Nuran Kumbaraci

Biography

Dr. N. M. Kumbaraci joined the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Stevens in 1979 as Assistant Professor to teach and develop the Biology Program. She designed and taught all the biology courses and the teaching laboratories and established the Chemical Biology program. She was instrumental in the negotiations between Stevens and UMDNJ-NJMS to start the first Accelerated B.S.-M.D. Combined Degree program in New Jersey. She is the advisor of the Accelerated Chemical Biology Program. Over 300 students entered medical, dental, veterinary and health profession schools since then. Prior to joining Stevens, she worked several years in the pharmaceutical industry in Europe and the US as an R&D and analytical chemist and obtained several patents in liquid, suspension and aerosol formulations. She then joined the Artificial Organs Research Laboratory at Columbia University conducting research in developing non-thrombogenic synthetic polymers for in vivo and ex vivo applications. During her pre and post-doctoral studies at the medical school of Columbia University, she taught biology, organic chemistry and physiology at NYU and Barnard/Columbia College.

Research Interest

Apply chemical and biochemical methods to determine the mechanism of diseases and develop biomarkers for their early detection. Neuromuscular physiology, biochemistry and biophysics of muscle contraction and synaptic transmission, immunochemical pathways and physiological responses.