Experts by Expertise: Biology

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8/19/21
Victor Albert

Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: plant evolutionary biology; evolution of carnivorous plants; genomes of Amborella, avocado, birch, coffee and gardenia; comparative genomics; junk DNA
Phone: 716-645-4983
Email: vaalbert@buffalo.edu
10/22/18
Jared Aldstadt
Associate Professor of Geography

Expertise: Zika virus, dengue fever, chikungunya, mosquito-borne illness, disease transmission, epidemiology
Phone: 716-645-0481
Email: geojared@buffalo.edu
3/1/21
Ekin Atilla-Gokcumen

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Expertise: chemical biology, lipids; cellular aging and senescence; cell death (apoptosis and necroptosis); omics approaches to research
Phone: 716-645-4130
Email: ekinatil@buffalo.edu
3/27/19
Priya R. Banerjee

Assistant Professor of Physics

Expertise: intrinsically disordered proteins, protein droplets, membrane-less organelles, single-molecule biophysics
Phone: 716-645-3444
Email: prbanerj@buffalo.edu
8/19/21
Ian Bradley

Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Expertise: wastewater treatment, algae, algal blooms in the Great Lakes and elsewhere
Phone: 716-645-4004
Email: ianbradl@buffalo.edu
1/4/22
Derek Daniels

Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences
Expertise: science of thirst; science of food, water and salt intake; ingestive/eating behaviors
Phone: 716-645-0264
Email: danielsd@buffalo.edu
7/27/22
Omer Gokcumen
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: human and primate evolution, ancient humans (including Neanderthals and Denisovans), anthropological genomics
Phone: 716-645-4937
Email: omergokc@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Shermali Gunawardena
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: neurons, axonal transport, biology of neurodegenerative diseases
Phone: 716-645-4915
Email: sg99@buffalo.edu
12/5/16
Marc Halfon

Professor of Biochemistry

Expertise: genetics; gene expression; gene drive; genome editing; mosquito genome; cell growth, differentiation and development

Phone: 716-829-3126
Email: mshalfon@buffalo.edu
10/6/20
Nicholas B. Holowka

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Expertise: human movement, biomechanics of walking/running, human feet, footwear, primate locomotion, human evolution
Phone: 716-645-0444
Email: nbholowk@buffalo.edu
8/19/21
Trevor Krabbenhoft

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: fish ecology (especially in rivers and lakes), genomics, evolutionary biology, invasive species, climate change, Great Lakes
Phone: 716-645-4934
Email: tkrabben@buffalo.edu
9/24/21
Howard Lasker

Professor of Environment and Sustainability

Expertise: coral reefs; coral bleaching; climate change and oceans
Phone: 716-645-4870
Email: hlasker@buffalo.edu
9/30/22
Charlotte Lindqvist

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: evolutionary biology, evolution of polar bears, hybridization of polar bears and brown bears, genomics
Phone: 716-645-4986
Email: cl243@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Vincent Lynch

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: evolutionary developmental biology; genetics; genomics; mammoths; evolution of mammalian pregnancy and cancer
Phone: 716-645-4899
Email: vjlynch@buffalo.edu
5/16/19
Andrea Markelz
Moti Lal Rustgi Professor of Physics

Expertise: protein dynamics, spectroscopy, terahertz light, optical properties of materials, nonlinear optics
Phone: 716-645-2739
Email: amarkelz@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Kathryn Medler
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: taste, taste cells, senses, peripheral nervous system, neuronal signaling
Phone: 716-645-4947
Email: kmedler@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Sarah Muldoon
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Expertise: brain activity, brain networks, network neuroscience
Phone: 716-645-6284
Email: smuldoon@buffalo.edu
7/17/19
Blaine Pfeifer

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Expertise: metabolic engineering; biosynthesis of antibiotics and other compounds; vaccine design and delivery

Phone: 716-645-1198
Email: blainepf@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Stephanie A. Poindexter

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Expertise: biological anthropology, primate evolution, primate conservation

Phone: 716-645-0427
Email: sapoinde@buffalo.edu
7/27/22
Stefan Ruhl

Interim Dean of the School of Dental Medicine
Expertise: saliva, oral bacteria, glycobiology of bacterial adhesion, oral microbiome, oral health
Phone: 716-829-6073
Email: shruhl@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Jennifer A. Surtees

Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Expertise: genomes, genetic diversity, DNA, science communication, COVID-19 genomic surveillance and genetic variants
Phone: 716-829-6083
Email: jsurtees@buffalo.edu
2/9/22
Ann-Marie Torregrossa

Associate Professor of Psychology

Expertise: taste science, feeding, food choice, bitterness
Phone: 716-645-0354
Email: amtorreg@buffalo.edu
10/15/20
Brian Tsuji

Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Expertise: superbugs, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotics
Phone: 716-881-7543
Email: btsuji@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel

Associate Professor of Anthropology
Expertise: human and primate evolution; human skeleton; morphological evolution; biological anthropology

Phone: 716-645-0430
Email: noreenvo@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Zhen Wang

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: plant natural products, medicinal plants, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering

Phone: 716-645-4969
Email: zhenw@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Yinyin Ye

Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Expertise: surveillance and disinfection of pathogens in wastewater and the environment; wastewater-based disease monitoring; environmental microbiology; proteomics
Phone: 716-645-4002
Email: yinyinye@buffalo.edu
1/8/19
Eun-Hye “Enki” Yoo

Associate Professor of Geography
Expertise: GIScience, human mobility, spatial statistics (including in relation to public health, air pollution and the environment)

Phone: 716-645-0476
Email: eunhye@buffalo.edu