Hunter, Staten Island) teaching at Rutgers
2002-2004: Jayne Garno (CUNY, NRC Fellow at NIST) Faculty, LA State U.*
2005-2007: Mikki Vinodu (NIH, CUNY) Faculty, Kuwait University
2007-2008: Joao Tome (NIH) Faculty, Univ. Averio, Portugal
20010-2013: Xinxu Shi Memorial Sloan Kettering
2013-present: Dinesh K Bhupathiraju
Other lab members
2005: Visiting Professor: Greg Edens, Long Island University (NIH, Rockefeller)
2002-2003: Technician: Sandeep Patel, Ph.D. from GA Tech., NIH strategic planning
2010-2012: Technician: Brian Hageman
*Prof. Garno won a 2009 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists & Engineers, the highest
honor given by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers at the beginning of their careers,
worked with Dr. James Batteas at NIST
Undergraduate Researchers
Name Post-CUNY
Alex Vasenko Co-authorship Dentist
Venessa RutaA Co-authorship Ph.D. Rockefeller U. Postdoc Columbia
Elizabeth ManejiasB Physician (SUNY Stony Brook)
Melissa BaileyB Ph.D. SUNY
Lisa Robinson Ph.D.
Vinita Tiwari Physician
Suhel Ahmed Physician
Kareem Eldar Physician
Lincoln RolandB Medical School
Bara ReynaB Ph.D., U. Texas, Austin
Dianna SamarooB Co-authorship Ph.D. CUNY, postdoc Cornell
William WootenB BA student, Hunter
Shabnan Nia Co-authorship Masters CUNY
Brent Fabric
Roger LefortB Ph.D. Columbia U.
Milisa HilaireB Ph.D. student, CUNY
Margareta Sorensen Ph.D. student, Rockefeller U.
Reggi Roy Technician at Rockefeller U.
Heather Sommers B Co-authorship Physician
Vladim Avulov Physician
Shawn BarkerB Industry
Randy JacksonB Grad. school U. Conn.
Tatyana Groysman Co-authorship Medical school

Marina Matatova Medical school
Ngee Thai Co-authorship Grad. School
Bassam Saad Medical School
Diran ArijeloyeB Co-authorship ACS Scholar, graduate school
Rachel Alfie Ph.D., U. Mass. Lowell, Chemist Haartz
Corporation
Noemi BelisB
Michael Favilla
Sarnia LaurentB
Gianluca Arianna
Eric MalaveB
Waqar RizviD
Meroz QureshyD
Armond PietrocarloB
Aaron DolorBCD
Raihan SalehCD
Cesar PabonBCD
Nicholas Ravvin
Nicholas Lease
Gabrielle BenitezB
Eric Gervey
David Nissenbaum
Abdul Salam
Viacheslav Manichev
Dillon SooknananB
Peter Vitale
Olivia Monaco
Daniel Hart
Juliya Matolina
Danny Swift
Saul Penaranda
Arman Akter
Gia Berisha
Pablo FigueroaB
Patrick Moy
Mark MarananB
Bibi Begum
Bleron Samarxhiu
Kirran Tiwari
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SPUR, Iona College
SPUR, Fordam Univ.
SPUR, Hunter Coll.
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Finishing BA, part time CUNY
Graduate school
MD-PhD applications in progress
CCNY Engineering
Graduate school CUNY
Pharmacy School
Graduate school
Grad. school UCSF
NYU Chemical engineering
Leadership Alliance support
SPUR, went to Rutgers
SPUR, went to Columbia
Medical school
NC State chemistry
Cornell biochemistry
Rutgers chemistry
Pomona College
Hunter College
HIGH SCHOOL Students (Sponsored by ACS Project Seed, NY Academy of Sciences, Harlem
Children’s Society): Raquel Look, Ben Rothschild, H.A. BodahB (High School Teacher, Dreyfus
Fdn. Partners in Science), Robert Negron,B Avani Kothary, Michelle Li, Anthony Ho, Yelena Shapiro,
Grace Ro, Oliver YangE , Karen Watson, Candido Gude,B Ruchi Bhargava, Samantha Dannenberg,
Sean FeinerE, Raihan Saleh (Sigma Xi first place winner 2008),B,C,D Erik Malave,B,C Gianluca
AirannaB,C (NY Acad. Sci. Ezra Levy High School Science Award – 2009), Kay-Kemakorn

IthisuphalapC (Intel Science Competition finalist, 2010); Parbat Chapagai, Daniel Swift,C,D,E Susmita
Paul, Vahagn Stepanyan, Priscilla VargheseB, Arnold Djondo,B Amior Schmidt (2012-2013), Alei
Rizvi, Nasser GhaffarB and Niles GhaffarB
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Goldwater fellow. Ruta’s Ph.D. thesis is on K+
ion channels in the lab. of Prof. MacKinnon at Rockefeller U.
and she had three papers (two in Nature) and for this work on ion channels, MacKinnon won the 2003
Nobel Prize in chemistry B
Underrepresented minority in STEM, C
Co-author, D
2 or more summers/years,
E
Intel semifinalist
Student Evaluation Summary
Hunter College (undergraduate): “Rating of this instructor compared to all other instructors you
have had at Hunter College.” Average over 5 years for all courses is 4.3 (0=worst to 5=best).
