Faculty

Our faculty-scientists engage graduate and doctoral students in cutting-edge research across diverse disciplines, directing approximately $20 million in research funding annually.

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Remi Adelaiye-Ogala, PhD
Assistant Professor

Caroline Bass, PhD
Associate Professor

Anna Blumental-Perry
Assistant Professor

Michael Buck, PhD
Professor and Director Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics

Rebekah Charney, PhD
Assistant Professor

Dahong Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor

Margaret DeAngelis, M.S., Ph.D
Endowed Chair Professor Department of Ophthalmology

Lee Ann Garrett-Sinha, PhD
Professor

Marc Halfon, PhD
Professor

Yolanda Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor

Keith Kirkwood
Senior Associate Dean for Research Centennial Endowed Professor

Andrew Lombardo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Thomas Melendy, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, and Biochemistry

Xiuqian Mu, MD, PhD
Professor

Norma Nowak, PhD
Professor

Mark O‘Brian, PhD
Professor and Chair

Pablo Paez, PhD
Professor

Yungki Park, PhD
Associate Professor

Roberto Pili, MD
Associate Dean for Cancer Research and Integrative Oncology

Laurie Read, PhD
Professor

Stanley Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.
UB Distinguished Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics; Division Chief; Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

Fraser Sim, PhD
Professor; Neuroscience Program Director

Animesh Sinha, MD, PhD
Professor of Dermatology

Satrajit Sinha, PhD
Professor

Edward Snell

Yijun Sun, PhD
Professor of Bioinformatics and Associate Director of AI and Health Science

Jennifer Surtees, PhD
Professor; Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and STEM Outreach

Mark Sutton, PhD
Professor

Kinga Szigeti, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of the Alzheimer‘s Disease and Memory Disorders Center

Mary Taub, Ph.D.
Professor

Jamal Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor

Gil Wolfe, MD, FAAN
Professor and Chairman; Irvin and Rosemary Smith Chair of Neurology; State University of New York Distinguished Professor; Chief of Service for Neurology

Rabi Yacoub, MD
Associate Professor

Jonathan Bard, PhD
Associate Director of Bioinformatics, UB Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Research Assistant Professor HS, UB Biochemistry Department

Jesse Slone, PhD
Research Assistant Professor & Principal Research Scientist, Department of Pediatrics

Donald Yergeau, PhD
Associate Director of Genomic Technologies, University at Buffalo Genomics and Bioinformatics Core

College of Arts and Sciences

Paul Cullen, PhD
Professor

Denise Ferkey, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

Omer Gokcumen, PhD
Professor

Shermali Gunawardena, PhD
Associate Professor

Jae Lee, PhD
Professor

Soo-Kyung Lee, PhD
Empire Innovation Professor, Om P. Bahl Endowed Professor

Vincent Lynch, PhD
Associate Professor

David Shucard, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Psychology

Gail M. Seigel, PhD
Research Professor

Wenjun Zheng, PhD
Professor

School of Dental Medicine

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Stylianos Andreadis, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor and
Director, Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine (SCiRM) Training Program

Sheldon Park, PhD
Associate Professor

Edward Snell, PhD
Professor; Director of BioXFEL;
Senior Scientist, CEO of Hauptman-Woodward Medical Institute

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jun Qu, PhD
Professor

Brian T. Tsuji, PharmD
Professor and Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Sciences

School of Public Health and Health Professions

Rachael Hageman Blair, PhD
Associate Professor

Chang-Xing Ma, PhD
Associate Professor, Co-Director, MPH Biostatistics Concentration

Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Associate Professor

Heather Ochs-Balcom
Associate Professor

Xuefeng Ren, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD
Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Christine Ambrosone, PhD
Professor
Chair,  Department of Cancer Prevention and Control

AnneMarie Block, PhD, FACMG
Associate Professor 

Irwin Gelman, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Oncology
Director of Research Integration

Michael Higgins, PhD
Associate Professor

Dae-Kyum Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor

Tao Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor

Kent Nastiuk, PhD
Assistant Professor

Joyce Ohm, PhD
Associate Professor 
Chair of Cancer Genetics and Genomics

Spencer Rosario, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, BMPK Shared Resource

Song Yao, MD, PhD
Professor
Vice Chair, Clinical Research

Y. Eugene Yu, PhD
Professor
Director, Gene Targeting and Transgenic Shared Resource

Jianmin Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor