Amit Goyal

PhD

Amit Goyal.

Amit Goyal

PhD

Amit Goyal

PhD

SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Director, UB Initiative on Plastics Recycling and Innovation, a NYS Center of Excellence (April 2022 – to date)
Founding Director, The RENEW Institute (Jan 2015-July 2021)

Research Topics

Heteroepitaxial Growth of Functional Materials & Devices; Strain-driven Self-Assembly of Advanced Materials; Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials; Clean Energy Technologies.

Biography Publications Teaching Research Latest News

Latest News

  • The National News featured Amit Goyal in an article about plastic producers stalling progress on a treaty to limit pollution. 

  • Physics World quoted Amit Goyal in an article about a new superconducting wire segment developed by UB that can withstand higher temperatures than its predecessors. 

  • IEEE Spectrum quoted Amit Goyal about new research that he led to create the world’s highest-performing superconducting wire segment.

  • Phys.org reported that a UB-led study, co-authored by Amit Goyal , has fabricated the world's highest-performing high-temperature superconducting wire while making the price-performance metric significantly more favorable.

  • New study details how large-scale, cost-effective use of high-temperature superconducting wire is another step closer to reality

  • Microplastics enter the environment from the breakdown of macroplastics that often come from cosmetics, synthetic fibers on clothing, tire ware, industrial processes, packaging and more.

  • Nature News reported on ways that AI may be used to revolutionize plastic recycling and mentioned that Amit Goyal is working to develop a barcode system that can identify plastic types, aiming to reduce contamination and improve recycling rates.