Being a Student Means Being a Researcher
Lehman College is dedicated to incorporating students into the
research process. Lehman students enjoy the opportunity of
working on social science discoveries or mathematic theorems or
logging lab hours with scientists like Professor Stephen Redenti,
a molecular biologist, who recently received a grant from Nikon
Instruments toward his ongoing research in the development and
regeneration of retinal and other central nervous system tissue.
“It is a great experience when students realize they have figured
out how to do something that no one has ever done,” said
Professor Katherine St. John of the Mathematics and Computer
Science department. “It gives them the opportunity to work
collaboratively with a team that’s passionate and to contribute
and follow a project through.” St. John, whose current research
focus is on phylogenetic tree reconstruction, is the recipient of a
National Science Foundation grant, as well as a 2014 Simons
Collaboration Grant.
The chance to work with a professor paid off greatly for 2014
Lehman graduate Ebenezer Laud Vivienn Ewul. He researched
materials for bone regeneration with Andrei Jitianu, a chemistry
professor, who was recently awarded a $605,000 three-year
grant from the National Science Foundation (given to fewer than
10 research groups per year nationwide) to investigate forming
corrosion protection coating. “Our work exposed me to a lot of
characterization methods in the areas of material scienc