CUNY Graduate Center (graduate level): “Overall assessment of the instructor” Average over 5
years for all courses is 4.6 (0=worst to 5=best).
OTHER ACTIVITIES/OUTREACH
International Year of Chemistry
As part of the celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, graduate student Jacopo Samson
from Hunter College of the City University of New York and I participated in the “pH of the Planet”
experiment with over 250 seventh grade students from Readington Middle School in Hunterdon
County, N. J. During the last week of April, the students brought in water samples from wells,
lakes, rivers, and streams to test the pH. This was written up in the local newspaper and posted on
the American Chemical Society blog on the event. See: “Chemistry Ambassadors put U.S. on the
world map – the Global Water Map”
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=75&content_id=
CNBP_029516&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=67c1ff64-4f0a-4621-ad0a-8d76148baca4
NanoDays 2012
I applied for and received a NanoDays kit. See http://www.nisenet.org/nanodays : “ NanoDays is a
nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering and its
potential impact on the future. NanoDays events are organized by participants in the Nanoscale
Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net)” We did experiments at Holland Brook School in
Readington, NJ with over 50 4th graders and the Middle School with over 160 8th graders. Students
rotated between four stations every 10 minutes so that they could do the following experiments:
(1) make gummy worms by mixing sodium alginate with CaCl2; (2) make a hydrogel from the
sodium polyvinyl acetate; (3) look at the reflection of a dipper rash ointment with large ZnO
particles, which is white, versus nanoparticles of ZnO in sunscreen, which is clear; (4) look at a blue
morpho butterfly versus a yellow moth. (5) steel balls bouncing on stainless steel versus
amorphous metal – the “atomic trampoline.”
PUBLICATIONS & BOOK CHAPTERS
1. W. Rizvi, Charles M. Drain, Patrick Moy, Matthew J. Jurow, “Solventless Synthesis, Separation
and Characterization of Zinc and Free-Base Tetraphenyl Porphyrin” in Comprehensive Organic
Chemistry Experiments for the Laboratory Classroom, Royal Soc. Chem. 2015. ISBN-
10: 1849739633

2. A. Pawlicki, E. Avery, M. Jurow, B. Ewers, A. Vilan, C.M. Drain, J.D. Batteas, J. Phys: Cond. Mat.
2016, 28, 094013, 11pages. “Studies of the Structure and Phase Transitions of Nano-confined
Pentanedithiol and its Applications in Directing Hierarchical Molecular Assemblies on Au(111)"
3. N. V. S. D. K. Bhupathiraju, W. Rizvi, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14,
389-408. "Fluorinated Porphyrinoids as Efficient Platforms for New Photonic Materials,
Sensors, and Therapeutics" Cover article, DOI: 10.1039/C5OB01839K
4. S. Singh, A. Aggarwal, N. V. S. D. K. Bhupathiraju, G. Arianna, K. Tiwari, and C.M. Drain, Chem.
Rev., 2015, 115, 10261-10306. “Glycosylated Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines, and Other
Porphyrinoids for Diagnostics and Therapeutics”
5. A. E. Schuckman, B. W. Ewers, L. H. Yu, J. P. C. Tome, L. M Perez, C. M. Drain, J. G Kushmerick, J.
D. Batteas, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 13569−13579. “Utilizing Nearest-Neighbor Interactions
to Alter Charge Transport Mechanisms in Molecular Assemblies of Porphyrins on Surfaces”
6. T. M. Shaffer, M. A. Wall, S. Harmsen, V. A. Longo, C. M. Drain, M. F. Kircher, J. Grimm, Nano
Lett. 2015, 15, 864-868. "Silica Nanoparticles as Substrates for Chelator-free Labeling of
Oxophilic Radioisotopes"
7. S. Singh, A. Aggarwal, N. V. S. D. K. Bhupathiraju, B. Newton, A. Nafees, R. Gao, C. M. Drain, Tet.
Let. 2014, 55, 6311-6314. "Synthesis and cell phototoxicity of a triply bridged fused diporphyrin
appended with six thioglucose units"
8. T. H. Hasson, A. Takaoka, R. de la Rica, H. Matsui, G. Smeureanu, C. M. Drain, A. Kawamura.
Chem. Biol. Drug Des. 2014, 83, 493–497. “Immunostimulatory Lipid Nanoparticles from Herbal
Medicine”
9. A. Aggarwal, S. Thompson, S. Singh, B. Newton, A. Moore, R. Gao, X. Gu, S. Mukherjee, C.M.
Drain. Photochem. Photobiol. 2014, 90, 419–430. “Photophysics of Glycosylated Derivatives of
a Chlorin, Isobacteriochlorin and Bacteriochlorin for Photodynamic Theragnostics: Discovery of
