Experts by Expertise: Manufacturing and Supply Chains

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3/6/23
Diana Aga
Director of the UB RENEW Institute
Expertise: chemicals of emerging concern; industrial pollution; wastewater treatment; environmental impact of PFAS ("forever chemicals"), PCBs, PBDEs (flame retardants), pesticides, nanomaterials, antimicrobials, pharmaceuticals and personal care products; antibiotic resistance in the environment; target and non-target analysis; Great Lakes pollution

Phone: 716-645-4220
Email: dianaaga@buffalo.edu
2/22/23
John D. Atkinson

Associate Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, air and water pollution control, materials science and engineering, adsorption, life-cycle assessment
Phone: 716-645-4001
Email: atkjdw@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Yige Dong

Assistant Professor of Sociology, and of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies

Expertise: labor, work, gender and political economy, especially in China; labor and feminist movements in China and in a global context
Phone: 716-645-2417
Email: yigedong@buffalo.edu
6/16/22
Kemper E. Lewis
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Expertise: advanced manufacturing, mass customization, engineering design
Phone: 716-645-2682
Email: kelewis@buffalo.edu
4/13/23
Haiqing Lin

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Expertise: separation science, carbon capture, water purification, polymers, materials science

Phone: 716-645-1856
Email: haiqingl@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Li Lin

Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Expertise: industrial and systems engineering; manufacturing and health care systems; workspaces; workflow; health care delivery
Phone: 716-645-4713
Email: indlin@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Ciprian N. Ionita

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Expertise: 3-D medical imaging, 3-D printing in medicine, neuroimaging, cardiovascular imaging, endovascular disease

Phone: 716-829-5413
Email: cnionita@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Natalie Simpson
Chair of Operations Management and Strategy

Expertise: emergency services and disaster response; supply chain risk and resilience; creative and temporary operations; complex networks

Contact: Natalie Simpson can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
9/20/22
Nallan Suresh
UB Distinguished Professor and Chair of Operations Management and Strategy
Expertise: global supply networks; supply chain disruptions; U.S. and global manufacturing; international trade; logistics; infrastructure; economic development
Contact: Nallan Suresh can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
9/20/22
Aditya Vedantam
Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Strategy
Expertise: sustainability in operations and supply chains; clean energy technologies; recycling; recycled content claims, including for plastics; apparel and other resale markets; eco-certifications

Contact: Aditya Vedantam can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@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
9/20/22
Mike Mingcheng Wei

Associate Professor of Operations Management and Strategy
Expertise: supply chain management; dynamic pricing; revenue management; strategic consumer behavior; online learning and decision-making; online recommendation systems; assortment optimization; high-dimensional machine learning
Contact: Mike Mingcheng Wei can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.