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Updates
Coming in 2026 from RSC Publishing:
Coming in 2026 from RSC Publishing:
How and Why Soap Works
How and Why Soap Works
30 Home Experiments Exploring the Science of Surfactants
Join us for Lectures on Tap
Join us for Lectures on Tap
Dr. Silverman joins Lectures on Tap for a residency in Brooklyn, NY - Five Lectures between June and October
Textile Development and Marketing senior Andie Zion presenting her research on "Mechanical Testing of Paper and Packaging Materials Made from Agricultural Wastes' at the State University of New York Undergradate Research Conference April 28th, 2025.
Textile Development and Marketing senior Andie Zion presenting her research on "Mechanical Testing of Paper and Packaging Materials Made from Agricultural Wastes' at the State University of New York Undergradate Research Conference April 28th, 2025.
Eureka S9 EP06 LUCIA.mp4Lucia's research using natural dyes and mordants was recently feature's on Shanghai Media's "Eureka". (Season 9 Episode 6).
This science program showcases teenagers' dreams and creativity from across the world.
Congrats to Andie and Austin on their first publication in Sustainability & Circularity NOW.
"Relating Sustainability Metrics to Evaluate Circularity and Material Efficiency" explores using green chemistry metrics to evaluate processes and products more holistically.
Poorly Drawn Comic inspired by ErrantScience
People
People
Dr. Julian R. Silverman is an Assistant Professor at The Fashion Institute of Technology, part of the State University of New York in Chelsea, New York. He was a Haas Fellow at the Science History Institute and a Module Developer for the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute. He works with Harrison High School's Research Program and is a New York Sunworks Associate Board member.
Dr. Silverman received his Bachelor’s degree in Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry with Honors from McGill University in Montréal, and an M. Phil. and Ph. D. at the C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center conducting his research on conjugating lipids and carbohydrates to create soft materials at the City College of New York. His postdoctoral work at the University of Kansas’ Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis focused on valorizing waste lignin with support from industry sponsors. He previously taught in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Manhattan College in the Bronx, and served as the Director for the Center for Urban Resilience and Environmental Sustainability.
His teaching and research at the Fashion Institute of Technology focuses on supporting quality undergraduate research projects, identifying and transforming local waste biomass into functional soft materials, and conducting life-cycle assessments to further link chemistry, environmental science and practical action to address sustainability in the lab, at home, and in the community. Beyond experimental work, he partners with experts across the chemical education community to develop open-access curricular materials and assessments for students and educators to contextualize chemistry and environmental science.
Current Students:
Austin Marshalek - Fashion Design - FIT
Andie Zion - Textile Development - FIT
Matthew Carrea - Harrison High School
Riko Suzuki - Harrison High School
Previous Students:
Manhattan College
Christian Machado - Trinity School, NYC
Ashley Gambardella - H2M
Melanie Yunga - Rockefeller Institute, NYC
Mia Serrano - Protameen Chemicals
Lucia Lammers - Georgia Tech
Mai Blaustein - Senior - Yale University
Rachel Kindler - Claremont McKenna College
Melanie Yunga and Nicholas Malgioglio presenting at the Jasper Summer Scholars Research Symposium.
Publications
Publications
Austin Marshalek, Andie Zion, Julian R. Silverman. Relating Sustainability Metrics to Evaluate Circularity and Material Efficiency. Sustainability & Circularity NOW; 2025 0: a25297214. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2529-7214
Silverman JR. Exploring Waste Management with Art Media in the Laboratory: Pigments, Inks, and Paints from Dye Waste. J. Chem. Educ. 2024 Sep 10;101(9):3904–11. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00325
Silverman, J., Tie-Dyeing with Tannins and Iron, Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community, Beyond Benign, Virtual Resource, 2023 https://doi.org/10.59877/SQGM1012.
Gambardella, A.; Machado, C.; Yunga, M.; Diaz, J.; Serrano, M.; Silverman, J. R. Formulation of Biobased Soap Gels from Waste-Derived Feedstocks. RSC Sustain. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SU00130F.
D’eon, J.; Silverman, J. R. Using Systems Thinking to Connect Green Principles and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in a Reaction Stoichiometry Module. Green Chem. Lett. Rev. 2023, 16 (1), 2185109. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518253.2023.2185109.