a Two-photon-absorbing Photosensitizer” DOI: 10.1111/php.12179, PMID:24112086
10. M. Jurow, A. Varotto, V. Manichev, N. A. Travlou, D. A. Giannakoudakis, C. M. Drain, RSC Adv.
2013, 3, 21360–21364, “Self-organized nanostructured materials of alkylated phthalocyanines
and underivitized C60 on ITO” 10.1039/c3ra43795g;
11. M. Jurow, V. Manichev, C. Pabon, B. Hageman, Y. Matolina, C. M. Drain Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52,
10576-10582. “Self-Organization of Zr(IV) Porphyrinoids on Graphene Oxide Surfaces by Axial
Metal Coordination” PMID:24007316
12. I. Radivojevic, B.P. Burton-Pye, R. Saleh, K. Ithisuphalap, L. C. Francesconi, C. M. Drain, RSC Adv.
2013, 3, 2174-2177. “Ternary phthalocyanato Hf(IV) and Zr(IV) polyoxometalate complexes”
PMID:22962625
13. M. J. Jurow, B. A. Hageman, E. DiMasi, C.-Y. Nam, C. Pabon, C.T. Black, C. M. Drain, J. Mater.
Chem. A 2013, 1, 1557–1565. DOI: 10.1039/C2TA00415A. “Controlling Morphology and
Molecular Packing of Alkane Substituted Phthalocyanine Blend Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells”
Cover article. PMID:23589766
14. A. Aggarwal, C. L. McConnell, and C. M. Drain, “Adaptive Organic Nanoparticles of
Porphyrinoids: Synthesis and Applications” in Nanotechnology: Fundamentals, Synthesis and
Characterization, S. Sinha, N. K. Navani, J. N. Govil, Eds. Studium Press LLC, New Delhi,
2013, Vol-2, Chapter-15, pp 429-454.
15. Radivojevic, G. Bazzan, B. P. Burton-Pye, K. Ithisuphalap, R. Saleh, M. F. Durstock, L. C.
Francesconi, C. M. Drain, J. Phy. Chem. C 2012, 116, 15867-15877. "Zirconium(IV) and
Hafnium(IV) Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Complexes as New Dyes for Solar Cell Devices"
PMID:22962625

16. M. Jurow, C. Farley, C. Pabon, B. Hageman, A. Dolor, C. M. Drain, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48,
4731-4733. “Facile synthesis of a flexible tethered porphyrin dimer that preferentially
complexes fullerene C70” PMID: 22488020
17. A. Aggarwal, S. Singh, J. Samson, C. M. Drain, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2012, 23, 1220-1226.
"Adaptive organic nanoparticles of a Teflon coated iron (III) porphyrin catalytically activate
dioxygen for cyclohexene oxidation“ DOI = 10.1002/marc.201200107, PMID: 22517679
18. A. Aggarwal, S. Singh, C.M. Drain, J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 2011, 15, 1–7.
“Nanoaggregates of Mn(III)tetraperfluorophenylporphyrin: a greener approach for allylic
oxidation of olefins”
19. J. Samson, I. Piscopo, A. Yampolski, P. Nahirney, A. Parpas, A. Aggarwal, R. Saleh and C. M.
Drain, Nanomaterials 2011, 1, 64-78. “Fabrication of Size-Tunable Metallic Nanoparticles Using
Plasmid DNA as a Biomolecular Reactor” doi:10.3390/nano1010064
20. A. Aggarwal, S. Singh, Y. Zhang, M. Anthes, D. Samaroo, R. Gao, C.M. Drain Tetrahedron
Lett., 2011, 52, 5456-5459. “Synthesis and photophysics of an octathioglycosylated zinc(II)
phthalocyanine” PMID: 21966031
21. A. Aggarwal, M. Qureshy, J. Johnson, James D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, D. Samaroo, J. Porphyrins
Phthalocyanines 2011, 15, 338–349. “Responsive porphyrinoid nanoparticles: development
and applications”
22. J. Samson, P.C. Nahirney, C.M. Drain, I. Piscopo, Microscopy Today 2011, 19, 38-41.
“Simplifying Electron Diffraction Pattern Identification of Mixed-Material Nanoparticles”
23. S. Singh, A. Aggarwal, C. Farley, B.A. Hageman, J.D. Batteas and C. M. Drain Chem. Commun.
2011. 47, 7134 - 7136 “Hierarchical Organization of a Robust Porphyrin Cage Self-Assembled by
Hydrogen Bonds” PMID: 21614367
24. A. Sahar, J. Vance, C. M. Drain J. Chem. Educ. 2011, 88, 615–618. “Lithography of Polymer
Nanostructures on Glass for Teaching Polymer Chemistry and Physics” YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO80TzL5-vs; PMID: 21686088
25. A. Varotto, G. Smeureanu, A. Aggarwal, C. M. Drain, “Highly Fluorinated Porphyrins: from
Ultra-thin Films to Nanoparticles in Catalysis” in ACS Symposium Series, Fluorine-related
Nanoscience with Energy Applications American Chemical Society, Washington 2011. Chapter
4, pp 55-68.DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1064.ch004
26. G. Bazzan, A. Aggarwal, C. M. Drain “Electrochemical studies of Self-Organized Porphyrin-
Polyoxometalate Films on ITO on Surfaces” in ACS Symposium Series, Interfaces and
Interphases in Analytical Chemistry, R. Helburn, M. F. Vitha, Eds. American Chemical Society,
Washington , 2011 Ch. 7, pp 167-184. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1062.ch007
