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Matthew
Aiello-Lammens
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
and Science Matthew Aiello-Lammens, along
with colleagues from City University of New
York and Yale University, received a $593,000
grant from the National Science Foundation to
develop Wallace, a new open-source ecological
software for modeling species niches and
geographic distributions that helps make
analyses more reproducible and transparent.
I M P A C T
One of the major goals of this
project is to make it easier for conservation
scientists to better understand where
species should and could be, therefore
deciding which species are at greatest risk
for extinction, and thus, where conservation
efforts should be focused.
Kevin Symczak '16, Chemistry, and Professor JaimeLee Rizzo
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JaimeLee Rizzo
Professor of Chemistry and Physical Sciences
JaimeLee Rizzo and co-researchers at Queens
College and Long Island University have developed
antimicrobial compounds that have been licensed,
based on a new patent awarded, for commercial
development by the startup company QuatCare,
LLC. Expected to come to market in 2018, the
groundbreaking technology can be bonded to a variety
of surfaces such as cotton cloth, plastic bottles, and
wound dressings, offering a speedy, permanent, and
eco-friendly reduction of pathogens such as the H1N1
virus, MRSA, fungi and other bacteria.
Rizzo, whose research has closely involved
students, was awarded the Homer and Charles
Pace Faculty Award at the 2018 Spirit of Pace
Awards, which honors faculty whose commitment
to education has had a transformative effect on
generations of talented and successful students.
I M P A C T
The discovery of this compound has
a variety of implications, such as helping to stop
the spread of diseases and infections, and the
continual development of compounds that will kill
new flu virus strains as they emerge, which will offer
enormous benefits to the well-being of society.
