Honoring research in science, engineering and medicine at The State University of New York

Thirty-eight of New York’s most important and innovative scientists were honored for theirresearch in medicine, public health, genetics, engineering, environmental studies, physics,

computer science and other fields at the second “Chancellor’s Recognition DinnerHonoring Research in Science, Engineering and Medicine,” held on October 24, 2002at State University Plaza in Albany. These award-winning faculty members of the StateUniversity of New York are working to make scientific breakthroughs that will prevent

or heal medical disorders and ailments, protect the environment, create new pharmaceuticals and help us understand the origins of the universe.

They represent a world-class faculty that has garnered more than $700 million for 9,000 research projects that are supporting

21,000 jobs in New York State.

The honorees represent 23 suny campuses including university centers, four-year colleges, health science centers, specialized colleges, colleges of

technology and statutory colleges. They are responsible for generating nearly $70 millionin research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Aeronautical and

Space Administration, Pfizer, the American Heart Association, the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric

Administration, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy,

General Motors, the American Chemical Society and others.

Honoring research in science, engineering and medicine at The State University of New York

Honorees

Dr. Myron J. MitchellDr. Maureen A. Morrow Dr. Maxwell M. Mozell

Dr. James P. NakasDr. Arthur N. Palmer Dr. Steven M. Pilgrim

Dr. Miriam Rafailovich Dr. Bahgat Sammakia Dr. Steven Scheinman

Dr. Harish C. SikkaDr. Linda Patia Spear Dr. Joel Tenenbaum

Dr. Maurizio Trevisan Dr. Barbara E. Warkentine Dr. Judith Weinstein-Lloyd

Dr. Osman YasarDr. Richard A. Young

Dr. Qasim Zaidi Dr. Aidong Zhang

Dr. Nancy J. BachmanDr. Robert J. Ballentine

Dr. Marlene Belfort Dr. Edward B. BlanchardDr. Christopher P. Cirmo Professor George Crosby

Dr. Richard L. Cross Dr. Huw M. L. DaviesDr. Efrain J. Ferrer

Dr. Marie Catherine Gelato Dr. Alan R. Gintzler

Dr. Mimi Halpern Dr. Roger P. Hamernik

Dr. James M. Haynes Dr. Christopher U.T. Hellen

Dr. Maria Hepel Dr. Subodh Kumar

Dr. Kenneth Lanzetta Dr. Joseph C. Makarewicz

Dr. Nancy J. Bachmanis Assistant Professor of Biology at the College at Oneonta. Her researchapplies tools of cell and molecular biology to the study of human genes and the development of new “nanoscale”technologies. Using bioinformatics andbiochemical approaches to map genesand study a novel protein family, Dr.Bachman has acquired data for severalpresentations and at least two manu-scripts. She has also provided laboratorytraining for many undergraduate students.

Dr. Bachman is a member of a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Institute of Technology thatis examining the feasibility of developingbiological computers.

Dr. Robert J. Ballentineis Associate Professor of Meteorology at the College at Oswego. Dr. Ballentineand his colleagues at Oswego have conducted research on winter storms in the Great Lakes region. This researchwas sponsored by two National ScienceFoundation (NSF) grants totaling over$300,000. Dr. Ballentine also receivedtwo grants from the CooperativeProgram for Operational Meteorology,Education and Training (COMET) toimprove the prediction of lake-effectsnowstorms in the eastern Great Lakesregion.

Currently Dr. Ballentine is workingwith Dr. Alfred Stamm and others on aproject entitled “Research Experiences inMeteorology – Exploration in Science,Mathematics and Technology.” This is a three-year $310,000 project sponsoredby the (NSF) to permit high schoolteachers and students to develop researchprojects during a four-week summer pro-gram at SUNY Oswego. These projectsare completed during the followingschool year with continuing support by Oswego faculty researchers.

Dr. Marlene Belfortis Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University at Albany. Dr. Belfortis a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Her laboratory investigates severaltypes of introns with two properties incommon. These studies are based ongenetic and biochemical analyses, as well as collaborative structural approach-es involving x-ray crystallography andnuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Dr. Belfort illuminated the differentmolecular pathways whereby intronssplice and move by recruiting proteins of unusual structure and function, rais-ing the possibility of their use as deliveryvehicles for gene therapy. Her investiga-tions have also posed evolutionary ques-tions and shed light on the origin andpersistence of mobile introns.

