Janet Morrow
Dr. Janet R. Morrow is a SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo. She was raised in Los Angeles, California and moved up the coast to study chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning her B.S. and doing research with Profs. Peter Ford and Barbara Prezelin. She moved across the country to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to earn her Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Joseph Templeton. From there, she did postdoctoral work for three years; first at the University Bordeaux, France on an NSF postdoctoral fellowship (Prof. Didier Astruc) and then at the University of California, San Diego (Prof. William Trogler). She started her independent career at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York and moved up through the ranks to her current position as SUNY Distinguished Professor and Larkin Chair.
Her research interests are in the field of bioinorganic chemistry with a current focus on transition metal ion complexes as probes for biomedical imaging. Her research contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the American Chemical Society Schoellkopf Medal, UB Exceptional Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan fellowship, NIH First award, and the NSF Special Award for Creativity. She is currently an associate editor of the ACS journal Inorganic Chemistry. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Priya Sahoo
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-present)
Ph.D., University of Delhi, India
M.S., University of Delhi, India
Graduate Students
Roy Cineus
Ph.D. Student (sixth year), February 2024 conferral
B.S. Chemistry, University at Buffalo, 2017
Jaclyn Raymond
Ph.D. Student (fourth year)
B.S. Chemistry, University at Buffalo, 2020
A.A. Liberal Arts: General Studies, SUNY Suffolk County Community College, 2013
Deepak Balaji
Ph.D. Student (second year)
Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, July 2020 to June 2021
M.S. Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India, 2019
Aruni Dissanayake
Ph.D. Student (second year)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2017
M.S. Food Science and Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2021
Anwita Roy
Ph.D. Student (first year)
B.S. Chemistry (Hons), St. Xavier’s College, Autonomous, Kolkata, 2020
First Class (Class-I, under University of Calcutta), Dissertation: Lanthanide Luminescence and Drug Encapsulation
M.S. Chemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2022
First Class (Distinction), Dissertation: Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reaction C-H activation
For leisure, Anwita likes singing, playing piano, photography, and traveling.
Current Undergraduate Researchers
Constance Yap
UB Presidential Scholar, Junior, Double majoring in Child & Family Studies and Biomedical Sciences with plans to pursue a career in the pediatric medical field.
Undergraduate Researcher since 2022 on the synthesis and characterization of Co(II) complexes for biomedical imaging.
Constance loves to ice skate, bake, and spend time with family and friends.
Robert Suber
Junior, Chemistry Major
A.S. Chemistry and A.S. Environmental Science, SUNY Jamestown Community College
Research interests are in environmental and inorganic chemistry.
Allyson Garry
Junior, Biochemistry Major
Research interests include chemistry and how it relates to medicine as well as the mechanisms of viral pathogens, such as HIV and HPV. Keeping life interesting one experiment at a time.
Recent Graduates
Md Saiful Chowdhury (Ph.D. 2024)
Master of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, 2014
Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, 2013
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis
Elizabeth Kras (Ph.D. 2023)
Currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Greg Sokolow (Ph.D. 2023)
Employed at Alkegen in Tonawanda, NY
Didar Asik (Ph.D. 2021)
Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis, 2021-2022
Research Scientist at ThermoFisher Scientific, since 2022
Samira Abozeid (Ph.D. 2021)
Assistant Professor at Mansoura University
Akanksha Patel (Ph.D. 2020)
Employed at ThermoFisher Scientific, since 2020
Christopher Bond (Ph.D. 2019)
Research Scientist at Integer in Alden, NY
Eric Snyder (Ph.D. 2020)
Lead Chemist at Ferric Contrast in Amherst, NY
Patrick Burns (Ph.D. 2018)
Employed at Sasol in Westlake, LA
Other Alumni
Amber Rivera (M. S. 2021) Adjunct instructor of chemistry in WNY colleges
Vusumuzi Hove (M.S. 2019) Ph.D. student in Pharmacy at UB.
Timothy Tittiris (Ph.D. 2017)
Faculty member at Bob Jones University
Naomi Bryner (M.S. 2017)
Stephanie Gardina Sanders (Ph.D. 2015)
Employed at Regeneron, Inc.
Kevin Siters (Ph.D. 2015)
Employed at Alkegen
Kirsten Incardonna (M.A. 2015) Employed in emergency medicine.
Abiola Olatunde (Ph.D. 2014)
Chemistry Instructor in the bridge the gap-science and technology entry program
Adjunct Professor NYC College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY
Sarina Dorazio (Ph.D. 2013) Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Connecticut and Humboldt Scholar at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Imee del Mundo (Ph.D. 2011) Research professor at the University of Texas, Austin.
Leandro Buttarazzi (M.A. 2011) Employed at Xerox.
Christopher Andolina (Ph.D. 2010) postdoc at UC Berkeley and Univ. Pittsburgh.
Jacob Hammell (M. A. 2010) Employed at Thermo Fisher.
Ching-Hui Huang (Ph.D. 2009) University of Pennsylvania Instrument center staff scientist.
Kido Nwe (Ph.D.2008) University of Pennsylvania faculty.
Ryan Mathews (Ph.D. 2008) Employed at Hewlett Packard.
Meng-Yin Yang (Ph.D. 2007) Postdoc UCI, then employed by Merck.
Brooke Switala (M. A. 2007) Employed at Honeywell.
Cliff Rossiter (Ph.D. 2005) Professor and Chair at SUNY, Potsdam.
Erik Farquhar (M. A. 2004) Staff at Brookhaven National Labs following Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota.
Olga Iranzo (Ph.D. 2003) Postdoc at University of Michigan, currently CNRS researcher and Lecturer at Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
Seema Choudhary (Ph.D. 2002) Professor at Miami Dade University, currently CEO of K-12 education focused company.
David Voss (Ph.D. 2000) Employed as high school teacher in Medina, NY.
Danny Epstein (Ph.D. 2000) Employed at Purolite Life Sciences.
Terry Elmer (M. A. 2000) WNY High school teacher.
Confang Wang (M. A. 2000) Alfalight technologies.
Kevin McCue (Ph.D. 1999) Employed at the American Chemical Society in Washington DC.
Luyun Huang (Ph.D. 1999) Postdoc, then Biomedical researcher, Pennsylvania State University
Lara Chappell (1997) postdoc (NIH), Assistant professor at SUNY Oswego, employed by Syracuse Corporation.
Christian Marks (Ph.D. 1996) UB administrator.
Shahid Amin (Ph.D. 1995), postdoc at Colorado State, currently medical doctor in the UK.
Kim Kolasa Lotter (Ph.D. 1994), High School teacher in Fredonia, NY.
Kelly Aures (M. A. 1994), Lab coordinator at Buffalo State College.
Lisa Buttrey (Ph.D. 1993) faculty member at University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Valerie Shelton, MA (1991) Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, Associate Professor, College of Southern Maryland.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Eric Snyder (2020-2021) Lead chemist, Ferric Contrast
Pavel Tsitovich (2010-2017), MD Anderson Cancer Center
Homayoon Khalili (1994-97) US Department of Education
Arun Sharma (1992-93)
Aileen Chin (1992-93)
Faculty Fellows
Paul Savino, Erie Community College (1992)
M. Scott Goodman, Buffalo State College (2000)
Matthew Fountain, S.U.N.Y. College at Fredonia (2008-2012)
Mayil-Murugan Ramasamy, Fulbright scholar (2014-2015) Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
Rajendiran Venugopal (2016-2017) Central University of Tamil Nadu