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Influential media routinely feature our experts

Simpson on Good Morning America
March 29, 2024
Natalie Simpson, professor of operations management and strategy, and associate dean for graduate programs, appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the task of clearing the shipping lanes to the Port of Baltimore after a cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Sellitto in Business Insider
March 15, 2024
Business Insider quoted Dominic Sellitto, clinical assistant professor of management science and systems, in a story about online privacy and the "creep factor" of using someone's data.
Lemoine in Forbes
March 10, 2024
An article in Forbes cited research co-authored by James Lemoine, associate professor of organization and human resources, that found servant leadership leadership directly impacts improved decision-making, resulting in more dollars to the company.
Iyer in Business First
March 6, 2024
Business First interviewed Ananth Iyer, dean and professor, for a story about how UB will be playing a crucial role in the region’s efforts to establish a semiconductor superhighway.
Sellitto in The Guardian
February 17, 2024
The Guardian interviewed Dominic Sellitto, clinical assistant professor of management science and systems, for a story about how genetic testing service, 23andMe, is dealing with financial burdens and a data breach.

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Meet our Experts

6/25/26
Kate Bezrukova, PhD
Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources
Expertise: team chemistry in business and sports; managing a diverse workforce; unconscious bias at work; negotiations and gender; work-life balance; conflict management; artificial intelligence in teams

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Kate Bezrukova most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Kevin Cleary

Clinical Associate Professor of Management Science and Systems
Expertise: artificial intelligence (and machine learning) and AI interplay with cybersecurity and privacy; usage and concerns surrounding platforms like ChatGPT; cybersecurity; information security; data breaches; data privacy and security regulations; ethical data usage; cyberwarfare; automation technologies; cybersecurity pedagogy; AI pedagogy
Contact: Media on deadline can reach Kevin Cleary most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Michael Dambra, PhD
Associate Professor of Accounting and Law
Expertise: economic consequences of regulatory changes, initial public offerings (IPOs), pension accounting, valuation of privately held equity, executive compensation

Contact:
Media on deadline can reach Michael Dambra most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Veljko Fotak, PhD

Associate Professor of Finance
Expertise: international corporate finance, sovereign wealth funds, syndicated loan markets, currency markets, short selling, government interventions and equity bailouts, and the intersection of finance and politics

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Veljko Fotak most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Joana Gaia, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems
Expertise: health information systems; business intelligence; digital security and privacy; data analytics; emergency management; girls and STEM careers

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Joana Gaia most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Dinesh Gauri, PhD
Melvin H. Baker Professor of Marketing
Expertise: retail strategy, promotions, pricing, advertising ROI, digital marketing, customer loyalty, e-commerce and omnichannel strategy, experiential retail marketing and store performance

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Dinesh Gauri most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Indranil Goswami, PhD
Associate Professor of Marketing
Expertise: motivation and self-control; incentive policies; charitable giving and pro-social behavior; cognitive biases; deadlines and procrastination; judgment and decision-making; market research; consumer behavior

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Indranil Goswami most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Emily Grijalva, PhD
Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources
Expertise: narcissism, gender, leadership
Contact: Media on deadline can reach Emily Grijalva most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Feng Gu, PhD

Professor of Accounting and Law
Expertise: financial reporting; mergers and acquisitions; intangibles; corporate governance; insider trading

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Feng Gu most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Kyle Hunt, PhD
Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems
Expertise: machine learning, operations research, game theory, homeland security and defense, information management, health care analytics, fake news/misinformation

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Kyle Hunt most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Joshua Khavis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law
Expertise: financial accounting and reporting, auditing and crowdsourcing

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Joshua Khavis most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Scott Laing, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance

Expertise: global economics, including inflation, the impact of taxes and tariffs; international trade; job growth and employment; and corporate finance

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Scott Laing most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Arun Lakshmanan, PhD

Associate Professor of Marketing
Expertise: sensory marketing and visual perception; consumer attention and learning; new product use and design; advertising and social media

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Arun Lakshmanan most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
G. James Lemoine, PhD
Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources
Expertise: servant leadership; business ethics and moral leadership; gender and leadership; leadership and motivation; entrepreneurial leaders; managing under volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA)

Contact: Media on deadline can reach James Lemoine most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Charles D. Lindsey, PhD
Associate Professor of Marketing
Expertise: consumer behavior, advertising, marketing strategy and research, brand loyalty, serving and package sizes

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Charles Lindsey most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Timothy Maynes, PhD
Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources
Expertise: employee-driven innovation and change; employee productivity, engagement and performance; effective team functioning (especially in sports)

