Collaborate & work with UB researchers and faculty

Catalytic nanohybrids for pollutant removal from water and wastewater systems, fate and transport of next generation nanomaterials through terrestrial and subsurface media, interaction of complex nanohybrids with the biological wastewater treatment, additive manufacturing for nano-enable water treatment, environmental and human health implications of nanohybrids and nano-enable products such as electronic waste

Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Research Lab; Signal

Low dose Biophotonics Therapy; Stem cells in regenerative medicine; TGF beta Biology

Utilization of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analyses and mathematical modeling to guide the discovery and development of new immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmunity

Immunotherapy - lipid mediated tolerance strategies to overcome unwanted immune responses (protein and antibody therapeutics, allergies, autoimmune conditions and gene therapy). Protein delivery and immunotherapy -  interdisciplinary approach of biophysics/bioengineering, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic and immunology. Physicochemical and analytical methods of assessing protein structure, function, and stability in developing improved dosage forms.

Director of Advanced Simulations for Computing ENergy Transport Laboratory (ASCENT); Fluid and Thermal Sciences

Intermodal Transportation Development; Northern Sea Route for Maritime Intermodal Transportation; Modeling Competitive Behavior of Intermodal Investors; Driver Cognition and Human Factors in Transportation Trust; CAV Road Design

Biomedical Imaging; Cardiac pharmacology; Drug Development; Drug Discovery; Electrophysiology; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Ion Transport; Membrane Biophysics; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Neuroscience; Stem Cells; Translational Research

Computer vision; machine learning; multimodal data analytics; pattern recognition; large-scale visual search and mining; big data analytics

Supporting human performance in complex systems, by modeling aspects of human-machine interaction and by analyzing and designing tasks, training interventions, and information aids and displays

Dynamics and Control of Space Tethers and Large Flexible Space Structures, Active Debris Removal, Collision Detection and Avoidance, Spacecraft Dynamics

Power and energy management; dielectric phenomena; pulsed power; insulation performance/reliability

Health information technology and informatics, healthcare systems modeling, design and evaluation of healthcare interventions on patient and organizational outcomes, process and product quality improvement, simulation modeling and applications

Physical ergonomics, biomechanics, occupational safety and health, workplace wellness, designing workplace accommodations for the obese and older populations

Human-Machine Interactions, Cognitive Engineering, Driver Behavior and Safety, Human Factors in Healthcare

Biodegradable functional polymers and nanostructures, new drug delivery systems, synthetic materials for tissue engineering

Materials science and engineering: multifunctional structural materials (self-sensing, self powering, and vibration damping); electromagnetic shielding materials; thermal interface materials (microelectric cooling); three-dimensional printing; dielectric conductors; interface-derived viscoelasticity

Self-assembly and characterization of discrete inorganic metallacycles and cages; energy harvesting, transport and storage in photo- and redox-active molecular materials. Polynuclear catalysts for small molecule activations of relevance to renewable energy schemes

Applies environmental chemistry to address engineering challenges in water treatment, wastewater reuse, and desalination and to enrich the understanding of natural processes for the transformation of synthetic chemicals on environmental surfaces (e.g., soil and leaf)

Bioinformatics tools to advance personalized medicine; improve quantity and quality of data for medical research; lower barriers to entry for clinicians; advanced machine learning and data analytic methods

Ascertainment and recruitment of human populations, neuroscience, genetics, ophthalmology, epidemiology, statistical genetics and molecular biology.

Computing Education, Introductory Programming Education (CS1/CS2), Broadening Participation in Computing and Gaming, Assessment in Computing Education, History of Computing, Computing Education, Computer Games

Computational fluid dynamics; multiphase reacting flows; fire and combustion; fluid-structure simulation

Document image understanding, video analysis, pattern recognition, computer vision, media forensics, artificial intelligence

Applied orthopedic biomechanics, Corrosion and biocompatibility of metallic orthopedic biomaterials

Product development; product life-cycle management; multi-criteria decision making

To develop multiscale mathematical and computational models to enhance understanding of the mechanisms governing tissue remodeling and damage as a result of diseases and infections and to simulate the treatment of those conditions to improve human health.

Network Design Automation, New Spectrum Technologies, Wireless Network Security

Computational chemistry and materials science; virtual high-throughput and Big Data; machine learning; electronic structure theory and methods; quantum effects in catalysis and materials; rational design

Investigation of low-dose computed tomography protocols and their effect on quantitative lung assessment and imaging processing algorithm development for longitudinal analysis of solid tumors.

