University at Buffalo (UB)
The College of Arts and Sciences Spotlight Symposia Series recognizes and elevates members of our faculty. Each Spotlight symposium honors a particular faculty member by inviting distinguished speakers to our campus who share the honoree’s research field. Each symposium places our honoree at the center of vital national and international conversations and serves as an important venue for building scholarly relationships critical to the university.
Convergence of Science for One Planet, One Health
October 25-26, 2024 | UB North Campus
The two-day symposium will feature a keynote, performance, a poster session, numerous technical talks and much more.
Event schedule and registration information will be available in the summer.
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About Diana Aga, PhD
Professor Aga is a recognized world leader in environmental analytical chemistry. She has developed innovative methods that identify “emerging contaminants” and analyze and predict their movements through the environment.
Her seminal contributions have dramatically improved our knowledge of the ecological and human impacts of emerging contaminants, such as antimicrobials and other pharmaceuticals, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pesticides and PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”
A prolific scholar, Professor Aga has published more than 180 peer-reviewed journal articles, nine book chapters and two edited books. Since joining UB, she has been awarded over $15 million dollars in federal, state and industrial grants to support her research.
Professor Aga is the recipient of numerous local, national and international awards and honors. Among her many honors, she has received two Fulbright Fellowships; a National Science Foundation CAREER award; the Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal of the Western New York American Chemical Society, an American Chemical Society AGRO Fellow, and an Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship. She is also an elected fellow of the American Chemical Society.
Keynote Speaker
George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Member NAE Director, NEWT Center Director, Rice WaTER Institute
Rice University
Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment
Technical Talks
Carnegie Mellon University
Plastics Recycling in the USA and Reuse in Infrastructure
University of California San Diego
Aerosols and Their Impacts on Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate and Health
Pennsylvania State University
Stanford University
Sustainable Water Supplies in California: Preparing for a Hotter and Drier Future
University of Michigan
Honoree Talk
2024 Honoree
Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Research on Emerging and Re-emerging Contaminants in the Environment
Toward a Climate Haven
“Toward a Climate Haven” is a project blending sustainability science with performance art to address Western New York's role as a potential climate refuge amid its own climate uncertainties. This program is brought to you by the UB Department of Environment and Sustainability and the UB Department of Theatre and Dance.
The research team includes: Tim Chevral, professor; Susan Clark, assistant professor and Kacey Stewart, postdoctoral associate from the Department of Environment and Sustainability and from the Department of Theatre and Dance: Lynne Koscielniak, professor and Eero Laine, associate professor.
Symposium organizing committee:
- Luis Colón, SUNY Distinguished Professor and A. Conger Goodyear Professor of Chemistry
- Ning Dai, associate professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
- Emanuela Gionfriddo, associate professor, Department of Chemistry
- Elizabeth Thomas, associate professor, Department of Geology
- Javid Rzayev, professor, organizing committee chair and chair of the Department of Chemistry
- College Events team, College Marketing and Communications team.
For more information, contact casevents@buffalo.edu.
