Graduate Students

Graduated: Winter 2023

Ph.D. Thesis:  Tracing Wastewater Chemical Footprint Using Mass Spectrometry: Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Community Health Surveillance and Early Warning Detection of Potential Disease Outbreaks

Job: Post-Doc Fellow, Cedars-Sinai (Los Angeles, CA)

Graduated: Winter 2023

Ph.D. Thesis:  Identification, Characterization, Quantification, and Removal of Persistent Organic Halogens Using Fluorine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Liquid and Gas Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry

Job: Method Development Scientist, Daisy Brand (Dallas, TX)

Graduated: Winter 2023

Ph.D. Thesis:  Evaluation of the Exposure and Impact of Environmental Contaminants in Humans Including Per- and Poly Fluorinated Alkyl Substances and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

Job: Graduate Research Assistant, University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)

Graduated: Spring 2023

Ph.D. Thesis: Using Analytical Chemistry to Address Antimicrobial Resistance in Agroecosystems Within the One Health Framework

Job: Senior Chemist, Smithers (Onset, MA)

Graduated: Winter 2022

Ph.D. Thesis: Evaluation of chemicals of emerging concern and their sub-lethal biological effects in environmental waters using targeted and non-targeted mass-spectrometry based analyses

Job:   ORISE Fellow, US EPA

Graduated: Winter 2022

Ph.D. Thesis: Evaluating "Forever Chemicals" from Soup to Nuts: Sample Preparation, Targeted Analysis, and Suspect Screening for the Characterization of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Wastewater and Biosolids.

Job:   Senior Scientist, Smithers (MA)

Graduated: Winter 2020

Ph.D. Thesis: Development and Optimization of Liquid Chromatography with Tandem and High - Resolution Mass Spectrometry Approaches to Identify and Resolve Structures of Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and other Micropollutants in Environmental Matrices

Job: Principal Analytical Investigator, FMC Corporation (Newark, DE)

Graduated: Winter 2020

Ph.D. Thesis: Development and applications of gas chromatography with low- and high-resolution mass spectrometry in assessing human and wildlife exposure to organic contaminants

Job: Research Scientist, Bristol Meyers Squibb (New Brunswick, NJ)

Graduated: Winter 2020

Ph.D. Thesis: Assessing the Global Occurrence, Fate, and Ecotoxicological Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Environment Using Target Analysis and Suspect Screening

Job: Research Scientist, Merck (Rahway, NJ)

Graduated: Summer 2019

Ph.D. Thesis: Understanding the Effects of Engineered Nanomaterials on Mammalian Cells and Plants Using Mass Spectrometry Based Approaches

Job: Associate Principal Scientist, Merck (Rahway, NJ)

Graduated: Summer 2019

Masters Thesis: Assessing Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Conventional Wastewater Treatment and Ultraviolet-Peracetic Acid Advanced Oxidation Process and Development of a Comprehensive Analytical Method for the Quantification of Veterinary Antimicrobials Spanning Several Livestock Industries

Job:  Freelance Scientific Illustrator and Academic Editor, Research Square Co. (Ashville, NC)

Graduated: Winter 2019

Masters Thesis: Colorimetric Determination of the Antioxidant Strengths of Various Garlic Forms to Measure their Potential as Anticancer Agents

Job: Head Cross Country/Track Coach, Canisius College (Buffalo, NY)

Graduated: Winter 2019

Masters Thesis: Analysis of Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in Urine and Environmental Samples via Liquid and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Job: QC Technical Resources Specialist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (Rensselaer, NY)

Graduated: Winter 2018

Ph.D. Thesis: Bioprospecting Three Plants from the Tropical Rainforest as Potential Antimicrobial Adjuvants

Job: Vice-president/Director R&D Department at PERA (Proyectos Educativos Regionales de Autoayuda) (Guatemala)

Graduated: Summer 2018

Ph.D. Thesis: Development of mass spectromergy based methods and sample preparation strategies for the analysis of pesticides, hormones, metals, and biomarkers of endocrine disruption in the environment

Job: Director of Analytical Chemistry, JenKem Technology (China)

Graduated: Summer 2018

Ph. D. Thesis: Comprehensive evaluation of dairy manure management strategies for the removal of antimicrobials and spread of antimicrobial resistance genes

Job: Senior Scientist, Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)

Graduated: Summer 2018

Ph. D. Thesis: Tracing pharmaceuticals from urine through wastewater treatment plants and assessment of their potential transfer to edible crops

Job: Staff Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (Albany, NY)

Graduated: Summer 2017

Ph.D. Thesis: Many doors, one key: addressing ecotoxicological, engineering, environmental, and toxicological questions using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry

Job:  Assistant Professor, Columbia University (New York, NY )

Graduated: Summer 2017

Ph.D. Thesis: Investigation of sample preparation methods for the analysis of PBDE and metabolite accumulation in humans using gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Job: Deputy to Coronavirus Response Official, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA)

