Experts by Expertise: Biology

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

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

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

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

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

Derek Daniels

Professor of Psychology

Expertise: science of thirst; science of food, water and salt intake; ingestive/eating behaviors

Phone: 716-645-0264

Email: danielsd@buffalo.edu

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

Richard M. Gronostajski

Professor of Biochemistry

Expertise: stem cell research and therapies; genetic engineering, testing and disease; genome editing; personalized or precision medicine; congenital developmental disorders

Phone: 716-829-3471

Email: rgron@buffalo.edu

Shermali Gunawardena

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: neurons, axonal transport, biology of neurodegenerative diseases

Phone: 716-645-4915

Email: sg99@buffalo.edu

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

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

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

Howard Lasker

Professor of Environment and Sustainability

Expertise: coral reefs; coral bleaching; climate change and oceans

Phone: 716-645-4870

Email: hlasker@buffalo.edu

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

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

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

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

Sarah Muldoon

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Expertise: brain activity, brain networks, network neuroscience

Phone: 716-645-6284

Email: smuldoon@buffalo.edu

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

Stephanie A. Poindexter

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Expertise: biological anthropology, primate evolution, primate conservation

Phone: 716-645-0427

Email: sapoinde@buffalo.edu

Stefan Ruhl

Professor of Oral Biology

Expertise: saliva, oral bacteria, glycobiology of bacterial adhesion, oral microbiome, oral health

Phone: 716-829-6073

Email: shruhl@buffalo.edu

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

Ann-Marie Torregrossa

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Expertise: taste science, feeding, food choice, bitterness

Phone: 716-645-0354

Email: amtorreg@buffalo.edu

Brian Tsuji

Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Expertise: superbugs, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotics

Phone: 716-881-7543

Email: btsuji@buffalo.edu

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

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

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

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