27. I. Radivojevic, M. Sfeir, C.-Y. Nam, B. P. Burton-Pye, A. Falber, C. T. Black, C. M. Drain, Proc.
IEEE: Solar Energy, 2010, 003280-003284. “Hafnium (IV) and zirconium (IV) porphyrinoid
diacetate complexes as new dyes for solar cells”
28. S. Singh, A. Aggarwal, S. Thompson, J. P. C. Tomé, X. Zhu, D. Samaroo, M. Vinodu, R. Gao, C. M.
Drain, Bioconjugate Chem. 2010, 21, 2136–2146. “Synthesis and photophysical properties of
thioglycosylated- chlorins, isobacteriochlorins and bacteriochlorins for bioimaging and
diagnostics”PMID: 20964323
29. S. Nia, X. Gong, C. M. Drain, M. Jurow, W. Rizvi, M. Qureshy J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines,
2010, 14, 621–629. “Solvent-free synthesis of meso tetraarylporphyrins in air: product diversity
and yield optimization”
30. M. Jurow, A. E. Schuckman, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain Coord. Chem. Revs. 2010 254, 2297–
2310. “Porphyrins as molecular electronic components of functional devices”PMID: 20936084

31. A. Toschi, M. Lee, S. Thompson, N. Gadir, P. Yellen, C.M. Drain, M, Ohh, D.A. Foster, Cancer
Lett. 2010, 72–79. “Phospholipase D-mTORC2 requirement for the Warburg effect in human
cancer cells” PMID:20805015
32. I. Radivojevic, A. Varotto, C. Farley, C.M. Drain Energy Env. Sci. 2010, 3, 1897–1909. Cover
story. “Commercially Viable Porphyrinoid Dyes for Solar Cell Applications”
33. A. Varotto, C.-Y. Nam, I. Radivojevic, J. P. C. Tomé, J.A.S. Cavaleiro, C. T. Black, C. M. Drain J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2552–2554. “Phthalocyanine Blends Improve Bulk Heterojunction
Solar Cells” PMID: 20136126
34. C.M. Drain. S. Singh, “Combinatorial Chemistry of Porphyrins” in The Handbook of Porphyrin
Science with Applications to Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Engineering, Biology and
Medicine, Ch. 15, pp 485-540. World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, 2010.
35. I. Radivojevic, I. Likhtina, X. Shi, S. Singh, C. M. Drain Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1643–1645.
“Self-organized nanofibers and nanorods of porphyrins bearing hydrogen bonding motifs” PMID:
20177602
36. R. de la Rica, S. Thompson, A. Baldi, C. Fernandez-Sanchez, C. M. Drain, H. Matsui, Anal. Chem.
2009, 81, 10167–10171. “Label-Free Cancer Cell Detection with Impedimetric Transducers”
PMID: 19911810
37. G. Smeureanu, A. Aggarwal, C. E. Soll, J. Arijeloye, Erik Malave, C. M. Drain Chem. Eur. J. 2009,
15, 12133 – 12140. “Enhanced Catalytic Activity and Unexpected Products from the Oxidation
of Cyclohexene by Organic Nanoparticles of 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis-(2,3,4,5,6-
pentafluorophenyl)porphyrinatoiron (III) in Water by Using O2” PMID: 19777510
38. C. M. Drain, S. Singh, D. Samaroo, S. Thompson, M. Vinodu, J. P. C. Tome, Proc. Soc. Photo-
Optical Instrumentation Engineers-SPIE 2009, 7380, 73902K-1-9. “New Porphyrin Glyco-
conjugates”
39. A. Falber, B. P. Burton-Pye, I. Radivojevic, L. Todaro, R. Saleh, L. C. Francesconi, C. M. Drain Eur.
J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 2459–2466. “Ternary Porphyrinato Hf(IV) and Zr(IV) Polyoxometalate
Complexes”
40. C.M. Drain, A. Varotto, I. Radivojevic Chem. Reviews 2009, 109, 1630–1658. “Self-Organized
Porphyrinic Materials” PMID: 19253946 (Featured on cover)
41. J. Samson, A. Varotto, P. C. Nahirney, A. Toschi, I. Piscopo, C. M. Drain, ACS Nano 2009, 3 339-
344. “Fabrication of Metal Nanoparticles Using Toroidal Plasmid DNA as a Sacrificial Mold”
PMID: 19236069
42. A. Varotto, L. Todaro, M. Vinodu, J. Koehne, G.-y. Liu, C.M. Drain, Chem. Com. 2008, 4921-4923.
“Self-organization of a new fluorous porphyrin and C60 films on indium-tin-oxide electrodes”
PMID: 18931739
43. S. Thompson, X. Chen, L. Hui, A. Toschi, D. A. Foster, C.M. Drain, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.
