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DMITRY BROGUN

Assistant Professor – Department of Biological Sciences

Dmitry Y. Brogun is a molecular evolutionary biologist. He holds an M.A. in ethology from Brooklyn College, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Genetics from the Graduate Center (CUNY). He received his graduate research training from Michigan State University, doctoral and post-doctoral research training from CUNY and Rockefeller University.  His research interests include molecular evolutionary biology and algology, with emphasis on genes and biochemical pathways leading to the secondary metabolite production in algae gametes.  Recently, Prof. Brogun received an NSF grant allowing him to implement and pilot an online course where students did pathogen surveillance in public metagenomic datasets. This was done collaboratively, involving individuals from CUNY, SDSU, NIH, NLM, and NCBI. Above all, Dr. Brogun has been educating students in general biology, microbiology, anatomy, and physiology at CUNY since 2007.  At Kingsborough Community College, he has served as a Metagenomics Discovery Program (MDC) PI and mentors’ students in the CUNY Research Scholars Program (CRSP), Bridges/CSTEP (Bridge to the Bachelor's Program at Medgar Evers College/ Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program).”