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Dr. Tirandai Hemraj-Benny

Scholarly Presentations at National/Regional/Local Conferences with QCC Students

2015- Present

Thirty-Five (35) Presentations: 12 oral + 23 posters; with 8 Receiving Awards        

 

American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition (ACS)- 8 Poster Presentations

259th ACS Virtual National Meeting, (March 22-26, 2020)

  1. Piao, Zheyong; Ramdihal, Jasodra; Sumner, Rawlric; Wishart, James; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Interactions of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Surfaces.”

256th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA (August 19-23, 2018)

  1. Sumner, Rawlric; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Wishart, James. “Ionic Liquid-Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.”
  2. Urena, Katelyn; Sumner, Rawlric; Begliarbekov, Milan; Narang, Vishal; Wishart, James; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Investigating the Interactions between Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.”
  3. Velasquez, Isabela; Sullivan, Regina; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Effect of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Breast Cancer Cell Migration.”

254th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC (August 20-24, 2017)

  1. Carrero, Nicholas E.; Sumner, Rawlric; Tobar, and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Congo red Dye Degradation using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Ruthenium Nanoparticles Catalyst.”
  2. Pimentel, Leandro, Carrero, Nicholas E., and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Microwave Irradiation of Ruthenium Chloride in Anhydrous Ethanol.”

252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (August 21-25, 2016)

  1. Perez, Mathiu; Ulloa, Lorena; Dehipawala, Sunil; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai; Sullivan, Regina. “Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Breast Cancer Cells Treated with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.”

250th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA (August 16-20, 2015)

  1. Tobar, Nelson, and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Microwave Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Ruthenium Nanoparticles Composites for Dye Degradation.”

 

American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (ACS-MARM)- 3 Poster Presentations

45th ACS-MARM, Hershey, PA. (June 4-6, 2017)

  1. Carrero, Nicholas E.; Sumner, Rawlric; Tobar, Nelson F.; and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Degradation of Congo red Dye in the presence of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Ruthenium Nanoparticles Composites.”

44th ACS-MARM, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY. (June 9-12, 2016)

  1. Tobar, Nelson F and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Degradation of an Azo Dye by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Ruthenium Nanoparticles Composites.”
  2. Carrero, Nicholas E.; Tobar, Nelson F.; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Ruthenium Interactions with Ethanol upon Microwave Irradiation.”

 

New York’s American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium (ACS-URS)- 12 Oral Presentations

67th Annual ACS-URS, Queens College, Queens, NY (May 4, 2019)

  1. Sumner, Rawlric; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Wishart, James. “Mixed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Solar Cells.”
  2. Li, Fei, and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Magnetic Iron Oxide-Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Catalysts for the Degradation of Azo Dye.”
  3. Urena, Katelyn; Sumner, Rawlric; Wishart, James; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Electrolytic Mixtures of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids.”

66th Annual ACS-URS, York College, Queens, NY (May 5, 2018)

  1. Li, Fei; Sumner, Rawlric; Ramdihal, Jasodra; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai and Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon. “Synthesis of Functionalized Ionic Liquids.”
  2. Sumner, Rawlric; Wishart, James; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai and Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon. “Transport Properties of Ionic Liquid Mixtures with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.”
  3. Urena, Katelyn; Sumner, Rawlric; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Investigating the Interactions between Ionic Liquids and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
  4. Emeran, Gariele; Pimentel, Leandro and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Influence of pH on Congo red Dye Degradation by Ruthenium Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid.”

65th Annual ACS-URS, Fordham University, Bronx, NY (May 6, 2017)

  1. Pimentel, Leandro; Carrero, Nicholas and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Microwave Irradiation of Ruthenium Chloride in Anhydrous Ethanol.”
  2. Carrero, Nicholas E.; Sumner, Rawlric and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Congo red Dye Degradation Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Ruthenium Nanoparticles Catalyst.”
  3. Sumner, Rawlric; Fernandez, Eddie; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Ionic Liquid Mixtures with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.”

        64th Annual ACS-URS, Lehman College, Bronx, NY (May 7, 2016)

  1. Tobar, Nelson, and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Degradation of Congo red by novel synthesized single-walled carbon nanotube-ruthenium nanoparticles composites.”
  2. Carrero, Nicholas, and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Ruthenium interactions with ethanol upon microwave irradiation.”

 

Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI) National Student Poster Session- 1 Invited Poster Presentation

CCURI, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Minneapolis (April 28, 2017)

  1. Sumner, Rawlric; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Novel Microwave Prepared Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Ether Ionic Liquids Mixtures as Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.” (Selected to represent QCC)

 

Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB)- 8 Poster Presentations with 6 receiving awards

51st Annual MACUB Conference, Queensborough C.C., Queens, NY (October 27, 2018)          

  1. Tan, Yingxian; Edema, Tobore; Dehipawala, Sunil; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai and Sullivan, Regina. “Effect of single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Breast Cancer Cell Migration.” (2nd place Biochemistry Award)
  2. Sumner, Rawlric; Urena, Katelyn; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai, Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Wishart, James. “Optimizing Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Ionic Liquid and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Mixtures.”