2008, 7, 1415-1421. “Low Concentrations of a non-hydrolysable tetra-S-glycosylated porphyrin
and low light induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells via stress of the endoplasmic
reticulum” PMID: 18958330
44. N. Stevens, N. O’Connor, H. Vishwasrao. D. Samaroo, E.R. Kandel, D.L. Akins, C.M. Drain, N.J.
Turro, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7182-7183. “Two Color RNA Intercalating Probe for Cell Imaging
Applications” PMID: 18489094
45. W. K. Serem, A. Varotto, G. Castro, C. M. Drain, J. C. Garno NOBCChE Proceedings 2008, 2-9.
“Investigation of the Vibrational Response of Individual Nanoparticles using AFM with
Magnetic Sample Modulation”
46. Y.-H. Chan, A.E. Schuckman, L.M. Perez, M. Vinodu, C.M. Drain, J.D. Batteas, J. Phys. Chem. C.,
2008; 112, 6110-6118. “Synthesis and Characterization of a Thiol-tethered Tripyridyl Porphyrin
on Au(111)”
47. G. Bazzan, W. Smith, L.C. Francesconi, C.M. Drain, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 3244-3249.
“Electrostatic Self-Organization of Robust Porphyrin-Polyoxometalate Films” PMID: 18321141

48. A. Falber, L. Todaro, I. Goldberg, M.V. Favilla, C. M. Drain Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 454-467
“Routes to New Hafnium(IV)Tetra-aryl Porphyrins and Crystal Structures of Unusual
Phosphate, Sulfate, and Peroxide Bridged Dimers” PMID: 18088113
49. T.S. Balaban, N. Berova, C.M. Drain, R. Hauschild, H. Kalt, S. Lebedkin, J.-M. Lehn, X. Huang, F.
Nifaitis, G. Pescitelli, V.I. Prokhorenko, G. Riedel, G. Smeureanu, J. Zeller, Chem. Eur. J. 2007,
13, 8411-8427. “Syntheses and Energy Transfer in Multiporphyrin Arrays Self-Assembled with
Hydrogen Bonding Recognition Groups: Towards Artificial Light-Harvesting Devices” PMID:
17645286
50. D. Samaroo, M. Vinodu, X. Chen, C.M. Drain, J. Combi. Chem. 2007, 9, 998-1011. “Meso-
tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin is an Efficient Platform for Combinatorial Synthesis, and the
Selection of New Photodynamic Therapeutics using a Cancer Cell Line” PMID: 17877415
51. C. M. Drain, G. Smeureanu, S. Patel, X. Gong, J. Garno, J. Arijeloye, New J. Chem. 2006, 30,
1834-1843. “Porphyrin Nanoparticles as Supramolecular Systems”
52. D. Samaroo, C. E. Soll, L. J. Todaro, C. M. Drain Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4985 – 4988. “Efficient
microwave-assisted synthesis of amine substituted pentafluorophenylporphyrin” PMID: 17048824
53. K.F. Cheng, N. A. Thai, L. C. Teague, K. Grohmann, C.M. Drain, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6928-
6932. “Tessellation of Porphyrazines with Porphyrins by Design” PMID: 16903751
54. J. M. Helt, C. M. Drain, G Bazzan. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(29); 9371-9377. “Stamping
Patterns of Insulated Gold Nanowires with Self-Organized Ultrathin Polymer Films” PMID:
16848472
55. J.C. Garno, C. Xu, G. Bazzan, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, ACS Symposium series: Metal-Containing
and Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers and Materials, U.S. Schubert, G.R. Newcome, I. Manners
eds. 2006, 928, 168-183; American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. Book Chapter:
“Designing Supramolecular Porphyrin Arrays for Surface Assembly and Patterning of
Optoelectronic Materials”
56. C. Xu, T. Wu, C. M. Drain, J. D. Batteas, M. J. Fasolka, K. L. Beers, Macromolecules, 2006, 39,
3359-3364. “Effect of Block Length on Solvent Response of Block Copolymer Brushes:
Combinatorial Study with Block Copolymer Brush Gradients”
57. M. Vittadello, P. E. Stallworth, F. M. Alamgir, S. Suarez, S. Abbrent, C. M. Drain, V. Di Noto, S. G.
Greenbaum, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2006, 339, 2513-2518. "Polymeric d-MgCl2 nanoribbons"
58. C. Xu, T. Wu, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, K. L. Beers, M. J. Fasolka, Applied Surface Science, 2006,
252 (7), 2529-2534. "Surface-grafted block copolymer gradients: Effect of block length on
solvent response"
59. C. Xu, T. Wu, Y. Mei, C.M. Drain, J.D. Batteas, K. L. Beers, Langmuir, 2005; 21, 11136-11140.
“Synthesis and Characterization of Tapered Copolymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Atom
