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Neelam Lahankar

Teaching Assistant Professor; Biological & Chemical Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences

Industry Credentials: B.Ed. ACUE

Education Credentials: Ph.D.

Expertise: Organic Chemistry

Joined New York Tech: 2023

Neelam Lahankar received her doctorate in biochemistry from Seton Hall University. She loves to teach, and her main teaching interests are in organic chemistry. Before coming to New York Tech, she worked as an adjunct professor at CUNY New York City College of Technology, New Jersey City University, and Bergen Community College. After that, she taught at the University of Scranton as a post-doctoral faculty specialist and at Fairfield University as a visiting assistant professor.

  • Glutamic Acid Selective Chemical Cleavage of Peptide Bonds – Nalbone, J. M.; Lahankar, N.; Buissereth, L.; Raj, M. Org Lett. 2016, 18, 1186.
  • Amino-Acid-Catalyzed Direct Aldol Bioconjugation – Howard T.S.; Cohen R. D.; Nwajiobi O.; Muneeswaran Z. P.; Sim, Y. E.; Lahankar N. N.; Johannes T. H. Y.; Raj, M. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5344.
  • Side Chain Modifications to Improve Peptide Structure – Activity relationships: Neelam Lahankar, Ph.D. Dissertation.

  • Robert De Simone Graduate Fellowship, Seton Hall University
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Seton Hall University

  • CHEM 210 Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 250 Organic Chemistry II

Contact Information

Email: nlahanka@nyit.edu

Phone: 516.686.1227

Office: Long Island, NY