RENEW Faculty Affiliates

RENEW brings together UB faculty in science, engineering, technology, public health, human behavior, public policy, architecture, planning, medicine, law and management to further cutting-edge interdisciplinary work in the area of energy, environment and water sustainability.  Please refer to the RENEW focus areas for further details on how various faculty are engaged with the RENEW institute.

  • Professor, Henry M. Woodburn Chair; Director, The RENEW Institute

    Chemistry

    611 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: 716-645-4220

    Email: dianaaga@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Chemistry

    716 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: 716-645-4140

    Email: alexeyak@buffalo.edu

  • UB Distinguished Professor

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    508 Furnas Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1183

    Email: palexand@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Geology

    415 Cooke Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4287

    Email: richelle@buffalo.edu

  • Department Chair; Frank H. and Josephine L. Goodyear Professor

    Economics

    415B Fronczak Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-8663

    Email: alexanas@buffalo.edu

  • Laura M. Arpan

    Professor

    Department of Communication

    359 Baldy Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2141

    Email: lauraarp@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Chemistry

    877 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4130

    Email: ekinatil@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability; Director, Graduate studies, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering; Director, Engineering Science MS: Focus on Engineering Sustainability

    Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    233 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4001

    Email: atkjdw@buffalo.edu

  • Professor and Chair; Director, Great Lakes Program; Professional Engineer, New York State

    Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    212 Ketter Hall

    Phone: 716-645-2220

    Email: atkinson@buffalo.edu

  • Director, Center for Climate Change and Health Equity; Associate Professor

    Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    168C Farber Hall

    Phone: 716-829-6738

    Email: kkbaker@buffalo.edu

  • Professor and Chair

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    208 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1470

    Email: fbattagl@buffalo.edu

  • Sean Bennett

    Professor; Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

    Geography

    126 Wilkeson Quad

    Phone: 716-645-0490

    Email: seanb@buffalo.edu

  • Professor, Biology; Teaching Innovation Award, 2019

    Biological Sciences

    107 Dorsheimer Laboratory and Greenhouse

    Phone: (716) 645-4997

    Email: camjob@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Art

    228 Center for the Arts

    Phone: 716-645-0940

    Email: mrbohlen@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

    Architecture and Planning

    130 Hayes Hall

    Phone: 716-829-5214

    Email: marthabo@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    277 Farber Hall

    Phone: 716-829-5385

    Email: mrbonner@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    232 Jarvis Hall

    Email: jboualav@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Geology

    410 Hochstetter

    Phone: 716-645-4326

    Email: jbriner@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    312 Furnas Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1193

    Email: ccheng8@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    608 Furnas

    Phone: (716) 645-3977

    Email: ddlchung@buffalo.edu

  • Professor Emerita; Research Professor

    Earth Sciences

    457B Hochstetter

    Phone: 716-645-4871

    Email: coffroth@buffalo.edu

  • A. Conger Goodyear Professor; Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, College of Arts and Science

    Chemistry

    578 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4213

    Email: lacolon@buffalo.edu

  • Professor; Vice Dean for Advocacy and Experiential Education; Director of Clinical Legal Education

    School of Law

    519 O'Brian Hall

    Phone: 716/645-2092

    Email: kimconno@buffalo.edu

  • Chair, Professor

    Geology

    413 Cooke Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4325

    Email: bcsatho@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering

    231 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4015

    Email: ningdai@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Chemistry

    532 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4310

    Email: ldjesus@buffalo.edu

  • Professor of Research

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    614 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-9062

    Email: mdupuis2@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    136 Ketter Hall

    Phone: 716-645-3019

    Email: negarkho@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Urban and Regional Planning

    226 Hayes Hall

    Phone: 716-829-5930

    Email: efrimpon@buffalo.edu

  • SUNY Distinguished Professor; Empire Innovation Professor

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Hochstetter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-5920

    Email: agoyal@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    612 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1524

    Email: hachmann@buffalo.edu

  • Professor; Chair

    Urban and Regional Planning

    126A Hayes Hall

    Phone: 716-829-5326

    Email: dbhess@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies

    Department of Environment and Sustainability

    311 Cooke Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-6777

    Email: kjalbert@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    207B Jarvis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4007

    Email: jjensen@buffalo.edu

  • National Grid Professor of Materials Research; SUNY Empire Innovation Professor; SUNY Distinguished Professor

    Department of Materials Design and Innovation

    136 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1157

    Email: qxjia@buffalo.edu

  • Walter E. Schmid Chair; SUNY Distinguished Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    510 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1173

    Email: kofke@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Director, MPH Concentration in Epidemiology; Co-Director, Community for Global Health Equity

    Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    234 Farber Hall

    Phone: 716-829-5340

    Email: kkordas@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Electrical Engineering