Power electronics control; ​dc microgrid; power system optimization

Bioengineering; Materials

Soil-bentonite hydraulic barriers; soil mechanics

Biomedical Imaging; Cardiovascular Disease; Diagnostic Radiology; Image Processing and Analysis; Imaging Informatics; Neurosurgery; Radiological Physics; Vascular and Interventional Radiology; Vision science

Runs BSL3 Lab Facility; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Protein Function and Structure; Viral Pathogenesis; Virology

Synthesis, characterization, and application of advanced electronic and energy materials; investigation of the processing-structure-property relationship of epitaxial thin films and heterostructures; monolithic integration of materials with complimentary functionalities for electronic devices; and exploration of superconductors and their applications to energy and quantum devices

Evaluation of the infrastructure requirements for alternatively fueled vehicles; Impacts of autonomous vehicles on transportation systems; Optimization of paratransit services; Disaster operations management; Understanding rider preferences in multi-modal transportation systems

Bioengineering, Rehabilitation Robotics, Prosthetic Devices, Cable-Actuated Mechanisms, Intelligent Wheelchairs

Mathematical programming, applied operations research, multiple-criteria decision making

Fire engineering; performance based-design, multi-hazard analysis, resilient communities, earthquake engineering

Heterogeneous catalysis; nanoparticle synthesis and surface science, and the application of such catalysts to environmental processes

Nano-scale electronics and optoelectronics based on low-dimensional materials

Computational and Applied Mechanics

Advanced Manufacturing; Process-Structure-Property Relationship; Additive Manufacturing; Functional Materials; Composite Manufacturing; Multiscale Manufacturing; Process Control and Optimization; Bio-inspired Design

Novel membrane materials for CO₂ capture from flue gas and syngas; antifouling membranes for water purification; understanding of polymer structure/property correlations in thin films

Advanced energy materials; Nano/micro-mechanics; Self-powered electronics and systems; Nanotechnology; Scanning probe microscopy (SPM)

Development of nanomedicine approaches to meet unmet needs in treating, diagnosing or preventing disease; Nanomedicine; Phototherapy

Internet of things; wireless communications; cellular networks (4G/5G); network performance analysis and simulation; communications for the smart grid; optimization; machine learning

Chemical imaging through atom probe tomography

DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Drug Discovery; Emergent Pathogens; Genome Integrity; Infectious Disease; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Virology

Biomedical engineering; hemodynamics and vascular biomechanics; advanced laser flow diagnostics; computational fluid dynamics

To characterize lipid-lipid and lipid-protein interactions that are relevant for lipid regulation and cell signaling processes in cancer and liver disease

Bioinorganic chemistry: Magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents based on iron, cobalt or nickel; bimodal (fluorescent) probes; ligand synthesis, self-assembled multinuclear iron complexes for imaging and drug delivery; yeast cell labeling with inorganic complexes

Operations research and analytics, Energy resilience and sustainability, Climate change impact assessment, Risk analysis and uncertainty modeling, Economic impact assessment, Disaster risk reduction, Growth econometrics and disaster impacts, Risk-informed decision analysis

Bacterial infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Haemophilus influenzae pathogenesis; Microbial pathogenesis within the respiratory tract; Moraxella catarrhalis pathogenesis; Vaccine development

Tribology; soft mechanics; surface and interfacial forces; atomic force microscopy

Structural dynamics; acoustics; vibration damping and control; smart materials; energy harvesting; metamaterials and periodic structures

Modeling and Prediction of Human Behavior

LOC (lab-on-a-chip); MicroTAS (Micro Total Analysis Systems); BioMEMS (Bio Micro Electro Mechanical Systems); SANS (Sample-to-Answer Nano/microfluidic Systems); nanobiosensors for bio/chemical/environmental applications; world-to-chip interfacing and packaging; single cell manipulation, sorting, and detection; microvalves; micropumps; microfluidic

Reinforced/Prestressed concrete highway bridges and buildings; Inelastic/nonlinear and shear dominated behavior of concrete; Low-damage seismic systems; Precast concrete systems for accelerated bridge construction; High performance concrete and innovative materials; Field monitoring and testing of bridges;

Relationship between the neurochemical and behavioral effects of drugs, primarily those used to treat neuropsychiatric illnesses. This work includes the study of noradrenergic mechanisms in the actions of antidepressant drugs and of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases as potential targets for novel antidepressant, anxiolytic, and memory‐enhancing drugs.

