Meet Our New Faculty

Chosen for their outstanding research achievements to date and for what they will contribute to engineering, to UB and to their professions, our new faculty members will lead us in new directions and push us to ever greater achievements. We are delighted to welcome them to UB.

20 new faculty hired in 2022

We welcome 20 new faculty members this semester, who are renowned for their research and educational expertise. They represent world-class excellence in areas such as advanced transportation systems, energy optimization, medical imaging, computer security, machine learning, edge and distributed computing, supply chain design, health information technology, belonging and persistence in engineering education, precision health solutions, and robotics.

Mini-biographies of each of our new faculty members, including their areas of research expertise, work experience, prior degrees, and other noteworthy information, is available here.

Biomedical Engineering
 

Junghun Cho.

Junghun Cho, Assistant Professor

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 

Austin Angulo.

Austin Angulo, Assistant Professor

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Kamran Nemati.

Kamran Nemati, Professor of Practice

Computer Science and Engineering
 

Tom Hayes.

Tom Hayes, Associate Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Andrew Hirsch.

Andrew Hirsch, Assistant Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Kaiyi Ji.

Kaiyi Ji, Assistant Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Haonan Lu.

Haonan Lu, Assistant Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Eric Mikida.

Eric Mikida, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Computer Science and Engineering

Chen Wang.

Chen Wang, Assistant Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Yaxiong Xie.

Yaxiong Xie, Assistant Professor

Electrical Engineering

Seyyedali Hosseinalipour.

Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Assistant Professor

Engineering Education

Eunsil Lee.

Eunsil Lee, Assistant Professor

Engineering Education 

Doga Yucalan.

Doga Yucalan, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Gohar Azeem.

Gohar Azeem, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Dr. Casucci.

Sabrina Casucci, Assistant Professor

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Robert Dell.

Robert Dell, Professor
 

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Abbas Keramati.

Abbas Keramati, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Diana Ramirez-Rios.

Diana Ramirez-Rios, Assistant Professor

Materials Design and Innovation
 

Scott Broderick.

Scott Broderick, Associate Professor

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Leonid Khinkis.

Leonid Khinkis, Associate Professor of Teaching

8 new faculty hired in 2021

Computer Science and Engineering
 

Paul Dickson.

Paul Dickson, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Computer Science and Engineering
 

Ifeoma Nwogu.

Ifeoma Nwogu, Associate Professor

Computer Science and Engineering
 

Nazmus Sakib.

Nazmus Sakib, Assistant Professor of Teaching
 

Computer Science and Engineering
 

Alina Vereshchaka.

Alina Vereshchaka, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Computer Science and Engineering
 

Jinjun Xiong.

Jinjun Xiong, Empire Innovation Professor

Computer Science and Engineering
 

Zhuoyue Zhao.

Zhuoyue Zhao, Assistant Professor

Engineering Education
 

Jill Martiniuk.

Jill Martiniuk, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sangwoo Shin.

Sangwoo Shin, Assistant Professor

18 new faculty hired in 2020

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Ashlee Ford Versypt.

Ashlee Ford Versypt, Associate Professor

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Viviana Monje-Galvan.

Viviana Monje-Galvan, Assistant Professor

Chemical and Biological Engineering  

Miao Yu.

Miao Yu, Empire Innovation Professor

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Yinyin Ye.

Yinyin Ye, Assistant Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Nasrin Akhter.

Nasrin Akhter, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Computer Science and Engineering  

Hongxin Hu.

Hongxin Hu, Associate Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Siwei Lyu.

Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor

Computer Science and Engineering  

Xianghang (Scott) Mi.

Xianghang (Scott) Mi, Assistant Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Nalini Ratha.

Nalini Ratha, Empire Innovation Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

Ziming Zhao.

Ziming Zhao, Assistant Professor

Electrical Engineering  

Jim Zheng.

Jian-Ping Zheng, Empire Innovation Professor

Engineering Education  

Alice Nightingale.

Alice Nightingale, Assistant Professor of Teaching

Engineering Education
 

Matilde Sanchez-Pena.

Matilde Sanchez-Pena, Assistant Professor

Engineering Education
 

Corey Schimpf.

Corey Schimpf, Assistant Professor

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Cecilia Martinez Leon.

Cecilia Martinez Leon, Associate Professor of Teaching

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jiaoyan Li.

Jiaoyan Li, Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jun Liu.

Jun Liu, Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ryan St. Pierre.

Ryan St. Pierre, Assistant Professor