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  • Head shot of Sam Abramovich, University at Buffalo faculty expert on learning.
    1/9/26

    Sam Abramovich

    Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction, and Information Science

    Expertise: learning sciences, emerging technologies in education, alternative assessments, educational games, digital badges

    Phone: 716-645-3174

    Email: samuelab@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Nathalia Andrade.
    12/2/24

    Nathalia Andrade

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics and Endodontics

    Expertise: digital dentistry; oral medicine; periodontics and artificial intelligence, including leveraging AI to enhance oral diagnosis, surgeries and genomic data analysis

    Phone: 716-829-6185

    Email: andradnp@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Mark Bartholomew.
    12/7/23

    Mark Bartholomew

    Professor of Law

    Expertise: intellectual property, copyright, trademarks, cyber law, artificial intelligence and copyright law, cybersecurity bills, net neutrality, advertising law

    Phone: 716-645-5959

    Email: bartholo@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of David Castillo.
    10/4/24

    David Castillo

    Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures

    Expertise: early modern culture, Baroque literature, horror and fantasy, new media and culture, AI and the humanities

    Phone: 716-645-0869

    Email: dc63@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Souma Chowdhury.
    12/3/24

    Souma Chowdhury

    Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Expertise: swarm robotics, nature-inspired computing, autonomous vehicles and autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning

    Phone: 716-645-3095

    Email: soumacho@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Karthik Dantu.
    10/28/24

    Karthik Dantu

    Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

    Expertise: robotics, artificial intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous driving, augmented and virtual reality

    Phone: 716-645-2670

    Email: kdantu@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of David Doermann, University at Buffalo faculty expert on artificial intelligence.
    10/15/24

    David Doermann

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

    Expertise: artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, image analysis and recognition, document analysis, media forensics

    Phone: 716-645-1557

    Email: doermann@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Mingchen Gao.
    10/28/24

    Mingchen Gao

    Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

    Expertise: artificial intelligence, including computer vision and machine learning; AI-powered medical imaging

    Phone: 716-645-2834

    Email: mgao8@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Dinesh Gauri.
    7/30/26

    Dinesh Gauri

    Melvin H. Baker Professor of Marketing

    Expertise: retail strategy, promotions, pricing, advertising ROI, digital marketing, customer loyalty, e-commerce and omnichannel strategy, experiential retail marketing and store performance

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Dinesh Gauri most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.  

  • Portrait of Jeff Good, University at Buffalo language and linguistics expert.
    1/9/26

    Jeff Good

    Professor of Linguistics

    Expertise: morphology, syntax, evolution of languages, endangered languages, language documentation, multilingualism

    Phone: 716-645-0126

    Email: jcgood@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Venu Govindaraju.
    10/30/25

    Venu Govindaraju

    Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Development

    Expertise: artificial intelligence, including document analysis recognition, machine learning, pattern recognition, biometrics and generative AI

    Phone: 716-645-3321

    Email: govind@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Thomas Grant.
    3/10/26

    Thomas D. Grant

    Assistant Professor of Structural Biology

    Expertise: computational drug discovery; how AI is used to solve protein structures

    Phone: 716-829-5490

    Email: tdgrant@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Johannes Hachmann, University at Buffalo computational chemistry and materials design expert.
    1/9/26

    Johannes Hachmann

    Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Expertise: computational chemistry; molecular and materials modeling; cheminformatics; machine learning; big data; materials discovery and design

    Phone: 716-645-1524

    Email: hachmann@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Christopher Hoadley.
    6/13/25

    Christopher Hoadley

    Director of the UB Institute for Learning Sciences

    Expertise: technology and education, computer science education, educational technology, human computer interaction, learning sciences, AI in education

    Phone: 716-645-7787

    Email: tophe@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Yingjie Hu, University at Buffalo faculty expert on GIScience and data mining.
    12/30/24

    Yingjie Hu

    Associate Professor of Geography

    Expertise: GIScience, spatial analysis, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, big data

    Phone: 716-645-1820

    Email: yhu42@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Kenneth Joseph, University at Buffalo computing for social good expert.
    6/3/26

    Kenneth Joseph

    Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

    Expertise: computing for social good; societal impacts of social media and online platforms (including in news and politics); inequality and societal divides; artificial intelligence

    Phone: 716-645-0682

    Email: kjoseph@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Heidi Julien.
    12/7/23

    Heidi Julien

    Professor of Information Science

    Expertise: digital literacy, information literacy, information behavior, information practice