Unraveling the structure and functionof inteins, a type of intervening se-quence that is remarkable for splicing at the protein level, is another focus of the Belfort laboratory. Practical applications are also being explored as Dr. Belfort holds patents for the use of both introns and inteins in biotech-nology. Both elements can be used tofacilitate protein purification, whileinteins, which are found in critical genes of human microbial pathogens, are promising targets for development of novel antibiotics.

Dr. Edward B. Blanchard is a Distinguished Professor ofPsychology at the University at Albany.His work has focused broadly on healthpsychology and on mind-body relationswith particular emphasis on assessmentand non-drug treatments of such psy-chophysiologic, or stress-related, disor-ders as chronic headache, hypertension,and irritable bowel syndrome.

Over the past 10 years he has alsofocused on assessment and treatment ofmotor vehicle accident survivors withpost-traumatic stress disorder. With Dr.Edward Hickling, he published, in 1997,an interim summary of this work in Afterthe Crash.

Professor Blanchard is the Director ofthe Center for Stress and Anxiety Dis-orders at the University at Albany, anationally and internationally recognizedresearch facility affiliated with theDepartment of Psychology. The missionof the Center is to conduct intensiveresearch on the etiology, classification,assessment and treatment of several com-mon stress-related and anxiety disorders.The Center is currently involved inresearch studies on the assessment ofchronic headache disorders, irritablebowel syndrome, and post-traumaticstress disorder following automobile acci-dents, panic disorder, generalized anxietydisorder, aggressive driving and patholog-ical gambling.

Professor Blanchard has publishedover 300 articles and chapters and fourbooks during his career.

Dr. Christopher P. Cirmois Associate Professor and Chair of the Geology Department at the College at Cortland. Dr. Cirmo is an activeresearcher with four current and twopending awards for watershed research in wetlands throughout the Adirondacks,Catskills and the Appalachian Chain inPennsylvania.

Collaborating with colleagues at theSUNY College of Environmental Scienceand Forestry, SUNY Plattsburgh,Pennsylvania State University, New YorkCity Department of Environmental Protection and Paul Smith’s College, Dr. Cirmo spearheads field work activi-ties relating to groundwater analysis,aquifer stabilization, and wetland protec-tion. Undergraduate students are engagedin all field and laboratory work. Fund-ing to support Dr. Cirmo’s watershedresearch program currently comes fromcollaborative efforts with United StatesDepartment of Agriculture, NationalScience Foundation, University ofPennsylvania and the College of Environ-mental Science and Forestry.

Professor George Crosbyis chair of the Plant Science depart-ment at the College of Agriculture andTechnology at Cobleskill. ProfessorCrosby’s research in the areas of waterconservation applies specifically to irrigation systems and recirculatinghydroponic systems for plant produc-tion. He has presented his findings atmany professional development work-shops.

Professor Crosby is collaborating withProfessor John Foster to develop a sys-tem that combines hydroponic plantgrowing with the raising of certain typesof food fish. The system circulates waterthrough both the fish tanks and thehydroponic system in a symbiotic rela-tionship that allows the plants to use thenutrients provided by the waste createdby the fish. Such systems might providesuitable food sources in water-deprived areas of the world. Professor Crosby’swork was recently recognized with agrant to fund the construction of a newhydroponic/aquaponic greenhouse thatwill allow the continuation and expan-sion of his research.

Dr. Richard L. Crossis Professor and Chair of the Departmentof Biochemistry and Molecular Biologyat SUNY Upstate Medical University, aposition he has held since 1982. Dr. Crossjoined the faculty at SUNY Upstate in1973.

His current research focus is in energytransducing membrane systems: themechanism and regulation of ATP synthesis by oxidative phosphorylation.He is supported by a merit award fromthe National Institutes of Health for hiswork regarding the structure and mechanism of FoF1-ATP Synthases.

Dr. Cross received his bachelor’sdegree in chemistry from HartwickCollege in 1966 and his doctorate fromYale University in 1970. His postdoctoraltraining was completed in 1973 at theUCLA Molecular Biology Institute wherehe worked in the laboratory of ProfessorPaul D. Boyer who has since received theNobel Prize for his work on ATPases.Cross’s long-term interactions with Dr.Boyer played a significant role in thatachievement. Dr. Cross spent severalmini-sabbaticals with Boyer and at leastone of his graduate students moved on to Dr. Boyer’s lab for post-doctoral work.