    230D Davis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1026

    Email: huaminli@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Chemistry

    861 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4285

    Email: yuguangl@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Chemical & Biological Engineering

    311 Furnas Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1856

    Email: haiqingl@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Biological Sciences

    H534 Hochstetter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4986

    Email: cl243@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Electrical Engineering

    230J Davis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1037

    Email: pqliu@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies

    Geology

    413 Cooke Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4266

    Email: cslowry@buffalo.edu

  • Chair; SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor

    Engineering Education; Chemical and Biological Engineering

    505 Furnas Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1180

    Email: lund@buffalo.edu

  • Department Chair, Professor

    Geography; Environment and Sustainability

    113 Wilkeson Quad

    Phone: (716) 645-0477

    Email: dsmackay@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor of Research

    Electrical Engineering

    230C Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1151

    Email: filippom@buffalo.edu

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

    Department of Environment and Sustainability

    309 Cooke Hall

    Email: mmanheim@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Physics

    239 Fronczak Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2739

    Email: amarkelz@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies

    Political Science

    507 Park Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-8444

    Email: elenamcl@buffalo.edu

  • Professor and Chair

    Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    Phone: (716) 829-5356

    Email: pmendola@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Director, Office of Global Health Initiatives

    Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    273A Farber Hall

    Phone: 716-829-5381

    Email: linamu@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    325 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-8650

    Email: amunguia@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Materials Design and Innovation

    128 Bell Hall

    Phone: 716-645-9193

    Email: prathima@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Department of Physics

    209 Fronczak Hall

    Phone: 716-645-6730

    Email: wanyinie@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    264 Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-2976

    Email: marinaok@buffalo.edu

  • UB Distinguished Professor; Director, Division of Environmental Health Sciences

    Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology

    273 Farber Hall

    Phone: 716-829-2319

    Email: jolson@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Materials Design and Innovation

    330 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-5433

    Email: jypeng@buffalo.edu

  • Professor; Chair

    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    212 Ketter Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4003

    Email: rabideau@buffalo.edu

  • Erich Bloch Chair; SUNY Empire Innovation Professor; SUNY Distinguished Professor

    Department of Materials Design and Innovation

    120 Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1380

    Email: krajan3@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Architecture

    317B Hayes Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-6910

    Email: rajkovic@buffalo.edu

  • Winkler Assistant Professor

    Chemistry

    410 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4241

    Email: sjray2@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor; Director, MPH Concentration in Environmental Health

    Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    276 Farber Hall

    Phone: 716-829-5384

    Email: xuefengr@buffalo.edu

  • Professor; Founding Director, Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics

    Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    204D Ketter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4367

    Email: asadek@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Department of Indigenous Studies

    508 Clemens Hall

    Phone: 716-645-7907

    Email: sseneca@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    324 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-2593

    Email: sangwoos@buffalo.edu

  • Julie Silva

    Professor

    Geography

    119 Wilkeson Quad

    Phone: 716-645-0483

    Email: jasilva3@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Electrical Engineering

    230H Davis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1536

    Email: uttamsin@buffalo.edu

  • UB Distinguished Professor

    Operations Management and Strategy

    351 Jacobs Management Center

    Phone: (716) 645-3279

    Email: ncsuresh@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Geology

    457 Cooke Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4329

    Email: ekthomas@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    609 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1191

    Email: mtsianou@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Operations Management and Strategy

    326G Jacobs Management Center

    Phone: 716-645-5234

    Email: adityave@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Chemistry

    756 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4243

    Email: lvelarde@buffalo.edu

  • Dean; SUNY Distinguished Professor; Professor

    Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professionals

    410 Kimball Tower

    Phone: (716) 829-5374

    Email: jww@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor; Undergraduate Fellowship Coordinator

    Biological Sciences

    53 Cooke Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4969

    Email: zhenw@buffalo.edu

  • Chair, Professor

    Chemistry

    531 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: 716-645-4189

    Email: dwatson3@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Materials Design and Innovation

    125 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1377

    Email: olgawodo@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    226 Ketter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-5152

    Email: tengwu@buffalo.edu

  • Empire Innovation Professor

    Computer Science and Engineering

    316 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4760

    Email: jinjun@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Communication

    329 Baldy Hall

    Phone: 716-645-1169

    Email: zyang5@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Materials Design and Innovation

    132 Bell Hall

    Phone: 716-645-5403

    Email: feiyao@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Professor

    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    229 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: 716-645-4002

    Email: yinyinye@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Professor

    Geography

    121 Wilkeson Quad

    Phone: 716-645-0476

    Email: eunhye@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Physics

    225 Fronczak Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2946

    Email: haozeng@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Physics

    303 Fronczak Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-6077

    Email: pzhang3@buffalo.edu

  • Professor

    Chemistry

    777 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: 716-645-4332

    Email: ezurek@buffalo.edu