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  • Portrait of Jon Bird.
    10/8/25

    Jonathan Bird

    Director of the UB Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

    Expertise: semiconductors, nanoelectronics, quantum science and engineering, materials science

    Phone: 716-645-1015

    Email: jbird@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of John Cerne.
    10/8/25

    John Cerne

    Professor of Physics

    Expertise: physics in everyday life, condensed matter physics, high-temperature superconductors, graphene, optics

    Phone: 716-645-2542

    Email: jcerne@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Sambandamurthy Ganapathy.
    10/8/25

    Sambandamurthy Ganapathy

    Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for Research

    Expertise: condensed matter physics, quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors 

    Phone: 716-645-2906

    Email: sg82@buffalo.edu

  • Headshot of Amit Goyal.
    10/8/25

    Amit Goyal

    SUNY Distinguished Professor and Empire Innovation Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Expertise: renewable energy; environmental and water issues; high-temperature superconductivity; materials science

    Phone: 716-645-5920

    Email: agoyal@buffalo.edu

  • Photo of Wenyi Nie.
    10/8/25

    Wanyi Nie

    Associate Professor of Physics

    Expertise: semiconductors, materials science, quantum materials, optoelectronic devices, spintronics, photovoltaics

    Phone: 716-645-6730

    Email: wanyinie@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Ian Sellers.
    10/8/25

    Ian Sellers

    Professor of Electrical Engineering

    Expertise: next-generation solar cells, new materials for space and terrestrial photovoltaics, semiconductor materials and optoelectronic devices

    Phone: 716-645-1152

    Email: isellers@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo expert on materials science.
    10/8/25

    Mark Swihart

    SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Expertise: nanotechnology, materials science, chemistry of materials, aerosol science

    Phone: 716-645-1181

    Email: swihart@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Hao Zeng, University at Buffalo faculty expert on magnetism, spin and materials at reduced dimensions.
    10/8/25

    Hao Zeng

    Moti Lal Rustgi Professor of Physics

    Expertise: magnetism, spintronics, nanomaterials, materials science, materials for solar energy harvesting

    Phone: 716-645-5749

    Email: haozeng@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Eva Zurek.
    5/2/24

    Eva Zurek

    SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

    Expertise: superconductors, high-pressure chemistry, crystals, materials science, materials discovery, computational chemistry

    Phone: 716-645-4332

    Email: ezurek@buffalo.edu