Small, Yolanda
Associate Professor & EO
Chemistry
Phone: 718-262-2592
Office Location: AC-1D02
YSmall@york.cuny.edu
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Education
Degree | Institution | Field | Dates |
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PhD | Penn State University | Chemistry | 2007 |
BS | University of Houston | Applied Math & Chemistry | 1998 |
Areas of Expertise
- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Methods
Classical and ab initio Molecular Dynamics
Articles in Field Of Expertise
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Small, Y. A.. "Bridging Thermodynamic and Kinetic Processes in Electrochemically Relevant Calculated Pourbaix Diagrams." Journal of Natural Sciences. 3 (2) (2015): 33-62.
Small, Y. A.; DuBois, D.L.; Fujita, E.; Muckerman, J.T.. "Proton Management as a Design Principle for Hydrogenase-inspired Catalysts." Energy and Environmental Science. 4 (2011): 3008-3020.
Shen, X.; Small, Y. A.; Wang, J.; Allen, P. B.; Fernandez-Serra, M. V.; Hybertsen, M. S.; Muckerman, J. T.. "Photocatalytic Water Oxidation Process at the GaN (10-10) – Water Interface." Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114 (2010): 13695–13704.
Small, Y. A.; Guallar, V.; Soudackov, A. V.; Hammes-Schiffer, S.. "Hydrogen Bonding Pathways in Human Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase." Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110 (2006): 19704-19710.
Reviews in Field Of Expertise
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Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances
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" Photocatalytic Water Oxidation at the GaN 101bar0 Water Interface " 09/01/2010: Panel of DOE Reviewers and BNL's Center for Functional Nanomaterials staff and guest users.
" Theoretical Cluster Model to Characterize Water Oxidation at the Surface of GaN " 10/10/2010: SUNY Farmingdale State College - Nanotechnology Institute.
" Designing Fluorescent Silver Clusters using DNA as a Scaffold " 08/12/2011: Brookhaven National Laboratory.
" Theoretical Cluster Model to Characterize Water Oxidation at the Surface of GaN " 01/13/2012: CUNY Graduate Center.
" Theoretical Electrochemical Description of Water Splitting Catalysis using Nanoscale Semiconductor Materials and Molecular Co-catalysts " 03/05/2012: CUNY Queens College.
" A Chemist's Journey to Exploring Materials and Enzymes " 03/14/2012: CUNY Medgar Evers College.
" Computation and Synthesis of Silver Nanoclusters Using DNA as a Scaffold " 7/18/2012: Brookhaven National Laboratory.
" Water Splitting Chemistry using Photocatalytic Semiconductors and Molecular Co-Catalysts " 3/6/2014: Long Island Section of the American Chemical Society.
" Computational Materials Design - Semiconductors, Molecular Co-Catalysts and Tunable Fluorophores " 2/18/2015: Hofstra University.
" Water splitting chemistry using photocatalytic semiconductors and molecular co-catalysts " 2/25/2015: CUNY Lehman College.
" Designing Tunable Fluorophores Through a Partnership between Theory and Experiment " 4/28/2016: Stony Brook University.
" Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase DHOD-Class 2 " 06/2016: American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium.
" Theory and Experiment Collaborate to Design Tunable Fluorophores " 11/4/2016: CUNY Brooklyn College.
" Enzymes and DNA Scaffolded Nanoclusters Viewed from the Lens of Molecular Dynamics " 04/19/2017: CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College.
" Hydrogen Bonding Networks in HIV-1 Protease with a Bound Inhibitor drug – A Molecular Dynamics Simulations Analysis " 05/2017: American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium.
" Aligning theory and experiment to design biocompatible nanocluster fluorophores " 06/2017: American Chemical Society MARM 2017.
" Tablet Technology for Active Learning in the Classroom " 11/06/2017: CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College.
" Professional Portfolio Cultivated by the CFN " 12/2018: BNL - Center for Functional Nanomaterials.
" Synthesize II-VI Semiconductor Cadmium Selenide Nanoparticles " 05/2018: American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium.
" Improvements on Electrochemical Processes that Impact Battery Technology " 05/2018: American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium.
" Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis: Sodium Borohydride Reduction vs. Photochemical Reduction " 05/2018: American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium.
" Enhanced Optical Properties of Silver Nanoclusters with DNA Self Assembly Methods " 06/2019: Gordon Research Conference (GRC) - Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
" Materials Design: Silver Nanocluster Fluorescence Enabled with DNA " 05/2020: Advanced Science Research Center (CUNY ASRC).
Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships
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Sloan Foundation Pre-doctoral Award: 2003-2006.
Bunton Waller Graduate Fellowship: 2001-2003.
Grants-In-Aid
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DOE/NSF/LSAMP Collaborative, Faculty and Student Teams (FaST) Program at BNL. 6/6/2011 - 8/12/2011: $22000.
DOE, CFN User Facility. 1/2012 - 1/2014: $8500.
DOE, Visiting Faculty Program. 6/4/2012 - 8/10/2012: $12000.
PSC-CUNY-45, Designing a new class of materials. 7/1/2014 - 12/30/2015: $3500.
DOE, CFN User Facility. 2/2/2014-1/2/2017: $8500.
PSC-CUNY-46, Tuning superbright fluorescent materials for biological probes. 7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016: $3500.
PSC-CUNY-47, Characterization of Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters Used as Biosensors. 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017: $3500.
National Institutes of Health-MBRS SCORE SC2, Controlling Optical Properties of Silver Nanoclusters with DNA Scaffolds. 4/1/2017 - 3/31/2020: $504,585.
PSC-CUNY-51, Characterization of Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters Used as Biosensors. 7/1/2020 - 6/30/2021: $3500.
Offices Held In Professional Societies
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Co-Chair Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) New York Section of the American Chemical Society: Fall 2011 - Spr 2015.
Member Undergraduate Research Symposium Committee (URS) New York Section of the American Chemical Society: Fall 2015 - Spr 2018.
Session Chair - MARM 2016 - New York Section of the American Chemical Society: Fall 2015 - Summ 2016.
Co-Chair Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) New York Section of the American Chemical Society: Fall 2017 - Spr 2018.
Director-At-Large - New York Section of the American Chemical Society (NYACS): 2021.
Other Professional Activities and Public Service
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American Chemical Society - Member: 2002 - present.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B - Referee: 2007.
Session Chair - Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM): 2016.
NIH Study Section Panelist: 2017.
NSF Proposal Review Panelist: 2017.