Transfer Radical Copolymerization” PMID: 16285782
60. K.F. Cheng, N.A. Thai, L.C. Teague, K. Grohmann, C.M. Drain, Chem. Comm. 2005, 4678-4680.
“Supramolecular squares of porphyrazines” PMID: 16175290
61. C.M. Drain, G. Bazzan, T. Milic, M. Vinodu, J. C. Goeltz. Israel J. Chem. 2005, 45, 255-269.
Formation and Applications of Stable 10 nm to 500 nm Supramolecular Porphyrinic Materials
62. C. Xu, T. Wu, C. M. Drain, J. D. Batteas, K. L. Beers Macromolecules 2005, 38, 6-8.
“Microchannel Confined Surface-Initiated Polymerization”
63. C.M. Drain, I. Goldberg, I. Sylvain, A. Falber Top. Curr. Chem. 2005, 245, 55–88. “Synthesis and
Applications of Supramolecular Porphyrinic Materials”
64. X. Chen and C.M. Drain, Drug Design Reviews - Online, 2004, 1(3), 215-234. Bentham Science
Publishers Ltd. (http://www.bentham.org/ctmc/index.html ) “Photodynamic Therapy Using
Carbohydrate Conjugated Porphyrins”

65. X. Chen, L. Hui, D. A. Foster, C. M. Drain, Biochemistry 2004, 43, 10918-10929. "Efficient
Synthesis and Photodynamic Activity of Porphyrin-Saccharide Conjugates: Targeting and
Incapacitating Cancer Cells” PMID: 15323552
66. C. Xu, T. Wu, C. M. Drain, J. D. Batteas, K. L. Beers ACS Polymer Reprints, 2004, 45(2), 667-668.
“Synthesis of Gradient Copolymer Brushes via Surface Initiated Atom Transfer Radical
Copolymerization”
67. C.M. Drain, T. Milic, J. C. Garno, G. Smeureanu, J.D. Batteas ACS Polymer Reprints 2004, 45(1),
346-347. "Organizing Self-Assembled Porphyrin Arrays On Metal And Glass Surfaces"
68. T. Milic, J. C. Garno, G. Smeureanu, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain, Langmuir, 2004, 20, 3974-3983
‘Self-Organization of Self-Assembled Tetrameric Porphyrin Arrays on Surfaces” PMID: 15969388
69. C.M. Drain, G. Smeareanu, J.D. Batteas, S. Patel. Book chapter: Dekker Encyclopedia of
Nanotechnology, “Self-assembled Porphyrin Arrays on Surfaces,” Vol 5. pp3481-3502. J.A.
Schwartz, C.I. Contescu, K. Putyera, Eds.; Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, 2004.
70. J. M. Helt, C. M. Drain, J. D. Batteas, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 2004, 628-634. “A Bench Top
Method for the Fabrication and Patterning of Nanoscale Structures on Polymers” PMID: 14719962
71. C.M. Drain, X. Chen. Book chapter: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology “Self-
Assembled Porphyrinic Nanoarchitectures” Vol. 9, pp593-616. H.S. Nalwa Edt., American
Scientific Press, 2004.
72. J. L. Retsek, C. M. Drain, C. Kirmaier,D. J. Nurco, C. J. Medforth, K. M. Smith, V. S. Chirvony, J.
Fajer, D. Holten. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9787-9800. ”Photoinduced Axial Ligation and
Deligation Dynamics of Nonplanar Nickel Dodecaarylporphyrins” PMID: 12904044
73. C.M. Drain, K.F. Cheng, K. Grohmann Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 2075-2083. ”Porphyrins Linked
Directly to the 5,5’ Positions of 2, 2’- Bipyridine: A New Supramolecular Building Block and
Switch” PMID: 12639144
74. X. Gong, T. Milic, C. Xu, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 14290-14291.
“Preparation and characterization of porphyrin nanoparticles” PMID: 12452687
75. C.M. Drain, J.T. Hupp, K Suslick, M. Waseleiwski, X. Chen J. Porph. Phthal. 2002, 6243-258. “A
perspective on four new porphyrin-based functional materials and devices”
76. T. N. Milic, N. Chi, D. G. Yablon, G. W. Flynn, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.
Engl. 2002, 41, 2117-2119. “Controlled Hierarchical Self-Assembly and Deposition of Nanoscale
Photonic Materials” PMID: 19746614
77. C.M. Drain Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 2002, 99, 5178-5182. “Self-organization of self-
assembled photonic materials into functional devices: Photo-switched conductors” PMID:
11943850
78. C.M. Drain, J.D. Batteas, G.W. Flynn, T. Milic, N. Chi, D.G. Yablon, H. Sommers. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci., USA 2002, 99, 6498-6502. “Self-assembly of Supramolecular Porphyrin Arrays that
Self-Organize into Nanoscale Optical and Magnetic Materials” PMID: 11880598
79. X. Shi, K. M. Barkigia, J. Fajer, C. M. Drain, J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 6513-6522. “Design and
Synthesis of Porphyrins Bearing Rigid Hydrogen Bonding Motifs: Highly Versatile Building
Blocks for Self-Assembly of Polymers and Discrete Arrays” PMID: 11578199
80. P. Pasetto, X. Chen, C. M. Drain, R.W. Franck, Chem. Commun, 2001, 82-83. “Synthesis of
hydrolytically stable porphyrin C- and S- glycoconjugates in high yields”
81. X. Shi, F. Nifiatis, T. Milic, and C. M. Drain, Chem. Commun. 2001, 287-288. “Self-assembled
multiporphyrin arrays mediated by self-complementary quadruple hydrogen bond motifs”
(addendum 2001).