Dr. Cross is a member of the editorialboard of the Journal of Biological Chemis-try and the Journal of Bioenergetics andBiomembranes. He also holds member-ships in the American Society forBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, theAmerican Chemical Society, and theAmerican Association for theAdvancement of Science.

Dr. Huw M. L. Daviesis the Larkin Professor of OrganicChemistry in the University at BuffaloCollege of Arts and Sciences. Director of the Department of Chemistry’s graduate program, he holds more than 10 drug-related patents and haspublished widely in journals and books,as well as being a frequent presenter at national and international meetings.

Dr. Davies’s current research is fundedby the National Science Foundation, theNational Institutes of Health, andJohnson and Johnson. A UB facultymember since 1995, Davies was the recipient of a Sustained AchievementAward from the University this spring,and received an Excellence in TeachingAward from the College of Arts andSciences in 2001.

Dr. Efrain J. Ferreris Professor of Physics at the College at Fredonia. His research interests overthe years have covered a broad range of questions within theoretical physics,including the physics of the standardmodel at finite temperature and density,the effects of background fields in stringtheories, the study of lower dimensionalmodels with fractional statistics and theinvestigation of non-perturbative effectsof external fields on QFT. The fields ofapplication of his studies are particlephysics, cosmology and condensed matter.

Dr. Ferrer has published over 50papers in international specialized jour-nals and participated in a large numberof international conferences. His schol-arly activities have been carried out ininstitutes and universities in the U.S.,Cuba, Russia, Spain, Finland, Italy andSwitzerland.

Dr. Marie Catherine Gelatois Professor of Medicine and ProgramDirector, General Clinical ResearchCenter at Stony Brook University. Herresearch interest has been the regulationof the growth hormone/insulin-likegrowth factor axis especially in criticalcare. Her interest in the metabolic com-plications of human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) disease grew outof her work in critical care.

Dr. Gelato’s HIV research has beenfunded by the National Institutes ofHealth (NIH) for the last ten years. In1996, she obtained funding from theNIH to establish a General ClinicalResearch Center at University Hospital atStony Brook. Dr. Gelato has made sub-stantial contributions to the researchcommunity at Stony Brook and to theresearch community in general. She alsoteaches and sees patients.

Dr. Gelato is a member of an AIDSNIH study section and serves on theAdvisory Board for all Endocrine andMetabolic drugs for the Food and DrugAdministration.

Dr. Alan R. Gintzleris Professor of Biochemistry at DownstateMedical Center. In studies of responsesto pain during pregnancy, Dr. Gintzlerfound that women’s pain thresholds varyover time depending on the particularstage of pregnancy.

Dr. Gintzler’s insight that pain isstrongly mediated by the body’s hormon-al milieu has important implications forpharmaceutical management of pain inwomen. His work also demonstrates thatpain control is gender-specific, and thatthe results of studies of the effectivenessof analgesics in men may not apply towomen.

Dr. Gintzler also studies the biochemi-cal underpinnings of addiction. His goalis to understand the mechanisms throughwhich such changes take place and leadto addiction, a state in which the body’sbiochemical equilibrium is so altered by a drug that a continuing supply isrequired to maintain the new balance.

Dr. Mimi Halpernis a Professor of Anatomy & CellBiology at Downstate Medical Center. A Downstate faculty member since 1957,Dr. Halpern has received sponsoredresearch funding from the NationalInstitutes of Health and the NationalScience Foundation throughout her dis-tinguished career.

Her investigations of the vomeronasalorgan – a poorly understood sensory system in vertebrates – have yielded im-portant new insights into such animalbehaviors as prey recognition, phero-mone detection, and courtship activities.

Dr. Roger P. Hamernikis Professor of Communication Science& Physics and Director in the AuditoryResearch Laboratory at the College atPlattsburgh.

Since arriving at Plattsburgh inJanuary 1986, Dr. Hamernik has estab-lished the Auditory Research Laboratoryas a nationally and internationally recog-nized leader in hearing research. Over thepast sixteen years Dr. Hamernik hasreceived 18 grants and contracts from theNational Institute of Occupational Safetyand Health (studying the effects ofindustrial noise exposure) and the U.S.Army Medical Research DevelopmentCommand (studying the effects of sud-den blast trauma) and other non-federalsponsors with a total value of more than$7 million.

