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School Leadership

Kemper Lewis

Dean

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

208 Davis Hall

Email: kelewis@buffalo.edu

Faculty Affairs and Recognition

Rajan Batta

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Recognition

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

410 Bell Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0972

Email: batta@buffalo.edu

M. Monica Vacanti.

M. Monica Vacanti

Assistant Dean for Human Resources

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

208 Davis Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0800

Email: mvacanti@buffalo.edu

Diversity and Inclusion

Kristen Moore

Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

321 Clemens Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0684

Email: krmoore@buffalo.edu

Letitia Thomas

Assistant Dean for Diversity

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

222 Baldy Hall

Phone: (716) 645-3071

Email: lthomas@buffalo.edu

Student Affairs and Accreditation

Christine Human

Associate Dean, Accreditation and Student Affairs

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

410 Bonner Hall

Phone: (716) 645-4374

Email: chuman@buffalo.edu

Research Advancement

Moises Sudit.

Moises Sudit

Associate Dean for Research

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

414 Bell Hall

Phone: (716) 645-2423

Email: sudit@buffalo.edu

Linda H. Bovino.

Linda H. Bovino

Assistant Dean for Grants Management

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

208 Davis Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0980

Email: lbovino@buffalo.edu

Graduate Education

Chris Connor.

Christopher Connor

Assistant Dean and Chief Enrollment Officer

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

415 Bonner Hall

Phone: (716) 645-6968

Email: cconnor@buffalo.edu

Undergraduate Education

Jeffrey Errington

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

410 Bonner Hall

Phone: (716) 645-2774

Email: jerring@buffalo.edu

Portrait of Kerry Collins-Gross.

Kerry Collins-Gross

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

410 Bonner Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0960

Email: collinsk@buffalo.edu

Academic Department Chairs

Yun Wu

Chair

Biomedical Engineering

332D Bonner Hall

Phone: (716) 645-8498

Email: ywu32@buffalo.edu

Mark T. Swihart

Chair

Chemical and Biological Engineering

506 Furnas Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1181; Fax: (716) 645-3822

Email: swihart@buffalo.edu

Alan Rabideau

Chair

Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering

212 Ketter Hall

Phone: (716) 645-4003

Email: rabideau@buffalo.edu

Jinhui Xu

Chair

Computer Science and Engineering

315 Davis Hall

Phone: (716) 645-4734

Email: jinhui@buffalo.edu

Jonathan Bird

Chair

Electrical Engineering

201 Bonner Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1015; Fax: (716) 645-3656

Email: jbird@buffalo.edu

James Jensen

Chair

Engineering Education

140C Capen Hall

Phone: (716) 645-4007

Email: jjensen@buffalo.edu

Victor Paquet

Chair

Industrial and Systems Engineering

322 Bell Hall

Phone: (716) 645-4712

Email: vpaquet@buffalo.edu

Krishna Rajan

Erich Bloch Endowed Chair

Materials Design and Innovation

120 Bonner Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1380

Email: krajan3@buffalo.edu

Francine Battaglia

Chair

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

208 Bell Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1470

Email: fbattagl@buffalo.edu

Support Services Leadership

  • Donald Goralski

    Director, Shared Instrumentation Laboratories

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    101A Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-5151

    Email: goralski@buffalo.edu

  • Jason Lasker

    Director, Science and Engineering Node Services (SENS)

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    104 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4690

    Email: lasker@buffalo.edu

  • Timothy Leyh

    Executive Director, TCIE

    Baird Research Park

    1576 Sweet Home Road, Suite 212, Amherst, NY 14228

    Phone: (716) 645-8800

    Email: tleyh@buffalo.edu

  • Andrew Olewnik

    Director of Experiential Learning Programs

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    140M Capen Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2630

    Email: olewnik@buffalo.edu

  • Diane Porter.

    Diane Porter

    Assistant Dean for Finance

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    208 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-0967

    Email: dporter3@buffalo.edu

  • Sujata Rawal.

    Sujata Rawal

    Assistant Dean and Director of Facilities Planning and Management

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    208 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-9182

    Email: srawal@buffalo.edu

  • Marcene Robinson.

    Marcene Robinson

    Director of Communications

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    438 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1166

    Email: marcener@buffalo.edu

  • Lisa Stephens

    Assistant Dean for Digital Education

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    721 O’Brian Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-6522

    Email: stephens@buffalo.edu

  • Marianne Sullivan.

    Marianne Sullivan

    Special Programs Manager

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    208 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4731

    Email: mks@buffalo.edu

  • Judy Wolfe

    Senior Executive Director of Advancement

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    916 Kimball Tower, Room 922A

    Phone: (716) 881-1377

    Email: jmwolfe@buffalo.edu

  • Dave Yearke.

    Dave Yearke

    Director of Cybersecurity and Data Assurance

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    103C Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2165

    Email: yearke@buffalo.edu

Research Center Directors

Edward Snell

BioXFEL NSF Science and Technology Center

700 Ellicott St.

Phone: (716) 898-8610

Email: info@bioxfel.org

Stelios Andreadis

Center for Cell, Gene and Tissue Engineering

303 Furnas Hall

Phone: (716) 829-6820

Email: sandread@buffalo.edu

Paul DesJardin

Center for Hybrid Rocket Exascale Simulation Technology

302 Jarvis Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1467

Email: ped3@buffalo.edu

Moises Sudit

Center for Multisource Information Fusion (CMIF)

414 Bell Hall

Phone: (716) 645-2423

Email: sudit@buffalo.edu

John Crassidis

Center for Space Cyber Strategy and CyberSecurity

1003 Furnas Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1426

Email: johnc@buffalo.edu

Venu Govindaraju

Center for Unified Biometrics (CUBS)

113 Davis Hall

Phone: (716) 645-31558

Email: govind@buffalo.edu

Shambhu Upadhyaya

Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE)

329 Davis Hall

Phone: (716) 645-3183

Email: shambhu@buffalo.edu

David Doermann

Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

113M Davis Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1557

Email: ai-institute@buffalo.edu

Andrew Whittaker

Institute of Bridge Engineering (IBE); Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics (ISTL)

230 Ketter Hall

Phone: (716) 645-4364

Email: awhittak@buffalo.edu

Timothy Leyh

The Center for Industrial Effectiveness

1576 Sweet Home Road, Suite 212

Phone: (716) 645-8800

Email: tleyh@buffalo.edu