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  • Diana Aga.
    3/6/23

    Diana Aga

    Director of the UB RENEW Institute

    Expertise: chemicals of emerging concern; industrial pollution; wastewater treatment; environmental impact of PFAS ("forever chemicals"), PCBs, PBDEs (flame retardants), pesticides, nanomaterials, antimicrobials, pharmaceuticals and personal care products; antibiotic resistance in the environment; target and non-target analysis; Great Lakes pollution

    Phone: 716-645-4220

    Email: dianaaga@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of John D. Atkinson, University at Buffalo sustainability and air pollution expert.
    10/30/24

    John D. Atkinson

    Associate Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, air and water pollution control, materials science and engineering, adsorption, life-cycle assessment

    Phone: 716-645-4001

    Email: atkjdw@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Ian Bradley, University at Buffalo wastewater treatment and algal bloom expert.
    8/19/21

    Ian Bradley

    Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 

    Expertise: wastewater treatment, algae, algal blooms in the Great Lakes and elsewhere

    Phone: 716-645-4004

    Email: ianbradl@buffalo.edu

  • Ning Dai.
    8/16/21

    Ning Dai

    Associate Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental

    Expertise: wastewater reuse, disinfection and disinfection byproducts; seawater desalination; algal blooms; pesticides

    Phone: 716-645-4015

    Email: ningdai@buffalo.edu

  • Headshot of Amit Goyal.
    10/4/24

    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

  • Head shot of Tracy K. P. Gregg.
    1/4/24

    Tracy K. P. Gregg

    Professor and Chair of Geology

    Expertise: volcanology, volcanoes on Mars and Venus, the search for water on Mars, volcanism on the moon, deep-sea eruptions, basaltic lava flows

    Phone: 716-645-4328

    Email: tgregg@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of James Jensen.
    12/11/23

    James N. Jensen

    Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: public water systems, drinking-water treatment, wastewater treatment

    Phone: 716-645-4007

    Email: jjensen@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Howard Lasker, University at Buffalo coral reef expert.
    4/13/23

    Howard Lasker

    Professor Emeritus of Environment and Sustainability

    Expertise: coral reefs; coral bleaching; climate change and oceans

    Phone: 716-645-4870

    Email: hlasker@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Haiqing Lin, University at Buffalo carbon capture expert.
    4/13/23

    Haiqing Lin

    Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Expertise: separation science, carbon capture, water purification, polymers, materials science

    Phone: 716-645-1856

    Email: haiqingl@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Alan Rabideau, University at Buffalo groundwater pollution and hazardous waste management expert.
    8/2/22

    Alan Rabideau

    Professor and Chair of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: pollution, groundwater contamination, radioactive and hazardous waste management, mathematical modeling

    Phone: 716-645-4003

    Email: rabideau@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Yinyin Ye, University at Buffalo environmental microbiology and wastewater disease surveillance expert.
    8/16/21

    Yinyin Ye

    Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: surveillance and disinfection of pathogens in wastewater and the environment; wastewater-based disease monitoring; environmental microbiology; proteomics

    Phone: 716-645-4002

    Email: yinyinye@buffalo.edu