The co-author of six books and over100 papers in his career, he has alsoserved on the Board of Directors of theInternational Society for ComplexEnvironmental Studies. He is a memberof the International Commission on theBiological Effects of Noise, and a mem-ber of the national Academy of SciencesCommittee on Hearing and Bio Acous-tics, Working Group on HazardousExposure to Impulse Noise.

Dr. James M. Haynesis a Distinguished Service Professor in theDepartment of Environmental Scienceand Biology at the College at Brockport.Since coming to Brockport in 1978, Dr.Haynes has been involved in over $2.5million of externally funded research andservice projects.

Early in his career, with funding fromthe National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration’s Sea Grant program,NYS Electric & Gas, and several U.S.and Canadian fishing organizations, Dr.Haynes’s research focused on the move-ments and habitat preferences of salmonand trout in Lake Ontario. This work,which involved numerous graduate andundergraduate research students, resultedin several peer-reviewed publications co-authored with students and helpedanglers throughout the Great Lakes basinimprove their harvests of stocked fish.

Dr. Haynes has directed nine NationalScience Foundation projects, funded bythe Division of Undergraduate Edu-cation, that show science faculty acrossthe nation how to use environmentalproblem solving as a way to enhance the enthusiasm, knowledge and skills ofundergraduates in science courses.

Dr. Christopher U.T. Hellenis an Associate Professor of Microbiologyand Immunology at Downstate MedicalCenter. During his eight years as a mem-ber of the Downstate faculty, Dr. Hellenhas served as a Collaborating Scientistwith the Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute International Research ScholarsProgram.

The translation mechanism that isused by the cell to synthesize proteins iscontrolled by numerous regulatoryprocesses. A major focus of his researchhas been to elucidate how a number ofunrelated viral mRNAs escape these con-trols by using a variety of different non-canonical mechanisms to initiate proteinsynthesis.

Dr. Maria Hepel is Professor of Chemistry at SUNYPotsdam. Dr. Hepel’s research activityinvolves several projects in a number ofdifferent areas of chemistry.

Dr. Hepel was recently awarded aNational Science Foundation grant topurchase a new state-of-the-art instru-ment, Nanoscope III, for studies of inter-facial processes at atomic resolution. Sheis the author of 88 articles, holds sevenpatents, and presented 280 papers at sci-entific meetings. During the past fiveyears, she has presented numerous papersat national and international meetingsincluding Hungary, Portugal, Japan,China, Korea, Germany, Poland, France,Italy, United Kingdom, and SlovakRepublic. Most of these presentationshave included undergraduate students ascoauthors. She has also collaborated withvarious universities and institutes in theUnited States and Europe.

Dr. Hepel won the SUNY PotsdamPresident’s Award for Excellence inResearch and Creative Endeavor in 1995and 2002 and the SUNY Chancellor’sAward for Excellence in Teaching in 1998.

Dr. Subodh Kumaris the Senior Scientist of the Environ-mental Toxicology and ChemistryLaboratory at the Great Lakes Centerand an Adjunct Research Professor atBuffalo State College.

Since joining the SUNY faculty in1983, Dr. Kumar has been awardedresearch grants totaling over $8 millionby various federal, state, and privateagencies, primarily the NationalInstitutes of Health and the Environ-mental Protection Agency. His researchhas resulted in one patent and more than85 publications in leading peer-reviewedjournals in the field of chemistry andhealth sciences.

In addition, Dr. Kumar has presentedpapers in numerous national and inter-national conferences, and has given semi-nars by invitation at research institutes.Dr. Kumar’s accomplishments in his fieldof research have been well recognized.He was recently invited to serve on sever-al panels of the National Institutes ofHealth to review research proposals sub-mitted to the agency in the area of cancerresearch.

Dr. Kenneth Lanzettais Professor of Astronomy at StonyBrook University. Dr. Lanzetta has pio-neered new ways to understand the for-mation of stars and galaxies at the earli-est epoch of the universe.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, heand his collaborators have found thatthe earliest burst of star formationoccurred considerably earlier than hadbeen previously thought, thus forcingchanges in our understanding of theearly evolution of structure in the uni-verse. Dr. Lanzetta, with his collaboratorPaul Hickson, has pioneered an ambi-tious new project for a new array of tele-scopes using rotating liquid mirrors.This project called LAMA would giveequivalent power to a single 50-meterdiameter telescope, more powerful thanany other project now conceived andwould offer substantially improved reachfor the study of distant and early objectsin the universe.

