Leadership and Staff

Director Amit Goyal
2/26/18
Amit Goyal, Director, UB RENEW Institute Empire Innovation Professor, UB departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics and Materials, Design & Innovation. Emeritus Corporate Fellow, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Senior Staff Assistant: Christina Powell
7/2/18
Christina has a Bachelor's degree in Business, Management and Economics with a concentration in Human Resources, as well as an advanced certificate in Strategic Human Resource Management. She is currently pursuing her MBA.
Susan Clark
Policy, Planning and Sustainability Specialist: Susan Clark
5/15/18
Susan Spierre Clark is a RENEW Policy, Planning and Sustainability Specialist who focuses on decision-making for improving the sustainability and resilience of critical infrastructure systems to climate change. Her research aligns with the Climate Change and Urban Sustainability focus areas, emphasizing the social processes that are required for designing, operating, and managing resilient infrastructure systems which allow for disaster aversion through adaptive responses. She is also a Research Assistant Professor in the RENEW Institute.
Database / Visualization Specialist: Zia Ahmed
1/24/18
Zia Ahmed is a RENEW Database / Visualization Specialist. He has over 20 years of work experience in environmental modeling and data analysis. Areas of expertise include (1) data mining, (2) geographic information systems (GIS), remote/proximal sensing, and geostatistics (3) linear/non-linear model, mixed effect model, multivariate statistics and machine learning and (4) database management. He is also a Research Associate Professor in the RENEW Institute.
Michael Shelly
Environmental / Ecological Economist: Michael Shelly
1/24/18
Michael A. Shelly is a RENEW Environmental/Ecological Economist. He is an experienced environmental economist (with over 25 years experience) who has analyzed a wide variety of projects on five continents.  He is also a Research Assistant Professor in the RENEW Institute.
Yi Zhang
Electron Microscopy Specialist: Yi Zhang
1/24/18
Yi Zhang is a RENEW Electrom Microscopy Specialist. He is an experienced electron microscopist with over 13 years of work experience. His research interests are transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization of materials at atomic level, especially multifunctional oxides and superconductor materials. He is also a Research Assistant Professor in the RENEW Institute.
Bianca Shaw
RENEW Fellow Bianca Shaw
10/5/17
“I became an urban planner because as a native Buffalonian, I know that the environment one grows up in shapes who they are. I want to help shape the built environment and play an active role in Buffalo’s renaissance.”
RENEW Fellow Edward Righter
10/5/17
“Buffalo is my hometown and it has been unbelievable witnessing all of the recent development; I am looking forward to assisting with the City’s energy and transportation modernization.”
RENEW Fellow Kevin Meindl
10/5/17
"I am excited to be working back in my hometown on green infrastructure projects that enhance the overall quality of life in the city. The Buffalo Sewer Authority is the driving force behind many innovative and sustainable practices which are helping to make Buffalo a model for other rust belt cities who are faced with similar challenges."
Yves Mulowayi
RENEW Fellow Yves Mulowayi
10/5/17
“I became an engineer to help people transform how they live. It’s a privilege and honor to be part of an organization that lives and act by this motto.”
Kelley Mosher
RENEW Project Assistant Kelley Mosher
8/2/18
“Good governance is central to policy innovation at the local level and collaboration is crucial in executing regional visions. I am excited to participate in the City’s continued implementation of the Five Cities Energy Program and to facilitate community, government and university connections as Buffalo communicates its climate action strategy”.