University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

Published: October 25, 2007

Name: Michael J. Buck
School: Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Department: Biochemistry
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees: B.S., Rutgers University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Areas of Special Interest: Protein genome interactions and bioinformatics

My laboratory integrates both experimental and computational approaches to investigate transcription factor binding in response to environmental stress, identify and characterize the mechanisms directing transcription factor target selection, determine how developmental signals reshape the epigenetic landscape during mouse development and develop bioinformatics tools to analyze and interpret ChIP-chip experiments.

Name: Jason J. Corso
School: Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees: B.S., Loyola College, Baltimore, Md.; M.S.E. and Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University; postdoctoral fellowship, University of California-Los Angeles
Areas of Special Interest: Computer and medical vision, computational biomedicine, machine intelligence, statistical learning, perceptual interfaces and smart environments

My current projects include modeling the language of natural interaction between humans and computers by using computer vision recognition techniques and statistical models, automatic segmentation and labeling of anatomic and pathologic structures from 3D medical imaging data, and building smart office systems that learn user-specific models of activity and enable efficiency and productivity in a seamless digital-physical office. Go to my Web site for more information about my research.

Name: Kristen Schultz Lee
School: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Sociology
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees: B.A., Southampton College, Long Island University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Areas of Special Interest: Gender and the life course, family, education, Japan

My current research deals with family and gender in Japan and the U.S. With colleagues at Penn State, I am looking at how gender beliefs have changed in Germany, Japan and the U.S. In other work, I am comparing marital happiness in the U.S. and Japan, and I am also conducting research on parental investments in children's education in Japan.