Dr. Joseph C. Makarewiczis a Distinguished Service Professor inthe Department of EnvironmentalScience & Biology at the College atBrockport. Dr. Makarewicz, whoreceived his Ph.D. in Limnology fromCornell University in 1974, is currentlychair of the Department of Environ-mental Science and Biology that admin-isters the College’s new interdisciplinarymajor in Environmental Science.

Professor Makarewicz has receivedover $3 million in grant and contractfunding since joining Brockport’s facultyin 1974. In addition, he received aNational Science Foundation grant thatserved as the catalyst for a $13 millionrenovation of Lennon Hall, one of twomajor science buildings on Brockport’scampus. He is the author of more than100 scientific papers.

Dr. Myron J. Mitchellis a Professor of Environmental andForest Biology at the College of Environ-mental Science and Forestry. His researchhas focused on environmental issues inthe northeastern United States with particular emphasis on the Adirondackregion.

Dr. Mitchell developed a laboratoryfor biogeochemical analyses of water, soil,sediment and plants. Dr. Mitchell headsa research group that is investigatingwatershed processes at the HuntingtonForest in the central Adirondacks. He isalso co-principal investigator of Long-term Ecological Research at HubbardBrook Experimental Forest in NewHampshire and a member of the AsianLong-Term Ecological Research network.

Dr. Maureen A. Morrowis Associate Professor of Biology at theCollege at New Paltz. Her researchfocuses on the molecular events associat-ed with the activation of immune cells.

Dr. Morrow has been investigatingthe effect of modeled microgravity on T cells to better understand how theEarth’s orbit disrupts the human immune system. Dr. Morrow’s research has been supported by National Aero-nautics and Space Administration fund-ing since 1996. Her grant funding alsohas provided substantial opportunitiesfor undergraduate student involvementwith her research.

To date, 24 students have worked onresearch projects under Dr. Morrow’sdirection. Six are enrolled in alliedhealth related graduate programs, four in doctoral degree granting programs,and the remainder are either working in laboratories or teaching.

Dr. Maxwell M. Mozellis Professor in the Department ofNeuroscience and Physiology and Deanof the College of Graduate Studies atUpstate Medical University. Dr. Mozell’sfield of interest is olfaction, the sense ofsmell, and he has held a NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH) grant for 40years.

A highly recognized neurophysiologist,Dr. Mozell served as the chairperson ofthe International Commission onOlfaction and Taste from 1984-1991 andhas won several prestigious awardsincluding the Manheimer Award inRecognition of Career Achievements inthe Chemosensory Sciences, the Sense ofSmell Award from the Fragrance Re-search Fund, and the Javits NeuroscienceInvestigator Award from the NIH. Healso received the Upstate Medical Uni-versity President’s Award for Excellenceand Leadership in Research. In 1978 hefounded the North American Society forthe Chemical Senses.

Dr. James P. Nakasis a Professor of Environmental andForest Biology at the College of Environ-mental Science and Forestry.

For the past 23 years, Dr. Nakas’s re-search has been directed toward the useof renewable resources for the purpose ofproducing biobased products currentlyderived from petroleum-based feedstocks.Dr. Nakas’s background is primarily inthe areas of microbiology and biochem-istry and much of his research hasexploited microbial fermentations as thevehicle for generating industrially useful products.

Dr. Arthur N. Palmeris Professor of Earth Sciences andDistinguished Teaching Professor at theCollege at Oneonta. Considered one ofthe world’s leading authorities in karstscience (study of rock dissolution andcave origin), Dr. Palmer is one of thethree most-cited authors in relevantEnglish-language books.

Dr. Palmer’s research integrates chem-istry, hydraulics, geology, and microbi-ology, with the aid of field and labora-tory work and mathematical and com-puter modeling. He pioneered thehydrochemical modeling of porosityevolution in soluble rocks, and his paperon cave origin in the Geological Societyof American Bulletin (1991) gained himthe society's Kirk Bryan Award for inno-vative research.

He has done extensive fieldworkthroughout the world and has writtenthe definitive geology guidebooks forthree national parks, used both for pub-lic sale and for training of interpretivestaff. Dr. Palmer developed methods ofdelineating catchment areas for wells inbedrock that were recently adopted bythe U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency and has done pioneering workon the effects of sulfur cycling on rockporosity, ore emplacement, and micro-bial influences.

His recent research focuses on the evolution of water chemistry in anaero-bic systems, and resulting porosity andmineralization.

