UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Chemical and Biological Engineering

Department Governance

2011-2012

Chair
  • David A. Kofke, UB Distinguished Professor
  • Joan Wilson, Assistant to the Chair
Advisory Board
  • Weidong An, Site Technology Manager Technical Department and Quality Control Lab, FMC
  • Shawn Barrett, Senior Manager of New Product Introduction BioProduction R&D, Life Technologies
  • Paul Boymel, Worldwide VP, Technology, Unifrax Corporation
  • Gregg Eagan, Director of Manufacturing, Niacet Corporation
  • Cindi Hoover, Director, Healthcare and BioPharma R&D, Praxair
  • Mike Kucharski, President & CEO, VanDeMark Chemical Inc.
  • Bob Liebler, Director, Research & Development, Rich Products Corporation
  • Mitch Pulwer, President, Celguard, LLC
  • Chuck Rader, retired Vice President-Occidental Chemical Corp.and
    retired CEO-IsleChem LLC
  • Ian Shankland, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Honeywell Specialty Materials
Undergraduate Committee
  • Jeffrey R. Errington, Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Marlo Kerr
  • Tamara Kofke
  • Michael Lockett
  • Johannes Nitsche
  • Blaine Pfeifer
  • Marina Tsianou
  • Manolis Tzanakakis
Graduate Committee
  • Mark Swihart, Director of Graduate Studies
  • Paschalis Alexandridis
  • Chong Cheng
  • Sriram Neelamegham
  • Sheldon Park
  • Dawn Townsend
External Affairs Committee
  • Stelios Andreadis, Chair
  • Paschalis Alexandridis
  • Johannes Nitsche
  • Mark Swihart
Safety Committee
  • Manolis Tzanakakis
  • Chong Cheng
  • Sheldon Park
  • Carl Lund
  • Todd Snyder
  • Marina Tsianou
Seminar Series Coordinator
  • Eli Ruckenstein
Graduate Student Symposium Organization Committee
  • Chong Cheng
  • Sheldon Park
  • Manolis Tzanakakis
  • Marina Tsianou
AIChE Student Association
  • Marina Tsianou, Faculty Advisor
  • Michelle Reele, President
  • Robert Morrow, Vice-President
  • Wiliam Li, Secretary
  • Thao Nguyen, Treasurer
SBE (Society of Biochemical Engineers)
  • Karl Barber, Chair
Graduate Student Association Officers
  • Jacob Heltzel, President
  • Rohitesh Gupta, Vice-President
  • Charles Jones, Treasurer
  • Apurv Puri, Secretary
  • Prathiba Sampath, Senator
  • Andrew Bodratti, Senator
Web Site and Information Technology Committee
  • David A. Kofke
  • Andrew Schultz
  • Joan WIlson
Space and Instrumentation Committee
  • Stelios Andreadis
  • Paschalis Alexandridis
  • Dave Kofke
  • Carl Lund
  • Sriram Neelamegham
  • Mark Swihart