Meet Our Students

Students with Prof. Prasad.
Introducing the College Ambassadors!

Meet Will and Meghan, the department's undergraduate Ambassadors for the College of Arts and Sciences. College Ambassadors are student volunteers who have been nominated by faculty and staff after demonstrating a commitment to academic excellence and community engagement. 

Will Roberts.
Will Roberts

“In addition to the many opportunities for research that the Chemistry Department provides, it offers a welcoming and encouraging home on campus for any student interested in exploring the field.”

Meghan Sullivan.
Meghan Sullivan

"What I like most about the Department of Chemistry at UB are the resources to get involved in the chemistry community, such as UBChemClub, and the many opportunities to be involved in high-impact research as an undergraduate."

UB’s Department of Chemistry is home to students, staff, and faculty from around the world. We are proud of the extraordinary geographical and cultural diversity within the UB Chemistry Community! The map below highlights home towns of our graduate students, undergraduate majors, postdocs, staff, and faculty. 

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World map with pins showing where UB chemists are from.

Graduate Research Highlights

  • “Aruni Dissanayake”
    4/7/25

    My research in the Morrow Lab focuses on designing, synthesizing, and analyzing paramagnetic Fe(III) and Co(II)-based macrocyclic complexes and metal-organic polyhedral cages as potential MRI probes, with the aim of improving T1 and paraSHIFT sensitivity for magnetic resonance imaging.

  • “Mindula Kaumadi Wijayahena”
    3/28/25

    My research focuses on detecting and degrading major contaminants, specifically PFAS. I am working on developing analytical approaches for PFAS detection in water, human blood, and fish using tools like LC-MS/MS, LC-IMS/QToF, ICP-MS, etc.

  • “Karoline Garcia-Pedraza”
    11/22/24

    My research is focused on the synthesis of doped-quantum dot/MxV2O5 heterostructures and characterization of their photoinduced interfacial charge-transfer dynamics for applications in photocatalytic CO2 reduction and hydrogen generation. 

  • “Morgan Redington”
    9/19/24

    My research focuses on using density functional theory and crystal structure prediction to explore new materials, as well as establish surface chemistry behavior.