Dr. Steven M. Pilgrimis Associate Professor of Materials Scienceand Engineering at Alfred Ceramics, andfounding Co-Director of the Laboratoryfor Electronic Ceramics which conducts15% of on-campus research at Alfred.

He is active in science and engineeringoutreach and received a campus-wideExcellence in Teaching Award whileteaching laboratory and non-major science courses. Dr. Pilgrim’s primaryresearch interests are electrostrictors andpiezoelectrics for eletromechanical actua-tors, smart materials, and nonstructuralcomposites.

Dr. Miriam Rafailovich is Professor of Materials Science andEngineering at Stony Brook University.

Professor Rafailovich’s research encom-passes the study of polymer surfaces andinterfaces leading to the development ofnew nanocomposite materials. Specificareas of research concentration include:substrates for tissue engineering, cell culture and proteomics; high temperaturecomposites for space, aviation, and automotive components, and new technologies for nanoscale lithography,microfluids, and molecular sensors.

Dr. Bahgat Sammakiais the director of Binghamton Univer-sity’s acclaimed Integrated ElectronicsEngineering Center.

Individually, Dr. Sammakia’s accom-plishments are impressive. He holdsseven U.S. patents and twelve IBM tech-nical disclosures, has published over 50technical papers in refereed journals andconference proceedings, and has con-tributed to three books on natural con-vection heat transfer. Dr. Sammakia isthe principal investigator or co-principalinvestigator on cross-disciplinary spon-sored research totaling in the multi-mil-lions.

Dr. Steven Scheinman is a Professor in the Department ofMedicine at Upstate Medical University.He is an authority on genetic causes ofrenal diseases of electrolyte transport, andon the genetics of kidney stones. Hisresearch has been funded by the NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH), the AmericanHeart Association, and other agenciessince he joined the faculty at Upstate in1984.

Dr. Scheinman and his groupdescribed a new disease which they called “X-linked nephrolithiasis withrenal failure,” also known as Dent’s disease. They characterized the diseaseclinically, mapped the responsible gene,and have identified mutations in scoresof patients from around the world. Hisresearch encompasses both patient-basedclinical research and laboratory-basedmolecular and cellular physiology.

A member of the Editorial Board ofthe Journal of the American Society ofNephrology, Dr. Scheinman has servedreview groups and committees for theNIH, American Heart Association,American Society of Nephrology, andother organizations. He has received theCharles R. Ross Research Award and thePresident's Award for Excellence andLeadership in Research at SUNY UpstateMedical University.

Dr. Harish C. Sikkais the Research Director of the Environ-mental Toxicology and ChemistryLaboratory of the Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State College. His accomplish-ments in environmental toxicology havebeen acknowledged both nationally andinternationally.

Dr. Sikka’s current research focuses onunderstanding how chemical carcinogensinduce mutagenesis and carcinogenesis.Dr. Sikka has been awarded grants total-ing more than $8 million by federal,state, and private agencies since he cameto Buffalo State College in 1982. Hisresearch has resulted in over 80 publica-tions in leading peer-reviewed journals inhis field.

Dr. Sikka serves on the editorial board of Aquatic Toxicology and previouslyserved on the editorial board of theBulletin of Environmental Contaminationand Toxicology. He has also been invited to serve on the panels of federal agenciesto review research proposals submitted to the agencies. In 2000, Dr. Sikka wasawarded the Buffalo State CollegePresident’s Award for Research, Scholar-ship, and Creativity.

Dr. Linda Patia Spearis a Distinguished Professor of Psychol-ogy at the University at Binghamton.She has become a world-renownedexpert on the relationship between neurotransmitters and behavior as affect-ed by drug abuse during development.

Using rats, Dr. Spear has tested the consequences of prenatal cocaine expo-sure in the subsequent development of brain and behavior in infancy and has expanded her research into the useand abuse of alcohol. A former winnerof the University’s Award for Excellencein Research, Spear has attracted morethan $6 million in federal funds to support her research on the cause andeffects of drug and alcohol abuse sincecoming to Binghamton in 1976.

Dr. Joel Tenenbaumis Professor of Meteorology and ScientificComputing at Purchase College. Since1975, Professor Tenenbaum has receivedfunding from the National Aeronauticsand Space Administration (NASA)Goddard Space Flight Center to study jetstreams.

For the past fifteen years he has direct-ed an international collaboration onacquiring and using aircraft wind reportsto improve analyses and forecasts.

