News

• May. 2022 to Congratulations to Vinh, Liz and Ameya for receiving awards from NAMS 2022

• Jan. 2022 Welcome to our new PhD student: Narjes and Master students: Manas, Varun, Mengqi, and Kai

• Jun. 2021 Welcome to our visiting PhD student: Rodrigo Schneider

• Apr. 2021 Welcome to our visiting scholar: Dr. Yasmeen Gaber (Fulbright Scholar from Mansoura University, Egypt)

• Jan. 2021 Welcome to our newest members: Dr. Wenji Guo, Vinh Bui, Skye Schaefer, and Nicolas

• Sep. 2020 Welcome to our newest postdoc, Dr. Thien (James) Tran.

• Jul. 2020 Congratulation to Thien (James) Tran on receiving the Graduate Student Research award from AICHE in separation division.

• Jan.2020 Welcome to our four newest members to the group: Ameya, Xiao-Ci, Darius, Himangshu and Alisa.

• Nov. 2019 Congratulation to Hien on receiving the First Prize Poster Award at AIChE Annual Meeting.

• Oct. 2019 Congratulation to Hien on receiving the First Prize Poster Award at Graduate Research Symposium of CBE.

• Jun. 2019 Along with Dr. Tim Cook's group, we were awarded $1.8M from the DOE and NYSTAR to develop carbon capture technology. Read more about the news here.

• Apr. 2019 Welcome to our newest postdoc, Dr. Leiqing Hu.

• Feb. 2019 Congratulation to Liang on receiving the 2019 North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Young Membrane Scientist Award and Xiaoyi on receiving the 2019 Elias Klein Traveling Award from NAMS. See the feature on UB CBE website.

• Jan. 2019 Welcome the five newest members to the group: Talieh, Krysta, Sankhajit, Erda, and Riliwan.

• Jan. 2019 Lingxiang received the 2018 Chinese Governmental Award. Congratulations!

• Oct. 2018 Congratulation to Nima on receiving the First Prize Poster Award at Graduate Research Symposium of CBE.

• Oct. 2018 Junyi presented at the 21st Graduate Student Research Symposium.

• Jun. 2018 Nima received 2018 Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) Student Award. Congratulations! See the feature on CBE website.

• Jun. 2018 Hien, James, Lingxiang, Nima, and Dr. Lin presented at NAMS 2018 in Lexington, KY. Additionally, Nima and Hien won the 1st and 3rd place at the poster competition, respectively. Congratulations!

• Apr. 2018 Dr. Lin was recently promoted to the rank of associate professor. Congratulations! The announcement at UB CBE.

• Feb. 2018 Hien has been awarded the 2018 Elias Klein traveling award from the North American Membrane Society. Congratulations!

• Feb. 2018 Lingxiang has been selected as one of three recipients of the 2018 NAMS Student Fellowship Awards. The NAMS Student Fellowship Awards are presented annually to outstanding graduate students in the membrane science and technology area by the North American Membrane Society (NAMS). Congratulations! See the feature at UB CBE.

• Jan. 2018 Milad defended his dissertation "Fluorinated polymers for gas separation membrane application". Congratulations to Dr. Yavari!

• Dec. 2017 Praphulla defended his MS thesis "Interpenetrating networks comprising poly(propylene carbonate) and poly(ethylene oxide) for solid polymer electrolytes". Congratulations to Praphulla.

• Dec. 2017 Lingxiang defended his dissertation "Advanced polymeric membranes for H2 purification and CO2 capture ". Congratulations to Dr. Zhu!

• Dec. 2017 Junyi was invited to present his work "Highly polar polymers with superior CO2/N2 separation properties for carbon capture" in CBE Fall 2017 PhD Seminar. Congratulations! See the feature on CBE facebook.

• Nov. 2017 Lingxiang, Maryam, Milad, and Nima delivered talks in AIChE 2017, Minneapolis, MN. Lingxiang received finalist of AIChE Graduate Research Award. Congratulations!

• Oct. 2017 Milad received 2017 Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) Student Award. Congratulations! See the feature on CBE website.

• Aug. 2017 Dr. Liang Huang joined us as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome to Buffalo!

• Aug. 2017 Hien, James (Thien), Junyi, Lingxiang, and Milad presented in 2017 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM 2017), San Francisco, CA. James (Thien) received the Elias Klein traveling award. Congratulations!

• Mar. 2017 Dr. Lin gave a seminar in Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at University of Kentucky.

• Jun. 2016 Dr. Lin won $500,000 NSF CAREER award, which is NSF's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research, education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Congratulations to Dr. Lin!

• May 2016 Lingxiang, Milad and Nima gave talks in NAMS 2016, Seattle, WA. Nima received the Elias Klein traveling award. Congratulations!

• Dec. 2015 Dr. Lin received Early Career Researcher of the Year Award from School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Congratulations!

• Sep. 2015 Dr. Lin was awarded $1.9 million DOE grant to insert palladium nanoparticles into membrane that removes greenhouse gases from the fossil fuel. Congratulations! See the feature on UB website.