High-resolution and large-scale expression profiling of pathological proteomes;

Data Mining and Data Science; Algorithms for data mining have a close relationship to methods of pattern recognition and machine learning.

Biomedical Engineering; Biophysical Modeling; Computational Biology; Drug Development; Drug Discovery; Electrophysiology; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Ion Transport; Membrane Biophysics; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Neuroscience; Stem Cells

Theoretical Computer Science

Polymer and organic materials chemistry: synthesis of multicomponent polymers, self-assembly and nanomaterials, chemical upcycling of polymers

Artificial Intelligence; Bioinformatics; Biomedical Informatics; Biophysical Modeling; Computational Biology; Computational Chemistry; Computational Drug Discovery; Drug Design; Drug Development; Drug Discovery; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Nanotechnology; Protein Folding; Protein Function and Structure; Proteomics; Structural Biology; Translational Research

Neurological Surgery, Neuroradiology, Aneurysm, Stroke, Thrombectomy, Cancer, Neurovascular Imaging, Neurovascular Surgery, Vascular

Advanced GaN and novel III-N devices for THz electronics; transport in III-N hetero-structures; novel devices utilizing new materials functionalities; energy-efficient, nano-electronics in emerging materials

Autoimmunity; Dermatology; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Immunology

Databases and Data Science

Robust vibration control, optimization, estimation of dynamic systems, data assimilation and Bayesian inference, robust convex approximation theory; life-cycle cost modeling, aggregate demand, supply chain optimization, tradespace exploration, industrial internet, integrated circuit optimization

Biophysical investigations of the pharmaceutical properties of drug carrier complexes; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis to probe mechanisms behind the therapeutic effects of drug carriers; proteomic analysis based on liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry; drug-mediated interdiction of specific of tumor-stromal interactions to modulate tumor vascular permeability and antibody/drug carrier deposition in tumors

Synthesis and application of nanoparticles; application of chemical engineering science (chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, transport phenomena) to understand and improve processes by which these materials are prepared

STEM education; social justice; social problems; sociology of education, race & ethnic relations, social networks & social capital; qualitative research methods; social media

Novel physical, chemical, and biological detection using micro and nano mechanical sensors and electrical power delivery using the single wire concept

Bio-Inspired Analog Visual Systems; Bioinstrumentation; Integrated Sensors; Neuromorphic Visual Processing Systems

Molecular recognition, crystallization, self-assembly, interfacial phenomena, biomimetics, formulations. Materials: polymers, surfactants, biomaterials, supramolecules, dyes, colloidal particles, crystals, cosolvents. Techniques: rheology, small-angle X-ray (SAXS) and neutron (SANS) scattering, static and dynamic light scattering, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, conductivity, vapor pressure osmometry (VPO), surface free energy, electron spectroscopy (ESCA), atomic force microscopy (AFM). 

Material characterization; terahertz spectroscopy; and metrology

Computing Education

Applications in transportation, evacuation, logistics, and data association

Freight System Modeling; Transportation; Planning/Travel Demand Forecasting; Transportation Economics; Travel Choice Behavior; Smart Land Use

Computer Engineering Outreach and Education, Data Fusion, Digital and Embedded Systems, Computing Education

Silico studies of the morphological phenomena in engineered and natural heterogeneous systems with application to energy, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, and materials science

Functional materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion; electrocatalysis for renewable energy and environmental science; materials electrochemistry; batteries; fuel cells

Engineering principles and design concepts to develop novel therapeutics and diagnostics (theranostics) for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other deadly diseases.

Optical and ultrasonic imaging techniques to meet needs in cancer and neurological research; Sensors, Medical Imaging, Photoacoustics

Low-dimensional material synthesis and property engineering; Low-dimensional materials for energy storage and conversion

Power electronics (Modular Multilevel Converter); microgrid control and protection; high voltage dc transmission; high voltage engineering

Environmental pathogen persistence and disinfection; Environmental surveillance of pathogens; Environmental exposure and human diseases

Compressed sensing; magnetic resonance imaging; image reconstruction

Microbiology, Oral Biology, Periodontics

Iterative learning control; high precision control; nonlinear/robust control with applications to robotics; autonomous systems; manufacturing

Additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping

Dielectric phenomena; energy and power; multifactor stress aging; partial discharge analysis; systems of systems integration and engineering education.