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Dr. Margolin at the international conference MENU 2023 in Mainz, Germany
Math Professor Presents at the International Conference on Meson Nucleon Physics in Mainz, Germany
October 19

Lia Leon Margolin, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, presented the talk Antisymmetrization of The Wave Functions Consisting of Spin-Isospin and Hyperspherical Parts at the 16th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2023). The conference was held on October 16-20, 2023, by the Institute for Nuclear Physics at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

2021 Math Contest: Math Prize Problem #1
October 19

Each month the Mathematics Department offers a math prize problem – a mathematical brain teaser – with a first prize of $25, a second prize of $15, and, of course, bragging rights. These problems do not require advanced knowledge of mathematics, just a curious mind and a willingness to slug it out with the problem.

The Tenth Annual p Day Celebration
Math Department Holds the Tenth Annual Pi Day Contest
March 10

Every year, the Mathematics department holds a College-wide π-Day contest. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit an original sentence, paragraph, poem, or short story that uses the digits of π in order (π ≈ 3.1415926..).

Eliana Fassihi, Biology Post-Baccalaureate Student
Biology Post-Baccalaureate Student Eliana Fassihi Explains Leri Lab Study on Telemundo
February 24
Eliana Fassihi, a post-baccalaureate Biology student and member of the Leri Research Group at Marymount Manhattan College, broke down the lab’s recently published fecal bacteria study for a Spanish-speaking audience.
Marjan Khan '20 quantifies fecal indicator bacteria in Professor Leri's biogeochemistry lab.
Student-Professor Team Publish Study of Fecal Pathogens on NYC Sidewalks
February 3

If you live in New York City, avoiding dog feces on the sidewalk is an art form. But do fecal bacteria persist on the sidewalk after the feces are picked up? Can the bacteria transfer to your shoes? And to the indoors?

Professor of Chemistry Alessandra Leri, Ph.D., and Biology alumna Marjan Khan ’20 set out to answer these questions by quantifying the fecal pathogens enterococci and E. coli on New York City sidewalks, on shoe soles, and in the indoor environment.

Natural Sciences students Iris Parke '23 and Victoria Perez '24
MMC Science Students Present at Research Symposium; Iris Parke ’23 Brings Home First Place
April 4
Ashley Pavia '21 at the SIMS Municipal Recycling Plant in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Chemistry Professor and Student Publish Article on Plastics Recycling
January 31
Alumna Ashley Pavia ’21 and Dr. Alessandra Leri, Professor of Chemistry, have published an article on plastics recycling in the Journal of Chemical Education. The paper, “Analysis of Plastic Waste for Sorting in Recycling Plants: An Inquiry-Based FTIR Spectroscopy Experiment for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory,” describes how sophomore-level organic chemistry students can use infrared (IR) spectroscopy to explore the fate of plastic waste.