50th Annual MACUB Conference, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ (October 28, 2017)            

  1. Sumner, Rawlric; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Wishart, James. “Ionic Liquid Mixtures with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.” (Outstanding Presentation Award)

49th Annual MACUB Conference, SUNY Old Westbury, NY (October 29, 2016)

  1. Sumner, Rawlric; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Novel Microwave Prepared Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Ether Ionic Liquid Mixtures as Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Applications.” (1st place Biochemistry Award)
  2. Carrero, Nicholas; Sumner, Rawlric and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Synthesis of Ruthenium Nanoparticle-Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites for Degradation of Congo Red Dye.” (2nd place Biochemistry Award)
  3. Rodriquez, Belkis; Sullivan, Regina; Dehipawala, Sunil and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Effect of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Breast Cancer Cell Migration.” (3rd place Biochemistry Award)

48th Annual MACUB Conference, Montclair State University, NJ (November 7, 2015)

  1. Hector, Kervens; Yakovishina, Veronika; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai and Sullivan, Regina. “Cytotoxic and Cytostatic Effects of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells.” (1st place Biochemistry Award)
  2. Perez, Mathiu; Yakovishina, Veronika; Dehipawala, Sunil; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai and Sullivan, Regina. Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube treated MDA-MB 231 cells.”

 

The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)- 3 Poster Presentations with 2 receiving awards

 Indianapolis, Indiana (November 14-17, 2018)

  1. Urena, Katelyn; Sumner, Rawlric; Wishart, James; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Investigating the Interactions between Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Outstanding Presentation Award)

Phoenix, Arizona (November 1- 4, 2017)

  1. Sumner, Rawlric; Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Wishart, James. “Ionic Liquid Mixtures with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.” (Outstanding Presentation Award)

Tampa, Florida (November 9- 12, 2016)

  1. Sumner, Rawlric; Lall-Ramnarine, Sharon and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Novel Microwave Prepared Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Ether Ionic Liquid Mixtures as Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications.”

 

 

2015-2008

  1. Condon, Loren and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Synthesis of Novel Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Magnesium Nanoparticles Composites by Solution Reduction Method.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society 62nd Undergraduate Research Symposium, St. John’s University, Queens, NY (May 2014)
  2. Condon, Loren; Budhoo, Susan and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Synthesis and Property Investigation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Magnesium Nanoparticle Composites.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society 61st Undergraduate Research Symposium, The City College of New York, NY (April 2013)
  3. Tobar, Nelson; Chin, Christopher; Sullivan, Regina, and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Understanding the Effects of Carbon Nanotubes on the Oxidative Stress of Cancer Cells.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society 61st Undergraduate Research Symposium, The City College of New York, NY (April 2013)
  4. Chin, Christopher; Tobar, Nelson; Condon, Loren; Budhoo, Susan and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Synthesizing Hafnium (IV) Oxide Coated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society 61st Undergraduate Research Symposium, The City College of New York, NY (April 2013)
  5. Condon, Loren and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Synthesis and property investigation of Single-walled carbon nanotube-magnesium nanoparticle composites (SWNT-Mg)”. (Poster Presentation), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Aug. 2012)
  6. Condon, Loren and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “The Synthesis of Hafnium oxide coated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Old Westbury, NY (May 2012)
  7. Budhoo, Susan and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “A Comparative Investigation of Obtaining Hydroxyl Functionalities on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by means of Potassium Hydroxide Reactions.” (Oral Presentation) American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Riverdale, NY (2011)
  8. Budhoo, Susan and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Investigating the Chemical Interactions between SWNTs and Oxides of Hafnium.” (Poster Presentation) American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM), College Park, MD (2011)
  9. Ahn, Esther; Wong, Chi Kwan; Kim, Eunchul; Chauhan, Moni and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “The formation of Tris(trimethoxysilylpropyl) Isocynurate (TTPI) Capped Palladium Nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Poster Presentation) American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM), Wilmington, DE (2010)
  10. Ahn, Esther; Wong, Chi Kwan; Kim, Eunchul; Chauhan, Moni and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai.“The formation of Tris(trimethoxysilylpropyl) Isocynurate (TTPI) Capped Palladium Nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Oral Presentation) American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Garden City, NY (2010)
  11. Ahn, Esther and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Systematic study on the acid purification and functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes.” (Poster Presentation), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA (Aug 2010)
  12. Noori, Toor; Badal, Christina and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Silylation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Trimethoxysilane.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Pleasantville, NY (2009)
  13. Badal, Christina; Noori, Toor and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Silylation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Hexaphenyldisilane.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Pleasantville, NY (2009)
  14. Wong, Chi Kwan; Singh, Gurpreet; Chauhan, Moni and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Investigating the Formation of Silver Nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Pleasantville, NY (2009)
  15. Singh, Gurpreet; Wong, Chi Kwan; Chauhan, Moni and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Attachment of Silver Nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Oral Presentation), American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Pleasantville, NY (2009)
  16. Badal, Christina; Noori, Toor and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Silylation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Poster Presentation), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC (2009)
  17. Wong, Chi Kwan; Singh, Gurpreet; Chauhan, Moni and Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai. “Investigating the Attachment and the Formation of Silver Nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” (Poster Presentation), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC (2009)

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