Leadership and Staff

Diana S. Aga, Director, UB RENEW Institute; Henry M. Woodburn Professor, Department of Chemistry. Dr. Aga joined the faculty at SUNY-Buffalo in August, 2002. Her current research involves investigating the fate, transport, and health implications of contaminants in the environment, such as persistent organic pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and engineered nanomaterials. As Director of RENEW, Dr.Aga aspires to establish and deepen ties with national and global partners and interdisciplinary faculty across UB whose research interests in water, energy, and environment are informed by equity and sustainability concerns.

Zia Ahmed has over 20 years of professional experience in environmental modeling and data analysis. RENEW Faculty and Affiliates are encouraged to contact Dr. Ahmed for proposal support in the following areas of his expertise: (1) data mining, (2) geographical information systems (GIS), remote/proximal sensing, and geostatistics, (3) linear/non-linear model, mixed effect model, multivariate statistics and machine learning and (4) database management. Dr. Ahmed is also a Research Associate Professor in The RENEW Institute, and with geography Professor Chris Renschler, he has co-taught Landscape Modeling with GIS.

With over 25 years’ experience analyzing projects on five continents, Michael A. Shelly is a seasoned environmental economist. He is also a Research Assistant Professor in the RENEW Institute. RENEW Faculty and Affiliates are encouraged to contact Michael for proposals that require environmental impact analyses.