    Phone: 716-645-1474

    Email: heidijul@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Wreetabrata (Wreeto) Kar.
    1/8/26

    Wreetabrata "Wreeto" Kar

    Assistant Professor of Marketing

    Expertise: digital marketing and artificial intelligence; social media and online platforms; gig economy and labor trends; health care policy; consumer behavior

    Phone: 716-645-8654

    Email: wreetabr@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Karla Lellis.
    1/9/26

    Karla Lellis

    Undergraduate Lecturer in Law

    Expertise: privacy law and technology law, including cybersecurity, data breaches, AI-manipulated content, HIPPA and other data protection laws

    Phone: 716-645-3152

    Email: karlalel@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo deepfakes, digital media forensics and computer vision expert.
    1/23/26

    Siwei Lyu

    Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

    Expertise: digital media forensics, deepfakes, computer vision, machine learning, art authentication

    Phone: 716-645-1587

    Email: siweilyu@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Joanne Song McLaughlin, University at Buffalo labor economics and age discrimination expert.
    10/26/23

    Joanne Song McLaughlin

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Expertise: labor economics; health insurance mandates; age discrimination; older workers; AI and the future of work

    Phone: 716-645-8685

    Email: jsmclaug@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Ifeoma Nwogu.
    3/20/24

    Ifeoma Nwogu

    Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

    Expertise: artificial intelligence, including machine learning and human behavior; computer vision and facial expressions, and gestures and sign languages

    Phone: 716-645-1588

    Email: inwogu@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Yotam Ophir, University at Buffalo media effects and health, science and political communication expert.
    7/1/25

    Yotam Ophir

    Associate Professor of Communication

    Expertise: misinformation; persuasion; effect of media content on audiences, including in health, science, politics and terrorism

    Phone: 716-645-1158

    Email: yotamoph@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Ahmet Orgev.
    7/17/26

    Ahmet Orgev

    Clinical Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry

    Expertise: prosthodontics and the enhancement of complex implant surgery and restorative rehabilitation through the integration of digital technologies

    Phone: 716-829-3332

    Email: ahmetorg@buffalo.edu

  • Dominic Sellitto.
    10/26/23

    Dominic Sellitto

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems

    Expertise: cybersecurity; data breaches; data privacy and security regulations; ethical data usage; cyberwarfare; artificial intelligence and its interplays with cybersecurity; data analytics; health care analytics; automation technologies

    Contact: Dominic Sellitto can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Portrait of Rohini Srihari, University at Buffalo artificial intelligence and natural language processing expert.
    12/7/23

    Rohini Srihari

    Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

    Expertise: natural language processing, artificial intelligence, social bots, virtual assistants (Alexa, Siri), chatbots, social media mining, multilingual text mining, search

    Phone: 716-645-1602

    Email: rohini@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of John E. Tomaszewski, University at Buffalo pathology and clinical laboratory testing expert.
    2/5/26

    John E. Tomaszewski

    SUNY Distinguished Professor and Peter A. Nickerson, PhD, Chair of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences

    Expertise: clinical laboratory testing; COVID-19 testing; renal, immunological and urological pathology; digital and computational pathology; kidney disease; anatomical gifts

    Phone: 716-829-2846

    Email: johntoma@buffalo.edu. Tomaszewski can also be reached through Ellen Goldbaum in University Communications at 716-645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu, or Douglas Sitler in University Communications at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.

  • Head shot of X. Christine Wang, University at Buffalo early childhood development expert.
    1/9/26

    X. Christine Wang

    Director of the Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center

    Expertise: early childhood development and learning, computational literacy, AI literacy, responsible AI, AI in K-12 schools

    Phone: 716-645-2379

    Email: wangxc@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Peter Winkelstein, University at Buffalo faculty expert on electronic health records.
    2/5/26

    Peter Winkelstein

    Executive Director of the Institute for Healthcare Informatics

    Expertise: electronic health/medical records; medical informatics; ethics and informatics; computer modeling; AI in health care

    Phone: 716-881-7546. Winkelstein can also be reached through Ellen Goldbaum in University Communications at 716-645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu, or Douglas Sitler in University Communications at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.

    Email: pwink@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Robert Zivadinov.
    6/3/26

    Robert Zivadinov

    SUNY Distinguished Professor of Neurology

    Expertise: MRI imaging analysis, including AI's role, in diagnosing and monitoring neurodegenerative disease, especially multiple sclerosis

    Phone: 716-248-2140

    Email: rz4@buffalo.edu