Dr. Tenenbaum’s current NASA-fund-ed project is matched with funds fromthe United Kingdom MeteorologicalOffice and British Airways. The purposeof this research is to validate and improveGoddard’s Data Assimilation Office systems by incorporating independenthigh-resolution aircraft wind and temp-erature data available from flight datarecorders. The 11,000 observations per day that are collected from 57 BritishAirways aircraft represent six times thenumber that are available to operationalforecast centers.

Dr. Maurizio Trevisanis Dean of the School of Health RelatedProfessions, Professor and Chair of Social& Preventive Medicine at the Universityat Buffalo.

An internationally renowned epidemi-ologist, Dr. Trevisan has been a facultymember at UB since 1985. His currentarea of research involves cardiovasculardisease epidemiology, and he is one ofthe investigators of the Women’s HealthInitiative, a multi-center grant to studypost-menopausal women’s health issuessupported by the National Institutes ofHealth.

Other current research activitiesinclude the investigation of the relation-ship between periodontal health andother chronic conditions (i.e., cardiovas-cular disease). He is a member (elect) ofthe American Epidemiological Societyand serves as consultant to the PanAmerican Health Organization.

In addition to his research and teach-ing commitments, Dr. Trevisan currentlyserves as Chair of the Department ofSocial and Preventive Medicine in theSchool of Medicine and Biomedical Sci-ences and as the Interim Dean of theSchool of Health Related Professions atUB.

Dr. Barbara E. Warkentineis Professor of Biology at MaritimeCollege. Since 1999, Dr. Warkentine hasbeen working with colleagues at the CityUniversity of New York to study andevaluate the state of the aquatic fauna ofthe Bronx River.

These projects have received fundingfrom The Partnership for Parks, CityParks Foundation, National Oceano-graphic and Atmospheric Administra-tion, and Wildlife Conservation Society.Dr. Warkentine’s goal is to assess thepopulation dynamics and resource uti-lization of the fish fauna of the BronxRiver, and to understand its current andhistorical utilization by anadromousspecies (those that migrate up riversfrom the sea to breed in fresh water) and the catadromous eel (which live infreshwater and go to the sea to spawn)in the region of the river south of thefalls in River Park at 180th Street andBoston Road. These research efforts also focus on the extent to which fishfrom the north river above the fall linecontribute to and influence populationsbelow this demarcation break.

Dr. Judith Weinstein-Lloydis a Professor in the Chemistry/PhysicsDepartment at the College at OldWestbury. She also maintains a researchcollaborator appointment at BrookhavenNational Laboratory.

Dr. Lloyd’s research involves the detec-tion of reactive gases in the atmosphere,which, despite their low abundance,result in air pollution episodes. A majorgoal of her work is to validate the princi-ples behind air quality models that areused by regulatory agencies to predicteffective remediation strategies.

She has designed and fabricated newinstruments for sampling and analyzingtrace gases in the atmosphere and hasparticipated in numerous surface and air-craft-based air quality field measurementcampaigns in the U.S. and Canada. Herresearch is supported by the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy and the National ScienceFoundation, and has involved over 20undergraduate participants.

Dr. Osman Yasaris Professor and Chair of the Departmentof Computational Science at the Collegeat Brockport. Dr. Yasar, whose researchinvolves cars and computers, has beenusing supercomputers since 1986 whenthe National Science Foundation estab-lished the first five national centers in thecountry.

He mixed engineering physics aspectsof plasma fusion research with traditionalmechanical engineering aspects of enginecombustion. His work has been spon-sored by General Motors, CumminsEngine Company, the Ford MotorCompany, Exxon Mobil, and the U.S.Departments of Energy and Defense.

Dr. Yasar’s expertise in supercomput-ing led to the first scalable version of thewell-known KIVA engine combustioncode. His computational work has estab-lished a framework for environmentaland energy efficiency studies of industrialengines and burners.

Dr. Richard A. Youngis Distinguished Service Professor ofGeological Sciences at the College atGeneseo. His research interests includegroundwater geology, environmentalgeology and waste disposal, glacial geology, lunar and planetary geology,sedimentation and engineering geology.

Since joining the faculty at Geneseoin 1966, Dr. Young has published morethan 60 journal articles, book chapters,and technical reports. One of the firstGeneseo science faculty members toreceive a large research grant – a three-year project funded by the NationalAeronautics and Space Administrationin 1972 on Photogeologic Analysis of theApollo Project – Dr. Young is currentlyreceiving funding from the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers for a project, “Long-Term and Recent Sedimentation Studiesof the Genesee River.”

