Recent News

Professor Diana Aga and UB to launch Great Lakes Research Consortium
7/17/26
As part of a 5-year, $5 mil. grant from NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, UB will lead a group of other colleges and universities dedicated to strengthening New York's leadership in scientific initiatives across the broader Great Lakes basin.
Recent Chem. Eng. grad and former Watson Lab researcher receives NSF GRFP Award
7/17/26
Nicholas Reilly, a recent chemical engineering alum from the University at Buffalo, has received the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) award.
Professor Luis Colón retires, leaving behind a legacy defined by mentorship as much as research
7/17/26
After 33 years at UB, Luis Colón is retiring, leaving behind a career defined as much by the students he mentored as by the research he conducted.
How to destroy "forever chemicals" for good
7/24/26
Prof. Steven Ray was interviewed by PNAS to share his Plasma Rays technique of breaking down forever chemical molecules

Tracking forever chemicals across food web shows not all isomers are distributed equally
12/31/25
Samples from water, fish and bird eggs demonstrate the need to measure these unique molecular structures separately.
Prof. Luis De Jesús Báez earns Ovshinsky sustainable energy fellowship from APS
12/1/25
University at Buffalo chemist Luis De Jesús Báez has received the 2025 Stanford R. Ovshinsky Fellowship from the American Physical Society for his work developing new, more sustainable materials for energy storage.

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