Faculty Mentors

Meet the faculty mentors for PRACTICE-REU

Program Director and co-Director

  • M. Tsianou.
    Marina Tsianou, PhD
    PhD, Lund University, 2000

    609 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1191

    mtsianou@buffalo.edu

    Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Molecularly engineered materials; self-assembly; interfacial phenomena; controlled crystallization; biomimetics

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    609 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1191

    mtsianou@buffalo.edu

  • John D. Atkinson.
    John D. Atkinson, PhD
    PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    233 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4001

    atkjdw@buffalo.edu

    Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability
    Associate Professor
    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director, Graduate studies, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
    Director, Engineering Science MS: Focus on Engineering Sustainability
    Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Waste Management; Recycling; Plastics and Polymers; Environmental Engineering; Sustainability; Porous Materials; Carbon, Aerosol Science and Technology; Hazardous Materials

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    233 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-4001

    atkjdw@buffalo.edu

Faculty Mentors

  • Paschalis Alexandridis.
    Paschalis Alexandridis, PhD
    PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

    508 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1183

    palexand@buffalo.edu

    UB Distinguished Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Self-assembly; directed assembly; complex fluids; soft materials; colloids; nanomaterials; interfacial phenomena; polymers; surfactants; particles; formulations; biomass processing; plastics recycling; PFAS separations

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    508 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1183

    palexand@buffalo.edu

  • Karthik Dantu.
    Karthik Dantu, PhD
    PhD, University of Southern California

    106 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2670

    kdantu@buffalo.edu

    Associate Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Mobile sensor networks; robot networks; networked embedded systems; mobile computing; wireless networks; embedded operating systems

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    106 Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2670

    kdantu@buffalo.edu

  • Amit Goyal.
    Amit Goyal, PhD
    PhD, University of Rochester, 1991

    317 Hochstetter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-5920

    agoyal@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director, UB Initiative on Plastics Recycling and Innovation, a NYS Center of Excellence (April 2022 – to date)
    University at Buffalo
    Founding Director, The RENEW Institute (Jan 2015-July 2021)
    University at Buffalo

    Research Topics: Heteroepitaxial Growth of Functional Materials & Devices; Strain-driven Self-Assembly of Advanced Materials; Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials; Clean Energy Technologies.

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    317 Hochstetter Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-5920

    agoyal@buffalo.edu

  • Javid Rzayev/.
    Javid Rzayev, PhD
    PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004

    826 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4314

    jrzayev@buffalo.edu

    Chair
    Professor
    Department of Chemistry
    College of Arts and Sciences

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

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    826 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4314

    jrzayev@buffalo.edu

  • T. Thundat.
    Thomas Thundat, PhD
    PhD, State University of New York at Albany, 1987

    310 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3209

    tgthunda@buffalo.edu

    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Chemical and Biological Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
    Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water (RENEW)

    Research Topics: Novel portable and standoff chemical and biological sensors for applications in health, environment, and safety; clean energy harvesting technologies; instrumentation for energy efficiency and sustainability

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    310 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-3209

    tgthunda@buffalo.edu

  • Luis Velarde.
    Luis Velarde, PhD
    PhD, University of Arizona, 2008

    756 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4243

    lvelarde@buffalo.edu

    Associate Professor
    Department of Chemistry
    College of Arts and Sciences

    Research Topics: Physical, materials and analytical chemistry: Nonlinear spectroscopy of interfaces, ultrafast processes at surfaces, molecular devices, biointerfaces and environmental surface chemistry.

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    756 Natural Sciences Complex

    Phone: (716) 645-4243

    lvelarde@buffalo.edu

  • Meng Wang.
    Meng Wang, PhD
    PhD, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013

    234A Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5341

    mwang54@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Epidemiology and Environmental health
    School of Public Health and Health Professions

    Research Topics: Environmental exposure monitoring, air pollution modeling, health impacts of environmental exposures.

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    234A Farber Hall

    Phone: (716) 829-5341

    mwang54@buffalo.edu

  • Janet Yang.
    Janet Yang, PhD
    PhD, Cornell University, 2009

    329 Baldy Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1169

    zyang5@buffalo.edu

    Professor
    Department of Communication
    College of Arts and Sciences

    Research Topics: Science, Health Environmental and Risk Communication

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    329 Baldy Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1169

    zyang5@buffalo.edu