Christian Ahearn, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Suzanne Andrusz
Senior Patient Care Specialist
Department of Oral Biology
Natalie Anselmi
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
B46a Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3479; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: prarany@buffalo.edu
Kiana Bynum
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Mary Carr
Office Assistant 2
Department of Oral Biology
Shannon Cervi
Dental Hygienist
UB Micobiome Center
Monica Che
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Sreedevi Chinthamani, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Adjunct Professor of Oral Biology
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
147 Biomedical Research Building 3435 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3364; Fax: (716) 829-2158
Email: connell@buffalo.edu
Iris Corchado
Office Assistant 1
Department of Oral Biology
Benjamin Cross, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Robert Dunford
Statistician
UB Microbiome Center
320 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716)829-3827; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: rdziak@acsu.buffalo.edu
310 Foster Hall Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3067; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: edgerto@buffalo.edu
Karen Falkner, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
UB Microbiome Center
Elaine Haase, PhD
Research Professor
Department of Oral Biology
109B Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2520; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: haase@buffalo.edu
Carly Hoffmann
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
Kiyonobu Homma, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Erich Horeth
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Megan Jones, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Armond June
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Eileen Kasperek
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
B10A Foster Hall 3435 Main Street
Phone: (716) 829-2073; Fax: (716) 829-2387
Email: jasonkay@buffalo.edu
Jeremy Kiripolsky
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Associate Dean for Innovation and Technology Transfer, School of Dental Medicine; Centennial Endowed Chair
Department of Oral Biology
645 Biomedical Research Building (BRB)
Phone: (716) 829-6667; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: klkirk@buffalo.edu
Chika Kobayashi
Dental Assistant
UB Microbiome Center
Rohitashw Kumar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Dimiter Kunnev, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Kyuhwan Kwack, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Jung Mi Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Miaomiao Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Yin Luo
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
250B Squire Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-6182; Fax: (716) 829-6840
Email: amaddi@buffalo.edu
Jillian Mansfield
Research Technician
Department of Oral Biology
Sarah Metcalfe
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Sangwon Min
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Susan Morey
Lab Technician
UB Microbiome Center
Lubov Neznanova
Research Technician ll
Department of Oral Biology
Hannah Norris
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Chihyean Ong
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Akinsola Oyelakin
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Michelle Panasiewicz
Research Tecnician ll
Department of Oral Biology
Carol Parker
Research Technician III
Department of Oral Biology
Patrick Punch, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Isolde Rojas-Rudolph, DDS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor; Research Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
213A Foster Hall Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-6073; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: shruhl@buffalo.edu
Associate Dean of Faculty and Professional Development, School of Dental Medicine; Professor and Chair
Department of Oral Biology
116 & 109 Foster Hall Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2854; Fax: (716) 829-3373
Email: fas1@buffalo.edu
Robert Schifferle, DDS, MMSc , PhD
Professor, Interim Chair
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics; Department of Oral Biology
Rajendra Prasad Settem, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
311 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2759; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: sharmaa@buffalo.edu
Kirsten Smalley
Research Technician l
Department of Oral Biology
Matthew Smardz
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
Christine Song
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Matthew Strickland
Senior Research Aide
Department of Oral Biology
Michele Sveinsson
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
Deborah Szurgyi
Office Assistant 2
Department of Oral Biology
Stephen T. Vanyo
Research Technician ll
Department of Oral Biology
223A Foster Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2195; Fax: (716) 837-7623
Email: mmv4@buffalo.edu
320 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3943
Email: mbvisser@buffalo.edu
Kurt Winter, PhD
Assistant to the Chair
Department of Oral Biology
Lixia Zhang, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Xiaoxiao Zhang
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Department of Oral Biology
University at Buffalo
135 Foster Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2844
Fax: (716) 829-3942
Department Chair
Frank Scannapieco, DMD, PhD
fas1@buffalo.edu
Assistant to the Chair
Kurt Winter, PhD
kwinter@buffalo.edu