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Dr. Moni Chauhan joined the Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor in January of 2002. Her
research is in the field of nanotechnology, which involves the manipulation of materials and devices one thousand
times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. This research has been identified as an area which will drive
the world economy in the future. Her scholarship and creative achievements comprise twenty published peer
reviewed articles, three book chapters, twenty two oral presentations, and four invited presentations. In addition,
Dr. Chauhan’s research mentees have presented over seventy research presentations at international, national and
regional conferences such as the Silicon Symposium, an international conference (where Queensborough students
were the only community college students presenting their research), American Chemical Society (ACS) National
Meetings, Beacon Conference (Dr. Chauhan’s publication was chosen as one of the top three papers out of 126 submissions
from eighteen community colleges in four states).
Her research articles are published in international journals of very high repute, including the Journal of the
American Chemical Society, Organometallics, Organic Letters, and Inorganic Chemistry. Seven Queensborough
students have contributed as co-authors in some of these peer reviewed articles. She has mentored students in
this interdisciplinary area of research which has been supported by PSC-CUNY Grant, CUNY Community College
Intensive Research Grant, CUNY Collaborative Research Grant, and Major Research Instrumentation Grant (MRI), NSF.
Some of the highlights of Dr. Chauhan’s collaborative research include the transformation of low cost silicon
polymers to inorganic/organic hybrid polymers, which possess increased thermal stability, mechanical strength, and
processability. Dr. Chauhan has implemented Co-generative Dialogue methodology in the General Chemistry II
class and published her reflections in the Journal of College Science Teaching. Her scholarly achievements are in the
area of pedagogy as well as original research on nanomaterials which demonstrates an ongoing commitment to
excellence at Queensborough and CUNY.
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