82. C. M. Drain, X. Gong, V. Ruta, C. E. Soll, and P. F. Chicoineau J. Combin. Chem. 1999, 1, 286-290.
“Combinatorial Synthesis and Modification of Functional Porphyrin Libraries: Identification of
New, Amphipathic Motifs for Biomolecule Binding” PMID: 10748737

83. C.M. Drain, F. Nifiatis, A. Vasenko, J. Batteas, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 2344-2347. Ibid.
Angew. Chem. 1998, 110, 2474. Porphyrin tessellation by design: Metal mediated self-
assembly of large arrays and tapes.A See “Materials to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges” Cover
story of C&E News 1998, page 35-44, June 8.
84. C.M. Drain, S. Gentemann, J.A. Roberts, N.Y. Nelson, C.J. Medforth, S. Jai, M.C. Simpson, K.M.
Smith, J. Fajer, J.A. Shelnutt, and D. Holten. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 3781-3791.
“Picosecond to microsecond photodynamics of a nonplanar nickel porphyrin: Solvent dielectric
and temperature effects.”
85. C.M. Drain and X. Gong. Chem. Commun. 1997, 2117-2118.B “Synthesis of meso substituted
porphyrins in air without solvents or catalysts”
86. C. M. Drain, C. Kirmaier, C. Medforth, D. Nurco, K.M. Smith, and D. Holten. J. Phys. Chem.
1996, 100 11983-11993. “Dynamic photophysical properties of conformationally distorted
nickel(II) porphyrins 1. Nickel(II) dodecaphenylporphyrin.”
87. C.M. Drain, K.C. Russell, and J.-M. Lehn. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1996, 337-338. “Self-
assembly of a multi-porphyrin supramolecular macrocycle by hydrogen-bond molecular
recognition.”
88. C.M. Drain and J.-M. Lehn. Chem. Commun. 1994, 2313-2315. “Self-assembly of square
multiporphyrin arrays by metal ion coordination.” Corrigenda 1995, 503.
89. C.M. Drain, D. Wade, P. Fehlner, and R.B. Merrifield. 13th Amer. Pept. Symp. 1993, S2, 93.
“The role of lysine-7 in the voltage gating, ion selectivity, and hemolytic activity of melettin
pores.”
90. C.M. Drain, R. Fischer, E. Nolen, and J.-M. Lehn. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1993, 243-245.
“Self-assembly of a bis-porphyrin cage induced by molecular recognition between
complementary hydrogen bonding sites.”
91. C.M. Drain and D. Mauzerall. Biophys. J. 1992, 63, 1556-1563. “Photogating of ionic currents
across the lipid bilayer: Hydrophobic ion conduction by an ion chain mechanism.” PMID: 1489913
92. D. Mauzerall and C.M. Drain. Biophys. J. 1992, 63, 1544-1555. “Photogating of ionic currents
across the lipid bilayer: Electrostatics of ions and dipoles inside the membrane.” PMID: 1489912
93. C.M. Drain and D. Mauzerall. Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 1990, 24, 263-266. “An example of a
working Charge Sensitive Ion Conductor (CSIC).”
94. D. Wade, A. Boman, B. Wåhlin, C.M. Drain, D. Andreu, H.G. Boman, and R.B. Merrifield. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 1990, 87, 4761-4765. “All-D amino acid channel-forming antibiotic
peptides.” PMID: 1693777
95. C.M. Drain, D. Sable, and B.B. Corden. Inorg. Chem. 1990, 29, 1428-1433. “The reactivity of
1,4,7,10,13-pentaazacyclohexadecane-14,16-dionato(2-) nickel(II) towards derivatives of
methyl-coenzyme-M.”
96. C.M. Drain and B.B. Corden. Inorg. Chem. 1989, 28, 4374-4376. “Synthesis and
characterization of copper(II) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2,6-dipivalamidophenyl)porphyrin: a bis-
picket-fence porphyrin.”
97. C.M. Drain, B. Christensen, and D. Mauzerall. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 1989, 86, 6959-6962.
“Photogating of ionic currents across the lipid bilayer.” PMID: 2476808
98. C.M. Drain, D. Sable, and B.B. Corden, Inorg. Chem. 1988, 27, 2396-2398. “Nickel(II)
dioxo[16]ane-N5 induced methane formation from methyl-coenzyme-M.”
A *
One of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) top 10 most cited papers in chemistry for Fall 1999.
B
This procedure is used in several undergraduate teaching labs (such as the University of California Riverside and the
University of Oregon) as an inexpensive way to teach ‘green’ chemistry.

99. C.M. Drain and B.B. Corden, J. Chem. Educ. 1987, 64, 441-443. “Reversible oxygenation of
oxygen transport proteins.”
