Leadership & Staff

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ContactMingchen Gao Mingchen Gao Engineering Sciences (Artificial Intelligence) MS Program Director	ContactJohannes Hachmann Johannes Hachmann Engineering Sciences (Data Science) MS Program Director	ContactSarah Muldoon Sarah Muldoon Computational and Data Enabled Sciences PhD Program Director	ContactShaojie Tang Shaojie Tang Associate Director of AI and Management Science
ContactJohn Beverley John Beverley Associate Director of AI and Ontological Science	ContactSara Metcalf Sara Metcalf Initiative Lead, Benchmarking and Evaluating AI for Modeling and Simulation (BEAMS)

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Staff Members

Virginia Stever
215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-2477
vastever@buffalo.edu
Administrative Director
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood
Phone: (716) 645-2477
vastever@buffalo.edu
Caitlin Hoekstra, (she/her/hers)
PhD, University at Buffalo
415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6645
cebarone@buffalo.edu
Director of Career Development & Experiential Learning
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-6645
cebarone@buffalo.edu
Ruoyang (Jessica) Hu
215 Lockwood Hall
ruoyangh@buffalo.edu
Jr. Research Engineer
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood Hall
ruoyangh@buffalo.edu
Kaileigh Kosicki
415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2087
kh66@buffalo.edu
Graduate Academic Coordinator:
MPS Data Science and Applications, CDSE PhD
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2087
kh66@buffalo.edu
Kimberly McQuate
215 Lockwood Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8591
kmcquate@buffalo.edu
Sr. Digital & Graphic Designer - Communications, Marketing and Digital Operations
Research, Innovation and Economic Development
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8591
kmcquate@buffalo.edu
Kaeleigh Peri
415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1566
kperi@buffalo.edu
Director of Graduate Education & Interdisciplinary Programs
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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415 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1566
kperi@buffalo.edu
Heather Schaffer
215 Lockwood Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2476
hschaffe@buffalo.edu
Office and Operations
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2476
hschaffe@buffalo.edu
Samar Pratap Singh
215 Lockwood Hall
samarpra@buffalo.edu
Jr. Research Engineer
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood Hall
samarpra@buffalo.edu
Megan Stewart
415 Bonner Hall
mnking@buffalo.edu
Assistant Director of Graduate Education & Interdisciplinary Programs
Engineering Science (Data Science)
Office of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Email Megan Stewart
415 Bonner Hall
mnking@buffalo.edu
Chengzhe Sun
215 Lockwood Hall
csun22@buffalo.edu
Assistant Director (Student Fellow) for Technical Systems
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
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215 Lockwood Hall
csun22@buffalo.edu