Leadership & Staff

Jinjun Xiong

Director

Rachael Hageman Blair

Associate Director of Education

Kenneth Joseph

Associate Director of AI and Society

Srirangaraj (Ranga) Setlur

Associate Director of Community Engagement

Yijun Sun

Associate Director of AI and Health Science

Mingchen Gao

Engineering Sciences (Artificial Intelligence) MS Program Director

Johannes Hachmann

Engineering Sciences (Data Science) MS Program Director

Margarete Jadamec

Computational and Data Enabled Sciences PhD Program Director

Sarah Muldoon

Computational and Data Enabled Sciences PhD Program Interim Director

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Staff Members

Virginia Stever
215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-2477
vastever@buffalo.edu
Administrative Director
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-2477
vastever@buffalo.edu
Caitlin Hoekstra, (she/her/hers)
PhD, University at Buffalo
415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6645
cebarone@buffalo.edu
Director of Career Development & Experiential Learning
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6645
cebarone@buffalo.edu
Meredith Jones
215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-1562
mjones36@buffalo.edu
Project Administrator
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-1562
mjones36@buffalo.edu
Kaileigh Kosicki
415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2087
kh66@buffalo.edu
Graduate Academic Coordinator:
MPS Data Science and Applications, CDSE PhD
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2087
kh66@buffalo.edu
Kimberly McQuate
215 Lockwood Hall
Phone: 716-645-8591
kmcquate@buffalo.edu
Sr. Digital & Graphic Design Associate
Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood Hall
Phone: 716-645-8591
kmcquate@buffalo.edu
Eric Militello
205 Lockwood Hall
Phone: 716-645-2344
emm38@buffalo.edu
Office and Operations
Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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205 Lockwood Hall
Phone: 716-645-2344
emm38@buffalo.edu
Kaeleigh Peri
415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1566
kperi@buffalo.edu
Director of Graduate Enrollment & Interdisciplinary Programs
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1566
kperi@buffalo.edu
Heather Schaffer
215 Lockwood Hall
hschaffe@buffalo.edu
Office and Operations
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood Hall
hschaffe@buffalo.edu
Megan Stewart
415 Bonner Hall
mnking@buffalo.edu
Graduate Academic Coordinator:
Engineering Science (Data Science)
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Email Megan Stewart
415 Bonner Hall
mnking@buffalo.edu
Karoline Sung
215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-4520
techiasu@buffalo.edu
Finance and Grants Manager
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-4520
techiasu@buffalo.edu
Kaylee Waldby
415 Bonner Hall
kwaldby@buffalo.edu
Graduate Academic Coordinator:
Engineering Science (Artificial Intelligence)
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Email Kaylee Waldby
415 Bonner Hall
kwaldby@buffalo.edu