Post-Doctoral Research: Columbia University, New York, NY, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Neurophysiology and Cellular Biophysics Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A., Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY M.S., Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY B.S., Chemistry, Robert College, Istanbul Experience Stevens Institute of Technology, Associate Professor, 1979-present Barnard/Columbia College and NYU, Organic Chemistry, Biology Instructor Artificial Organs Research Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY Lever Brothers Headquarters, New York, NY, Pharmaceutical Marketing Siemens und Halske, Germany, Electrodeposition Laboratory Eczacibasi Pharmaceutical Co., Analytical Research and Product Development Chemist *Patents on Aerosol and Liquid Pharmaceutical Products

Developing and applying chemical methods to study biological problems in the areas of proteomics and microarray technologies Neuromuscular physiology, biochemistry and biophysics of muscle contraction, synaptic transmission, immunochemical mechanisms

N. M. Kumbaraci, W. L. Nastuk. "Action of Caffeine in Excitation-Contraction Coupling of Frog Skeletal Muscle Fibres", The Journal of Physiology, 325 (1), 195-211.

N. M. Kumbaraci, W.L. Nastuk. "Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Excitable Membranes and Neuromuscular Transmission", Molecular Pharmacology, 17, 344-349.