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  • Head shot of Jason Benedict, University at Buffalo chemistry expert.
    10/8/25

    Jason Benedict

    Professor of Chemistry

    Expertise: chemistry, chemical reactions, chemical crystallography, photochemistry, nanomaterials, synchrotron light sources, science of snowflakes

    Phone: 716-645-4276

    Email: jbb6@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Jon Bird.
    10/8/25

    Jonathan Bird

    Director of the UB Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

    Expertise: semiconductors, nanoelectronics, quantum science and engineering, materials science

    Phone: 716-645-1015

    Email: jbird@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of John Cerne.
    10/8/25

    John Cerne

    Professor of Physics

    Expertise: physics in everyday life, condensed matter physics, high-temperature superconductors, graphene, optics

    Phone: 716-645-2542

    Email: jcerne@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of James Chen.
    10/8/25

    James M. Chen

    Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Expertise: materials science, turbulence, energy harvesting, hypersonic/supersonic vehicles, aerodynamics, nonequilibrium phenomena, high-performance computing

    Phone: 716-645-3163

    Email: chenjm@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Sambandamurthy Ganapathy.
    10/8/25

    Sambandamurthy Ganapathy

    Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for Research

    Expertise: condensed matter physics, quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors 

    Phone: 716-645-2906

    Email: sg82@buffalo.edu

  • Headshot of Amit Goyal.
    10/8/25

    Amit Goyal

    SUNY Distinguished Professor and Empire Innovation Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Expertise: renewable energy; environmental and water issues; high-temperature superconductivity; materials science

    Phone: 716-645-5920

    Email: agoyal@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Johannes Hachmann, University at Buffalo computational chemistry and materials design expert.
    10/8/25

    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

  • Head shot of Ia Iashvili.
    10/8/25

    Ia Iashvili

    Professor of Physics

    Expertise: Higgs boson search, particle detectors, search for supersymmetric particles

    Phone: 716-645-6611

    Email: iashvili@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Avto Kharchilava.
    10/8/25

    Avto Kharchilava

    Professor of Physics

    Expertise: Higgs boson search, particle detectors, phenomena beyond the Standard Model

    Phone: 716-645-6251

    Email: avto@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Andrea Markelz, University at Buffalo protein dynamics expert.
    10/8/25

    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

  • Photo of Wenyi Nie.
    10/8/25

    Wanyi Nie

    Associate Professor of Physics

    Expertise: semiconductors, materials science, quantum materials, optoelectronic devices, spintronics, photovoltaics

    Phone: 716-645-6730

    Email: wanyinie@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Salvatore Rappoccio.
    10/8/25

    Salvatore Rappoccio

    Professor of Physics

    Expertise: particle physics, particle detectors

    Phone: 716-645-6250

    Email: srrappoc@buffalo.edu

  • Portrait of Ian Sellers.
    10/8/25

    Ian Sellers

    Professor of Electrical Engineering

    Expertise: next-generation solar cells, new materials for space and terrestrial photovoltaics, semiconductor materials and optoelectronic devices

    Phone: 716-645-1152

    Email: isellers@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo expert on materials science.
    10/8/25

    Mark Swihart

    SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Expertise: nanotechnology, materials science, chemistry of materials, aerosol science

    Phone: 716-645-1181

    Email: swihart@buffalo.edu

  • Head shot of Hao Zeng, University at Buffalo faculty expert on magnetism, spin and materials at reduced dimensions.
    10/8/25

    Hao Zeng

    Moti Lal Rustgi Professor of Physics

    Expertise: magnetism, spintronics, nanomaterials, materials science, materials for solar energy harvesting

    Phone: 716-645-5749

    Email: haozeng@buffalo.edu