Honoring SUNY and UB Award Recipients

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The Office for Faculty Affairs oversees the nomination of outstanding faculty for a host of SUNY and UB awards that recognize excellence in teaching, research, creative activity, and service.

Below we feature our most recent recipients, all of whom have brought distinction to the university and to their departments. We applaud these faculty and all UB faculty for their ongoing pursuit of excellence. 

UB and SUNY Award Recipients Through the Years  See More Past UB Award Recipients

SUNY Award Recipients

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship & Creative Activity (2022-23)

2023

Sherry Chemler.
Sherry Chemler

Department of Chemistry

Erin Hatton.
Erin Hatton

Department of Sociology

Jennifer Read.
Jennifer Read

Department of Psychology

Wenyao Xu.
Wenyao Xu

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Hao Zeng.
Hao Zeng

Department of Physics

Sarah X. Zhang.
Sarah X. Zhang

Department of Opthamology

2022

Craig Colder.
Craig Colder

Department of Psychology

Haiqing Lin.
Haiqing Lin

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Jun Qu.
Jun Qu

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Adnan Siddiqui.
Adnan Siddiqui

Department of Neurosurgery

Junsong Yuan.
Junsong Yuan

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Robert Zivadinov.
Robert Zivadinov

Department of Neurology

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2022-23)

2023

Archana Mishra.
Archana Mishra

Department of Medicine

Luis Velarde.
Luis Velarde

Department of Chemistry

2022

Sabrina Casucci.
Sabrina Casucci

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Shira Gabriel.
Shira Gabriel

Department of Psychology

Mark O'Brian.
Mark O'Brian

Department of Biochemistry

Jessica Poulin.
Jessica Poulin

Department of Biological Sciences

Atri Rudra.
Atri Rudra

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (2023)

Joyce Lacy.
Joyce Lacy

Department of Psychology

Kristen Moore.
Kristen Moore

Department of Engineering Education

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship (2023)

Nell Aronoff

Librarian and Liaison to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Past SUNY Award Honorees  See More Past SUNY Award Recipients

UB Award Recipients

UB Distinguished Professor (2022-23)

2023

Qing Lin.
Qing Lin

Department of Chemistry

Jian Feng.
Jian Feng

Department of Physiology & Biophysics

Adnan Siddiqui.
Adnan Siddiqui

Department of Neurosurgery

2022

Bing Gong.
Bing Gong

Department of Chemistry

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Sriram Neelamegham

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

picture of Gregory Valentine. Pictured with hat on and sunglasses with mountains in the background.
Gregory A. Valentine

Department of Geology

UB Teaching Innovation Award (2022-23)

2023

Jesse Lee Hartloff.
Jesse Lee Hartloff

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Lara D. Hutson.
Lara D. Hutson

Department of Biological Sciences

Alice Nightingale.
Alice Nightingale

Department of Engineering Education

Filip Stefanovic.
Filip Stefanovic

Department of Biomedical Engineering

2022

picture of Jason Benedict. Headshot.
Jason B. Benedict

Department of Chemistry

Headshot of Sabrina Casucci. Woman with shoulder length curly hair smiling.
Sabrina Casucci

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Image of Kenneth Joseph. Man with short curly hair smiling in a checked button up shirt. Headshot.
Kenneth Joseph

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

headshot of Nicholas Mastronarde. Man with closed mouth smile and button up shirt.
Nicholas Mastronarde

Department of Electrical Engineering

Photo from waist up of Kerry Traynor with hands on her hips and smiling at the camera.
Kerry Traynor

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

UB Exceptional Scholar - Young Investigator Award (2022-23)

2023

Katherine Balantekin.
Katherine N. Balantekin

Department of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences

David Jacobs.
David M. Jacobs

Department of Pharmacy

Yotam Ophir.
Yotam Ophir

Department of Communication

A. Erdem Sariyuce.
A. Erdem Sariyuce

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Eric Strobel.
Eric Strobel

Department of Biological Sciences

Hongyue Sun.
Hongyue Sun

Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Minghui Zheng.
Minghui Zheng

Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

2022

Photo of Yingjie Hu. Headshot of man with short black hair in a suit smiling at the camera.
Yingjie Hu

Department of Geography

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Eleni A. Kyriakidou

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Jordana L. Maisel

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

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Elizabeth K. Thomas

Department of Geology

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Weihang Wang

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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Xiu Yao

Department of Electrical Engineering

UB Exceptional Scholar - Sustained Achievement Award (2022-23)

2023

Lora Cavuoto.
Lora Cavuoto

Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Paul Cullen.
Paul Cullen

Department of Biological Sciences

David Dietz.
David M. Dietz

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk.
Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk

Department of Sociology

Linda Harris.
Linda M. Harris

Department of Surgery

Heidi Julien.
Heidi E. Julien

Department of Information Science

Jonathan Lovell.
Jonathan Lovell

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Dejan Stojkovic.
Dejan Stojkovic

Department of Physics

Yun Wu.
Yun Wu

Department of Biomedical Engineering

2022

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Ralph H.B. Benedict

Department of Neurology

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Larry W. Hawk

Department of Psychology

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Shenqiang Ren

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Photo of a man in a black shirt and black framed glasses smiling at the camera. He has black hair.
Atri Rudra

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Photo of a man smiling with wire framed glasses. He has on a green suit jacket.
Michal K. Stachowiak

Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences

Photo of man in a grey suit with pink shirt and purple tie. He is smiling at the camera and has wire framed glasses.
Mark D. Sutton

Department of Biochemistry

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Janet Z. Yang

Department of Communication

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Chi Zhou

Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

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Hao Zeng

Department of Physics

Past UB Award Honorees  See More Past UB Award Recipients

Celebration of Faculty & Staff Excellence

Each Fall,  the UB community celebrates the achievements of our faculty and staff in the areas of research, teaching, and service. The Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence event includes a welcome by President Satish K. Tripathi, remarks by Provost A. Scott Weber, and an on-stage presentation recognizing awardees in the following categories:

·      External awards designated as “prestigious” and “highly prestigious” by the National Research Council

·      SUNY Distinguished Professor

·      SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

·      UB Distinguished Professor

·      50 and 60 years of service

2022 Celebration of Faculty & Staff Academic Excellence

Award Readiness
Faculty and Staff Excellence
NRC Awards
Find out more