Recent News

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.

A study by UB and UC Davis researchers shows a non-invasive way animals can help monitor their environment.

The nanomaterial vanadyl hydroxide behaves more like a pseudocapacitor than a battery when it forms as a star-shaped structure, a UB study has found.

A study led by the Atilla-Gokcumen group sheds light on why some cells remain alive but no longer divide.

In an extended Q&A interview, Spectroscopy Magazine sits down with UB Chemistry alumna Kelsey L. Williams, PhD, who is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), working on planetary instrumentation using spectroscopic techniques such as laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and laser ablation molecular isotopic spectrometry (LAMIS). Link to story: Celebrating National Space Day with Spectroscopy

UB chemist Emanuela Gionfriddo and her team have developed a novel method to detect airborne “forever chemicals” as they evaporate—filling a major gap in PFAS monitoring and offering a sustainable, precise tool that could help shape future environmental regulations.