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Timothy Maynes most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Thomas Murdock
Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Expertise: emerging entrepreneurship, business incubation, economic development (particularly technology-based), startups as economic drivers, startup business plans/business models, customer discovery, social entrepreneurship
Contact: Media on deadline can reach Thomas Murdock most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Robert Neubert

Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of Entrepreneurship Academic Programs

Expertise: entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship and corporate innovation; business model development for early-stage firms; lean startup methods; mentoring early-stage technology companies

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Robert Neubert most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Dominik Roesch, PhD
Associate Professor of Finance

Expertise: arbitrage, liquidity, international markets, market efficiency, market microstructure

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Dominik Roesch most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
M. Kim Saxton, PhD
Clinical Professor of Marketing
Expertise: marketing; entrepreneurship; segmenting; advertising; vaccine receptivity and decision-making about vaccine acceptance

Contact: Media on deadline can reach M. Kim Saxton most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Todd Saxton, PhD
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Expertise: startups, entrepreneurship, venture capital and angel funding, innovation, acquisitions and strategic alliances, and navigating uncertainty

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Todd Saxton most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Scott Seibert, PhD
Professor of Organization and Human Resources
Expertise: employee career development and success; entrepreneurial careers
Contact: Media on deadline can reach Scott Seibert most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Dominic Sellitto
Clinical Associate Professor of Management Science and Systems
Expertise: artificial intelligence (and machine learning) and AI interplay with cybersecurity and privacy; usage and concerns surrounding platforms like ChatGPT and image generators like stable diffusion; cybersecurity; data breaches; data privacy and security regulations; ethical data usage; cyberwarfare; data analytics; health care analytics; automation technologies

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Dominic Sellitto most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Natalie Simpson, PhD
Professor of Operations Management and Strategy
Expertise: emergency services and disaster response; supply chain risk and resilience; creative and temporary operations; complex networks

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Natalie Simpson most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Sanjukta Smith, PhD
Associate Professor of Management Science and Systems
Expertise: online social networks, cloud computing, data center operations

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Sanjukta Smith most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Susan Steffan
Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Expertise: entrepreneurship; small business; startups; finance for entrepreneurs; consulting; negotiations; adult and online learning

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Susan Steffan most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Inho Suk, PhD
Professor and Chair of Accounting and Law

Expertise: corporate voluntary disclosures; accounting fraud; environmental, social and governance (ESG) accounting; artificial intelligence (AI) applications in accounting; mergers and acquisitions (consolidation) accounting; executive and employee turnover; accounting-marketing interface

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Inho Suk most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Nallan C. Suresh, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Operations Management and Systems
Expertise: global supply networks; supply chain disruptions; U.S. and global manufacturing; international trade; logistics; infrastructure; economic development
Contact: Media on deadline can reach Nallan Suresh most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Brandon Szerwo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law

Expertise: financial reporting and audit quality, corporate governance, financial regulation, management disclosures, auditor disclosures, financial accounting

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Brandon Szerwo most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Cristian Tiu, PhD
Associate Professor of Finance
Expertise: stock market, hedge funds, financial fraud, risk management and asset allocation, institutional investors

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Cristian Tiu most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Min-Hsuan Tu, PhD
Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources
Expertise: abusive leadership; power and influence; leader identity and development

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Min-Hsuan Tu most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Thomas Ulbrich
Executive in Residence for Entrepreneurship
Expertise: entrepreneurship and startups, entrepreneurial skills and attributes, entrepreneurial education, small business, family business, customer loyalty, social entrepreneurship

Contact: Thomas Ulbrich can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
6/25/26
Aditya Vedantam, PhD
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Strategy
Expertise: sustainability in operations and supply chains; clean energy technologies; recycling; recycled content claims, including for plastics; apparel and other resale markets; eco-certifications
Contact: Media on deadline can reach Aditya Vedantam most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Mike Mingcheng Wei, PhD
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Strategy
Expertise: supply chain management; dynamic pricing; revenue management; strategic consumer behavior; online learning and decision-making; online recommendation systems; assortment optimization; high-dimensional machine learning

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Mike Wei most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Szu-Yin (Jennifer) Wu, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance

Expertise: corporate finance; mergers and acquisitions; shareholder activism; corporate governance; investment management

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Jennifer Wu most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.
6/25/26
Sunyee Yoon, PhD
Associate Professor of Marketing
Expertise: social status and mobility; socially responsible consumption; products that promote animal welfare; consumer behavior

Contact: Media on deadline can reach Sunyee Yoon most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.