Swihart named AAAS Fellow

Mark T. Swihart, UB Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Executive Director of UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI), has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Mark Swihart has been named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science.

Published November 24, 2015 This content is archived.

Mark T. Swihart, UB Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Executive Director of UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI), has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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The honor is bestowed on AAAS members by their peers for their efforts to advance science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.

The honor is bestowed on AAAS members by their peers for their efforts to advance science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Swihart was honored for “outstanding contributions in advancing fundamental understanding and practical implementation of processes for producing, functionalizing, and creatively applying inorganic nanomaterials.”

An acclaimed researcher, teacher and collaborator, Swihart is co-holder of five U.S. patents, co-author of more than 150 research publications, and has delivered approximately 50 invited lectures worldwide.

His research focuses on the creation of new nanomaterials with applications in: optoelectronics, such as light-emitting diodes and solar cells; biomedical imaging and therapy; and diverse energy-related applications. The work is funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and industry.

As CMI executive director, Swihart leads an administrative and operations team that works to advance UB’s research at the intersection of materials science and informatics and to make that expertise more accessible and more valuable to industry, particularly in the Buffalo Niagara region.

Swihart also guided the university’s diverse nanoscience and nanotechnology research, serving as director of the UB 2020 Strategic Strength in Integrated Nanostructured Systems from 2007-15.

He has received numerous awards recognizing his research, including the 2013 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal, given annually by the Western New York section of the American Chemical Society, the J.B. Wagner Young Investigator Award from the High Temperature Materials Division of the Electrochemical Society, and the Kenneth Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research.

Since joining UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as faculty member in 1998, Swihart served as research adviser to more than 50 graduate students and more than 90 undergraduate researchers. He has been selected four times as “Professor of the Year” by undergraduates in his department and has been honored by the McNair Scholars program and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Earlier this year, he received The President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring at UB.

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It is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science as well as Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling. AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes 254 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The non-profit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, and more.