Machado, C.; Oliynyk, A. O.; Silverman, J. R., Tie-Dyeing with Foraged Acorns and Rust: A Workshop Connecting Green Chemistry and Environmental Science. J. Chem. Educ. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00086
Pinto, A. H.; Cho, D. R.; Oliynyk, A. O.; Silverman, J. R., Green Chemistry Applied to Transition Metal Chalcogenides through Synthesis, Design of Experiments, Life Cycle Assessment, and Machine Learning. In Green Chemistry - New Perspectives; Kuram, B., Debut, A., Eds.; IntechOpen: Rijeka, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104432
Silverman, J.R., Exploring Sustainability Metrics in General Chemistry Using the Intensive and Extensive Properties of Matter. J. Chem. Ed. (2021) 98, 9, 2741–2745. 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00113
Silverman, J. R.; Danby, A. M.; Subramaniam, B. Facile Prepolymer Formation with Ozone-Pretreated Grass Lignin by In Situ Grafting of Endogenous Aromatics. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. (2020), 8, 46, 17001-17007. 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03811
Bode, C., Welch, W. G., Abeita, S., Silverman, J. R. Versatile 3D Printed Colorimetry Toolkits. Science Teacher February vol. 87, no. 6, February 2020 p. 20 – 22 link to digital copy
Silverman, J. R., Hudson, R., Evaluating Feedstocks, Processes, and Products in the Teaching Laboratory: A Framework for Students to Critically Evaluate and Innovate Green Chemistry Experiments, J. Chem. Ed. (2019) 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00292
Silverman, J. R., Bode, C., Subramaniam, B., Open-Access Chemical Assessments for Students and Educators: A Case Study for Evaluating Aspirin Synthesis in Technology Integration in Chemistry Education and Research (TICER), T. Gupta, R. E. Belford, Eds. (American Chemical Society, 2019), chap. 8, pp. 119-127. 10.1021/bk-2019-1318
Silverman, J. R., Danby, A. M., Subramaniam, B., Intensified Ozonolysis of Lignin in a Spray Reactor: Product Yields and Structural Insights, Reaction Chemistry and Engineering (2019), 4, 1421-1430 10.1039/c9re00098d
John, G., Nagarajan, S., Vemula, P. K., Silverman, J. R., Pillai, C. K. S.; Natural Monomers: A mine for functional and sustainable materials – Occurrence, chemical modification, and polymerization. Progress in Polymer Science (2019) 92 158-209 10.1016/j.profpolymsci.2019.02.008
12) Panettieri, S., Silverman, J. R., Nifosi, R., Signore, G., Bizzarri, R., John, G., Unique Photophysical Behavior of Coumarin-based Viscosity Probes During Molecular Self-Assembly. ACS Omega (2019) 4 (3), 4785-4792 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02357
Silverman, J. Open-Access Life Cycle Assessments: ExceLCA for Undergraduate Students. KU Scholar Works, https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/27534 (2018)
Silverman, J.R., Zhang, Q., Pramanik, N., Samateh, M., Shaffer, T., Sagiri, S., Grimm., J., John, G., Radiation Responsive Esculin-derived Molecular Gels as Signal Enhancers for Optical Imaging. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2017) 9 (49) 43107-43204 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b15548
Silverman, J. R., “Sustainable Molecular Gelators: Beta-D-Glucoside Derived Structuring Agents and Their Material Application” (2016). CUNY Academic Works. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1468
Silverman J.R., Biobased Organic Chemistry Laboratories as Sustainable Experiment Alternatives. J. Chem. Educ. (2016) 1679-1681 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00706
Silverman, J.R., John, G., Biobased Fat Mimicking Molecular Structuring Agents for Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) and Other Edible Oils. J. Agric. Food Chem. (2015) 10536-10542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04236
Silverman, J. R.; Samateh, M.; John, G. Functional Self-Assembled Lipidic Systems Derived from Renewable Resources. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. (2015) 47-55 DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201500198
Hwang, H.; Jadhav, S.; Silverman, J., John, G.: Sweet and Sustainable, Biorefinery concept: a powerhouse for sustainable future and molecular design. J. Chem. Educ. (2014) 1563-1568. DOI: 10.1021/ed3007764
Jung, J. H., Lee, J. H., Silverman, J. R., & John, G. (2013). Coordination polymer gels with important environmental and biological applications. Chem. Soc. Rev., (2013) 42 (3), 924–936. DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35407A
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