In recognition of his expertise on the geology of the Grand Canyon, Dr. Young was Chair of the Symposiumon “The Origin of the Grand Canyonand the Colorado River,” which washeld at Grand Canyon National Park in June, 2000.

Dr. Qasim Zaidiis a Professor in the Department ofVision Sciences at the College ofOptometry.

Internationally known for his researchin the computational neurosciences and,particularly, for his investigations of pro-cessing of color and texture informationin the human brain, Dr. Zaidi is princi-ple investigator on two National EyeInstitute awards. The first concerns theperception of three-dimensional shapes,and includes work on heuristics, priorassumptions, and the physical informa-tion contained in contour, texture andmotion cues. The second concerns colorperception in natural settings, andincludes work on heuristics-based algo-rithms for color constancy, and on thegeometrical structure of color representa-tion.

Dr. Zaidi also works on motion per-ception in complex configurations.

Dr. Aidong Zhangis Professor of Computer Science &Engineering at the University at Buffalo.A faculty member at UB since 1994, Dr.Zhang’s research interests include con-tent-based image retrieval, distributeddatabase systems, multimedia databasesystems, digital libraries and data miningwith applications in bioinformatics, engineering, and geographic informationsystems.

Dr. Zhang is the recipient of aNational Science Foundation (NSF)Career Award. She has also receivedmulti-million dollar funding from theNSF for several major research projects,including Research Infrastructure,Information Technology Research,Digital Government, and DigitalLibraries.

Dr. Zhang is a member of theExecutive Committee of the Associationfor Computing Machinery (ACM)Special Interest Group on Managementof Data (SIGMOND). She co-chairedACM’s Multimedia Conference in 2001.She is editor-in-chief for ACM SIG-MOND DiSC (Digital SymposiumCollection) and serves on the editorialboards of several other journals.

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attracting resources to expandresearch and scholarship

cultivating relationships and attract-ing philanthropic and grant supportfrom individuals, corporations, andfoundations

maximizing the impact of financialresources through sound managementof sponsored program and philan-thropic revenues

ensuring responsible stewardship ofthe University's research enterprisethrough effective administration andoversight

creating partnerships with businessand industry, government, highereducation, and research institutionsto expand research and encourage thestart up of new companies

developing, identifying, protecting,marketing, and licensing Universityfaculty-developed intellectual property and inventions

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Board of Directors

Mr. Robert L. KingChancellorState University of New York(Chair, ex-officio)

Dr. Frances E. CarrVice President for ResearchState University at Binghamton

Mr. Robert L. EcklinExecutive Vice PresidentOptical CommunicationsCorning, Incorporated

Mr. William R. GreinerPresidentState University at Buffalo

Dr. James A. HaywardChairman, President & CEOThe Collaborative Group, Ltd.

Dr. Karen R. HitchcockPresidentState University at Albany

Dr. Shirley S. KennyPresidentState University at Stony Brook

Dr. Linwood L. Lee, Jr.Professor of PhysicsState University at Stony Brook

Dr. John J. LucasVice Provost for Research Upstate Medical University at Syracuse

Mr. George M. PhilipExecutive DirectorNew York State Teachers Retirement System

Dr. Peter D. SalinsProvost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs State University of New York

Dr. George B. StefanoDirector, Neuroscience Research Institute

& Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences

State University College at Old Westbury

Ms. Patricia E. StevensSUNY Board of Trustees

Dr. Paul YuPresidentState University College at Brockport

Research FoundationOfficers and Senior Staff

Mr. John J. O'ConnorPresident

Mr. Timothy P. MurphyExecutive Vice President

Ms. Bonny BoiceSenior Vice President and Treasurer

Mr. James R. DenneheyGeneral Counsel and Secretary

Mr. Matthew BehrmannSenior Vice President, ExternalAffairs

Dr. Mary Braunagel-BrownVice President, Employee Services

Mr. Gerard DrahosVice President, Information Services

Mr. Frank GabrielVice President, Finance

Dr. Michael LuckVice President, Philanthropy

Ms. Patricia WintersVice President, Sponsored ProgramsServices

Dr. Güven YalcintasVice President, Technology Transfer

Mr. Frank ZurafVice President, Internal Audit

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