Meet our Named Professors

  • Barbara Rita Alevriadou.
    Barbara Rita Alevriadou, PhD
    PhD, Rice University

    301 Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-8499

    alevri@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Research Lab; Signal Transduction; Vascular Medicine

  • John D. Atkinson.
    John D. Atkinson, PhD
    PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    233 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4001

    atkjdw@buffalo.edu

    Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability
    Associate Professor
    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director, Graduate studies, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
    Director, Engineering Science MS: Focus on Engineering Sustainability
    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Waste Management; Recycling; Plastics and Polymers; Environmental Engineering; Sustainability; Porous Materials; Carbon, Aerosol Science and Technology; Hazardous Materials

  • Constantinou.
    Michael C. Constantinou, PhD
    PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    132 Ketter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2469

    constan1@buffalo.edu

    Samuel P. Capen Professor
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Seismic protective systems for buildings, bridges and the infrastructure

  • John Crassidis.
    John Crassidis, PhD
    PhD, University at Buffalo

    1003 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1426

    johnc@buffalo.edu

    Moog Professor of Innovation
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director
    Collaborative Institute for Multisource Information Fusion
    Director
    Center for Space Cyber Strategy and Cyber Security

    Research Interests: Spacecraft attitude determination & control; formation flying guidance & navigation; robust nonlinear control; vehicle attitude dynamics

  • David Doermann.
    David Doermann, PhD
    PhD, University of Maryland

    338P Davis Hall

    Phone: Department Chair: (716) 645-4730, Faculty Office: (716) 645-1557

    doermann@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Interim Department Chair
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Document image understanding; video analysis; pattern recognition; computer vision; media forensics; artificial intelligence

    338P Davis Hall

    Phone: Department Chair: (716) 645-4730, Faculty Office: (716) 645-1557

    doermann@buffalo.edu

  • Amit Goyal.
    Amit Goyal, PhD
    PhD, University of Rochester, 1991

    317 Hochstetter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-5920

    agoyal@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director, UB Initiative on Plastics Recycling and Innovation, a NYS Center of Excellence (April 2022 – to date)
    University at Buffalo
    Founding Director, The RENEW Institute (Jan 2015-July 2021)
    University at Buffalo

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

  • photo of Quanxi Jia.
    Quanxi Jia, PhD
    PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University at Buffalo

    136 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1157

    qxjia@buffalo.edu

    National Grid Professor of Materials Research
    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Department of Materials Design and Innovation
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Scientific Director
    New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI)

    Research Topics: Synthesis, characterization, and application of advanced electronic and energy materials; investigation of the processing-structure-property relationship of epitaxial thin films and heterostructures; monolithic integration of materials with complimentary functionalities for electronic devices; and exploration of superconductors and their applications to energy and quantum devices.

  • D. Kofke.
    David A. Kofke, PhD
    PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1988

    510 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1173

    kofke@buffalo.edu

    Walter E. Schmid Chair
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Director of Undergraduate Studies
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Statistical physics; molecular modeling and simulation; software engineering

  • Lovell.
    Jonathan Lovell, PhD
    PhD, University of Toronto

    201 Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1020

    Fax: (716) 645-2207

    jflovell@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Nanomedicine; phototherapy

  • Siwei Lyu.
    Siwei Lyu, PhD
    PhD, Dartmouth College

    317 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1587

    siweilyu@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Co-Director
    Center for Information Integrity

    Research Topics: digital media forensics; computer vision; machine learning

  • photo of Krishna.
    Krishna Rajan, ScD
    ScD, Materials Science, MIT

    120 Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1380

    krajan3@buffalo.edu

    Erich Bloch Chair
    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Department of Materials Design and Innovation
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Materials informatics; Quantitative high resolution imaging; Atom probe tomography

  • Nalini Ratha.
    Nalini Ratha, PhD
    PhD, Michigan State University

    113K Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1564

    nratha@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Computer vision; artificial intelligence; biometrics and fairness; and trust in AI

  • Atri Rudra.
    Atri Rudra, PhD
    PhD, University of Washington

    319 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2464

    atri@buffalo.edu

    Katherine Johnson Chair in Artificial Intelligence
    Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Structured linear algebra; society and computing; coding theory; database algorithms

  • Mark Swihart.
    Mark T. Swihart, PhD
    PhD, University of Minnesota, 1997

    306 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1181

    swihart@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Department Chair
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water (RENEW)

    Research Topics: Synthesis and application of nanoparticles; Detailed chemical kinetic modeling in reacting flows

  • T. Thundat.
    Thomas Thundat, PhD
    PhD, State University of New York at Albany, 1987

    310 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3209

    tgthunda@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water (RENEW)

    Research Topics: Novel physical, chemical, and biological detection using micro and nano mechanical sensors and electrical power delivery using the single wire concept

  • JInjun Xiong.
    Jinjun Xiong, PhD
    PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

    316 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4760

    jinjun@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director
    Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

    Research Topics: Cognitive computing, big data analytics, deep learning, smarter energy, application of cognitive computing for industrial solutions

  • Leslie Ying.
    Leslie (Lei) Ying, PhD
    PhD, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

    223 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1609

    leiying@buffalo.edu

    Clifford C. Furnas Professor
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Clifford C. Furnas Professor
    Professor
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Specialty/Research Focus: Compressed sensing; magnetic resonance imaging; image reconstruction

  • Miao Yu.
    Miao Yu, PhD
    PhD, CU-Boulder, 2007

    504 Furnas hall

    Phone: 716-645-9302

    myu9@buffalo.edu

    Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water (RENEW)

    Research Topics: nanostructures; zeolites; membranes; separations

  • Xiaoliang Zhang.
    Xiaoliang Zhang, PhD
    PhD, University of Minnesota

    215E Bonner Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4055

    Fax: (716) 645-2207

    xzhang89@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Novel techniques for advanced MRI instrumentation; multi-modal biomedical imaging; novel MR imaging formation technology; MR imaging at high and ultrahigh fields; novel device and method development for structural, functional and metabolic imaging using proton and heteronuclear MRI; parallel imaging and compressed sensing based fast imaging methodology; new hardware technology for MR imaging, microimaging, cancer imaging, fetal and neonatal imaging; interventional MRI; PET-MRI in health and cancerous conditions; technical development of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) in small animal models and humans

  • Jian-Ping Zheng.
    Jian-Ping Zheng, PhD
    PhD, University at Buffalo

    113 B Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1194

    jzheng@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Professor
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Specialty/Research Focus: Energy storage/conversion materials and devices; nano-materials and devices fabrication and characterization; solid-state thin film deposition and optoelectronic devices; nonlinear optics

  • Jun Zhuang.
    Jun Zhuang, PhD
    PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    317 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4707

    jzhuang@buffalo.edu

    Morton C. Frank Professor
    Professor
    Director of Graduate Studies
    Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Operations research, game theory, hazard response

  • Jennifer Zirnheld.
    Jennifer Zirnheld, PhD
    PhD, University at Buffalo

    213 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3115

    zirnheld@buffalo.edu

    Maxwell Technologies Inc. Professor
    Associate Professor
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Specialty/Research Focus: Insulation coordination; energy systems; mobility platforms; nano-dielectrics