IN PRESS
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED
• M. A. Wall, S. Harmsen, L. Zhang, C. M. Drain, and M. F. Kircher. “Surfactant-Free Synthesis
of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles: Kinetics Govern Morphology” Nature
... and IN PREPARATION
1. C.M. Drain, J. Chem. Educ. “Self-assembly and self-organization of porphyrinic materials as
a pedagogical platform in physical organic chemistry”
2. C.M. Drain and D. Mauzerall. “Electrostatics of ions and dipoles inside membranes:
contributions of lipid structures and water to the inner membrane potential.” (revisions)
PATENTS
1. RF-CUNY provisionally patented several results from the combinatorial chemistry work for use
as new Photo Dynamic Therapeutics
2. X. Shi: Patent for the synthetic route to 2,6-diamino-4-alkyl-pyridines and its applications,
2002
3. X. Gong: patent for the formation of organic nanoparticles, 2004
4. J. Helt: nano-imprint lithography provisional, 2004
5. J. Helt: nano-impriont lithography, 2005
Reports on Our Work
1. ACS website on the international year of chemistry 2011
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2011/march/whitehouse-school-students-to-
conduct-global-water-chemistry-experiments-for-the-international-year-of-chemistry-may-26.html and in the
New Jersey newspaper Hunterdon County Democrat
2. U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Chemistry: “Realignment of the Division of
Chemistry Programs” May 2009 featured as an example of “Macromolecular,
Supramolecular and Nanochemistry” http://www.nsf.gov/mps/che/realign/brochure.pdf
3. V. Gilman, Chemical & Engineering News June, 2004. “On Equal Ground” a story about
diversity in the Drain lab at Hunter College
4. Nature Nanoparticles of porphyrins, 2003.
5. Half hour television interview on “Science and the Written Word” Hosted by Prof. Lou
Massa of the City University of New York, aired April 28, 2000.
6. Porphyrin Handbook, Vol. 6, Chapter 40. “Noncovalent porphyrin assemblies” by J.-C.
Chambron, V. Heitz, J.-P. Sauvage. K.M. Kadish, K.M. Smith, R. Guilard, eds. Academic Press,
NY, 2000.
7. Porphyrin Handbook, Vol. 6 Chapter 41. “Applications of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins
to materials chemistry” by J.-H. Chou, M.E. Kosel, H.S. Nalwa, N.A. Rakow, K.S. Suslick. K.M.
Kadish, K.M. Smith, R. Guilard, eds. Academic Press, NY, 2000.
8. Porphyrin Handbook, Vol. 6 Chapter 57. “Porphyrin and metalloporphyrins as receptor
models in molecular recognition” by H. Ogoshi, T. Mizutani, T. Hayashi, Y. Kuroda. K.M.
Kadish, K.M. Smith, R. Guilard, eds. Academic Press, NY, 2000.
9. Supramolecular Chemistry, J. Atwood, Academic Press, NY 2001.
10. Concepts & Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry, J.-.M. Lehn, Wiley, 1998.

11. J. Emsley, Science Watch Jan/Feb, 1999, 7. “Its almost magic! A self-assembling molecular
jigsaw puzzle” part of the “What’s Hot in Chemistry” series on top 10 most cited papers in
chemistry in 1999.
12. A. Vlcek, Chemtracts-Inorg. Chem. 1998, 11, 873-878. “Picosecond to microsecond
photodynamics of a nonplanar nickel porphyrin: solvent dielectric and temperature
effects”
13. R. Dagani, Chemical & Engineering News June, 1998. “Materials to Meet Tomorrow’s
Challenges” cover story
14. D.C. Mauzerall, The Spectrum 1992, 5, 1-6. (Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling
Green State Univ.) “The study of ionic conductance in lipid bilayers by photoinduced
interfacial charge transfer”
Published Letters:
Chemical & Engineering News, Oct. 17, 2011. Topic: Sezen/Sames at Columbia
Chemical & Engineering News, July 31, 2006. Topic: Chemistry majors.
Chemical & Engineering News, July 2007. Topic: Open Source journals.
YouTube Videos
YouTube videos that feature Hunter College graduate and undergraduate students describing their
research. Produced by C.M. Drain
A new method to synthesize gold, nickel, and cobalt nanoparticles at room temperature (2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLYt3hoP7jo&feature=colike
New ideas for solar cell dyes part 1 (2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72JfmxvQ63Y&feature=colike
New ideas for solar cells part 2 (2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGYZU58lC6A&feature=colike
Photodynamic Therapeutics, Diagnostics, and Trackers for Cancer (2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY4SJ3apnIE&feature=colike
New Green Catalysts for Green Chemistry (2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7niQmXaJv0&feature=colike
On line reports and posters
30 Years of Porphyrinoid Chemistry 10.13140/RG.2.1.1939.6568
New Biomedical Directions in Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
10.13140/RG.2.1.5019.8482
Research: Self-Organized Porphyrin & Phthalocyanine Materials
10.13140/RG.2.1.4364.4880

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