Graduated: Summer 2017

Ph.D. Thesis: Assessing metal accumulation in biological systems and the transformations of trace organic contaminants in the environment using mass spectrometric methods

Job:   Research Scientist, Dept. of Health, New York State (Albany, NY)

Graduated: Spring 2017

Master of Arts in Chemistry

Job: Industrial Hygienist, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (Rome, NY)

Graduated: Winter 2016

Ph.D. Thesis: Tales of mass spectrometry applications: detection of legacy and emerging contaminants in the environment

Job: Research Scientist, Eurofins CDMO Alphora Inc. (Missisauga, ON Canada)

Graduated: Summer 2016

Ph.D. Thesis: Modernizing environmental analysis: Mass spectrometry as a tool for investigating and answering salient environmental questions

Job: Director of Instrumentation and Research Laboratories, UB RENEW Institute (Buffalo, NY)

Graduated: Summer 2016

Ph.D. Thesis: Many doors, one key: addressing ecotoxicological, engineering, environmental, and toxicological questions using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry

Job: Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Food and Agriculture (Sacramento, CA)

Graduated: Summer 2014

Ph.D. Thesis: Trace Analysis of Organic and Metal contaminants in Biological and Environmental Systems by Liquid Chromatography-, Inductively Coupled Plasma-, and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Job: Associate Director of Analytical Sciences/QC, Nuvalent, Inc. (Buffalo, NY)

Graduated: Summer 2014

Ph.D. Thesis: Emerging Environmental Contaminants and the Metabolic Effects of Exposure Investigated by Mass Spectrometry

Job: Interim Dean of School of the Arts, Science and Education and Assistant Professor, D'Youville University (Buffalo, NY)

Graduated: Summer 2014

Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis of Emerging Contaminants and Biomarkers of Endocrine Disruption by using Liquid Chromatography and Different Mass Spectrometry Techniques

Job: Director of Analytical Chemistry,  Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory (Boston, MA)

Graduated: Summer 2013

Ph.D. Thesis: Answering burning questions: Analysis and quantification of halogenated flame retardants and their metabolites in environmental and biological matrices

Job:  Technical Program Manager, Google (San Francisco, CA)

Graduated: Fall 2012

Ph.D. Thesis: Quantification and identification of pharmaceuticals and their treatment by-products in drinking water and wastewater by LC/MS/MS

Job: Senior Researcher, KIST EUROPE (Saarbruecken, Germany)

Graduated: Summer 2011

Ph.D. Thesis: Investigating the fate and transport behavior of cadmium selenide quantum dots and transition metal oxide nanoparticles in aquatic and soil environments

Job: Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Adelaide, Australia)

Graduated: Summer 2011

Masters of Science in Chemistry Education

Job: Instructor,  Dept. of Educational Psychology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
(Honolulu, HI)

Graduated: Summer 2011

Ph.D. Thesis: Methodologies for emerging contaminants in environmental and food matrices by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and by capillary electrophoresis-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Job:  Director of Analytical Chemistry, IDEAYA Biosciences (San Francisco, CA)

Graduated: Spring 2011

Ph.D. Thesis: Potential use of charophytes in the phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soils

Job: Adjunct Instructor, University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)

        Founder, WNY Raptor and Wildlife Care, Inc. (Orchard Park, NY)

Graduated: Summer 2010

Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis of PBDEs, PCBs and their metabolites in environmental and biological samples by gas and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection

Job:  Research Chemist at USDA-ARS (Fargo, ND )

Graduated: Winter 2009

Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis and fate of pharmaceuticals and quantum dots as emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment

Job:  Visiting Research Associate, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Graduated: Winter 2008

Ph.D. Thesis: Plant processes that affect the phytotoxicity of pharmaceutical contaminants in the environment

Job: Assistant Professor,  Dept. of Ophthalmology, University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)

Graduated: Summer 2010

Ph.D. Thesis: Molecularly imprinted xerogels for tetracycline: Binding and isolation experiments and computational modeling

Job:  Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, PACE University (New York, NY)

Graduated: Fall 2007

Ph.D. Thesis: Development of strategies to improve extraction, clean-up, and detection of tetracycline antibiotics from various soil types

Job: Senior Director Analytical Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (Albany, NY)

Graduated: Winter 2006

Ph.D. Thesis: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment and their endocrine disruption effects on fish

Job: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, and Env. Sciences, American University of Sharjah (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

Graduated: Fall 2007

Ph.D. Thesis: Degradation of 17alpha-ethinylestradiol in wastewater treatment systems

Job:  Research Chemist, Senz-It (Newport Beach, CA)

Graduated: Winter 2006

Ph.D. Thesis: The effect of operational parameters on the fate of tetracycline resistant bacteria in biological wastewater treatment plants 

Job: Professor, Dept. of Env. Systems and Engineering, Korea University (Sejong, Korea)

Graduated: Summer 2006

Ph.D. Thesis: Investigating the occurrence and fate of human and veterinary antibiotics in environmental water systems

Job: Research Analytical Chemist, US EPA (Cincinnati, OH)