UB College of Arts and Sciences Presents The Spotlight Symposia Series: Toward a Climate Haven

Oct. 25 - 26, 2024

The College of Arts and Sciences Spotlight Symposia Series Each Spotlight symposium honors a particular faculty member by inviting distinguished speakers to our campus who share the honoree’s research field. The 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.

The Series includes an Honoree Talk with Diana Ana, PdD, who will discuss “Toward a Climate Haven,” 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. Admission is free; registration is required: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/college/faculty-staff/spotlight-symposia-series.html

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.

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 over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, nine book chapters and two edited books. Since joining UB, she has been awarded more than $20 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.

For more information, contact casevents@buffalo.edu.