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  • Diana Aga.
    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

  • Head shot of John D. Atkinson, University at Buffalo sustainability and air pollution expert.
    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

  • Head shot of Joseph Atkinson.
    8/2/22

    Joseph Atkinson

    Director of the Great Lakes Program

    Expertise: Great Lakes water levels, flooding and water pollution

    Phone: 716-645-2220

    Email: atkinson@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Ian Bradley, University at Buffalo wastewater treatment and algal bloom expert.
    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

  • Ning Dai.
    8/16/21

    Ning Dai

    Associate Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental

    Expertise: wastewater reuse, disinfection and disinfection byproducts; seawater desalination; algal blooms; pesticides

    Phone: 716-645-4015

    Email: ningdai@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Stuart Evans, University at Buffalo weather, climate and atmospheric science expert.
    8/19/21

    Stuart M. Evans

    Assistant Professor of Geography

    Expertise: climate change, dust and dust storms, weather, atmospheric science, precipitation, monsoons, lake effect snow

    Phone: 716-645-0491

    Email: stuartev@buffalo.edu

  • Headshot of Joseph Gardella Jr., industrial pollution and plastics expert.
    4/12/23

    Joseph A. Gardella Jr.

    SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

    Expertise: industrial pollution; hazardous waste; microbeads; surface chemistry of plastics; controlled release of pharmaceuticals; wound healing; tissue engineering; STEM education

    Phone: 716-645-1499

    Email: gardella@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Trina Hamilton.
    8/16/21

    Trina Hamilton

    Associate Professor of Geography

    Expertise: corporate responsibility, social and environmental activism, diamond trade, gentrification

    Phone: 716-645-0482

    Email: trinaham@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of James Jensen.
    12/11/23

    James N. Jensen

    Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: public water systems, drinking-water treatment, wastewater treatment

    Phone: 716-645-4007

    Email: jjensen@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Katarzyna Kordas, University at Buffalo expert on chemical and lead exposure.
    4/12/23

    Katarzyna “Kasia” Kordas

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    Expertise: toxic metals and child development, lead exposure, health effects of metal mixtures, nutrient-metal interactions, air pollution

    Phone: 716-829-5340

    Email: kkordas@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Y. Chris Li, University at Buffalo electrochemistry and waste conversion expert.
    8/16/21

    Y. Chris Li

    Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    Expertise: electrochemistry, waste conversion, transforming greenhouse gases into useful products, chemistry of CO2, plastics

    Phone: 716-645-4285

    Email: yuguangl@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Haiqing Lin, University at Buffalo carbon capture expert.
    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

  • Portrait of Joan Linder, University at Buffalo art and drawing expert. Copyright Liz Linder Photography.
    6/23/23

    Joan Linder

    Professor of Art

    Expertise: drawing, consumption and mass production, mundane objects, modern life, Love Canal and other toxic sites, environmental art, feminist art, power, public art

    Phone: 716-645-0539

    Email: joannder@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Elizabeth Mazzolini, University at Buffalo environmental studies, waste studies and consumerism expert.
    8/16/21

    Elizabeth Mazzolini

    Associate Professor of English

    Expertise: Mountaineering deaths, climbing technology, consumerism, material culture, garbage, culture of waste

    Phone: 716-645-0691

    Email: mazz@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Pauline Mendola, University at Buffalo pediatric and reproductive health expert.
    7/20/22

    Pauline Mendola

    Professor and Chair of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    Expertise: chronic diseases in pregnancy; environmental factors impacting reproductive and pediatric health; health effects of air pollution and extreme temperatures

    Phone: 716-829-5356

    Email: pmendola@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Lina Mu, University at Buffalo air pollution expert.
    8/16/21

    Lina Mu

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

    Expertise: air pollution, cancer, particulate matter, environmental epidemiology, air pollution in China

    Phone: 716-829-5381

    Email: linamu@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Alan Rabideau, University at Buffalo groundwater pollution and hazardous waste management expert.
    8/2/22

    Alan Rabideau

    Professor and Chair of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: pollution, groundwater contamination, radioactive and hazardous waste management, mathematical modeling

    Phone: 716-645-4003

    Email: rabideau@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Adam Rome, University at Buffalo environmental history and environmental movements expert.
    8/16/21

    Adam Rome

    Professor of Environment and Sustainability

    Expertise: environmental movement in the U.S., environmental history, Earth Day, sustainable business, suburban sprawl

    Phone: 716-645-8665

    Email: adamrome@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Adel Sadek.
    10/26/23

    Adel Sadek

    Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: traffic, traffic at border-crossings, traffic in bad weather, smart cities, electric, autonomous and conventional vehicles

    Phone: 716-645-4367

    Email: asadek@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Kang Sun, University at Buffalo air pollution and climate change expert.
    10/25/21

    Kang Sun

    Assistant Professor of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

    Expertise: air pollution, greenhouse gases, climate change, remote sensing, molecular spectroscopy

    Phone: 716-645-6167

    Email: kangsun@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Yinyin Ye, University at Buffalo environmental microbiology and wastewater disease surveillance expert.
    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

  • Head shot of Eun-Hye "Enki" Yoo, University at Buffalo GIS expert.
    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