Meet Our New Faculty
26 new faculty hired in 2018
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.
Biomedical Engineering
Xiaoliang Zhang, Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rudiyanto Gunawan, Associate Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Ian Bradley, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Xiao Liang, Research Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
David Doermann, Empire Innovation Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Zhanpeng Jin, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Junsong Yuan, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Kenny Joseph, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Weihang Wang, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Jingjing Meng, Teaching Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Vasili Perebeinos, Professor
Electrical Engineering
Zhangyu Guan, Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Luis Herrera, Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Shaofeng Zou, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Kristen Moore, Associate Professor
Engineering Education
Arezoo Hajesfandiari, Teaching Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Lauren Kuryloski, Assistant Teaching Professor
Engineering Education
Stephanie Phillips, Assistant Professor of Practice
Engineering Education
Presentacion Rivera Reyes, Assistant Teaching Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sayanti Mukherjee, Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Johnson Fadeyi, Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Shenqiang Ren, Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Chen, Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Frank Lagor, Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Craig Snoeyink, Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ardeshir Raihanian Mashhadi, Teaching Assistant Professor
34 new faculty hired in 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Jing Wang, Teaching Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Thomas Thundat, Empire Innovation Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Eleni Kyriakidou, Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Monica Lupion-Cordero, Teaching Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
David Courtemanche, Teaching Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Darrell Kaminski, Assistant Professor of Practice
Computer Science and Engineering
Marina Blanton, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Matthew Knepley, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Changyou Chen, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Mingchen Gao, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
A. Erdem Sariyuce, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Alan Hunt, Professor of Practice
Electrical Engineering
Jun (Brandon) Choi, Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Huamin Li, Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Peter Qiang Liu, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Keshab Acharya, Teaching Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Emily Hammond, Teaching Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Amy Baird, Assistant Professor of Practice
Engineering Education
Kristen Depowski O'Donnell, Assistant Professor of Practice
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Winnie Chen, Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Hongyue Sun, Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mohamed Awwad, Teaching Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Baishakhi Mazumder, Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Prathima Nalam, Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Kristofer Reyes, Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Fei Yao, Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Alan Friedman, Research Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Francine Battaglia, Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Vojislav Kalanovic, Professor of Practice
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Javid Bayandor, Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Yaowu Hu, Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Minghui Zheng, Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Aaron Estes, Teaching Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Liselle Trinidad, Teaching Assistant Professor
16 new faculty hired in 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Anirban Dutta, Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Natesh Parashurama, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Nirupam Aich, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Kamelia Atefi Monfared, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Negar Elhami Khorasani, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Lauren Sassoubre, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Zhenduo Zhu, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Marco Gaboardi, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Jesse Hartloff, Teaching Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Arindam Sanyal, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Julia Latorre, Teaching Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Jennifer Haggerty, Teaching Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Quanxi Jia, Empire Innovation Professor and National Grid Professor of Materials Research; Scientific Director, New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics
Materials Design and Innovation
Jung Hun Seo, Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Scott Broderick, Research Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Souma Chowdhury, Assistant Professor