SUNY Research in the News

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Associate Professor Sharon Bryant's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bryant, Assistant Professor Rosemary Collier, and Postdoctoral Researcher Danielle Ongondo published in the Journal of Sickle Cell Disease. Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Read more: Study Finds Social, Financial, and Healthcare Factors Shape Resilience in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Nine researchers at Stony Brook published their findings in Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids. Read more: HMN 2026: How New therapy shrinks tumors to treat lung cancer.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting Dr. Ludmil Katzarkov's work. Read more: Internationally Renowned Algebraic Geometer Named Director of Stony Brook’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Albany credits its growing research enterprise for its ranking by Money. Read more: UAlbany Earns National, Global Recognition in Latest College Rankings.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Robert Thacker and Associate Professor Elizabeth Watson and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Both received separate awards from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Read more: Stony Brook University Professors Awarded More Than $270K by New York State DEC.

The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

• AIM Photonics: Ultra Defect free Germanium Photodiode in SOI substrates.
• AIM Photonics: Aluminum Nitride, Alumina (Saphire) and thick Silicon Nitride Integration into SUNYRFs quantum Platform.
• AIM Photonics: Method for fabricating thick silicon nitride waveguides.
• AIM Photonics: Wafer Scale Bonded Active Photonics Interposer.
• AIM Photonics: Integrated Photonics Process on SOI Wafers.
• AIM Photonics: Fabricating Photonics Structure Conductive Pathways.
• AIM Photonics: SiCN over Photonics Structures.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY New Paltz manages sponsored grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Students participating in the AC² Summer Research Program used the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center for their project. Read more: SUNY New Paltz Students Build Device To Curb Data Center Water Use.

The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Thomas Dyer and Kevin Fealey, working with colleagues from MIT, published in Optica. Read more: Transparent Silicon-Photonics Chips Enable Advanced Curved Displays.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Mohamed Rami Nakeshbandi and Dr. Enitza George contributed to an article analyzing the implications of technology. Read more: ‘Technology Must Earn Its Place’: 32 Clinical IT Leaders’ Watchouts.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages Associate Professor Chang Geun Yoo's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Yoo and Nara Han, working with colleagues from Cornell and the Georgia Institute of Technology, published in Waste Biomass Valor. Read more: Agricultural Waste Turned Into Sustainable Supramolecular Fibers Via Wet Spinning.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants at the Lake Effect Storm Prediction and Research Center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. 14 students in the Storm Forecasting and Observation Program learned how to chase storms and forecast weather. Read more: Chasing Storms For Real-Life Experience.

The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Researchers from MIT and NY Creates created a semiconductor fabrication process. Read more: Fabrication Platform Could Enable Flexible, Transparent Next-Generation Photonic Chips.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Assistant Professor Kristen Brock-Petroshius' sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Russell Sage Foundation awarded Dr. Brock-Petroshius a grant to research inequality. Read more: Kristen Brock-Petroshius Receives Russell Sage Grant.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Cobleskill a $30K grant. Read more: College Awarded USDA Grant to Develop Virtual Reality Course in Agricultural Engineering.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages Assistant Professor Mobin Karimi's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr Karimi received a new award. Read more: $3.3 Million NIH Grant Funds Upstate Research Into New Immunotherapy For Leukemia.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Benjamin Luft's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Luft reflects on his work with the Stony Brook World Trade Center Health and Wellness Program. Read more: 25 Years After 9/11, Benjamin Luft Reflects on a Legacy of Healing and Listening.

The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. NewYorkBIO will host a mini-pitch day at the University at Buffalo. Read more: Media Advisory: 10 Life Sciences Companies to Pitch Emerging Health Technologies at UB On Sept. 10.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Five faculty members received grants to support their research. Read more: Five Faculty Win Stony Brook University Trustees Faculty Awards.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Research Professors Marcus Thomeer and Christopher Lopata and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Thomeer and Dr. Lopata, working with colleagues from Canisius University, published in Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Read more: Autistic Children Ages 4-6 Showed Improved Social Skills After Summer Program Conducted By UB’s Institute For Autism Research.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Sloan Foundation "...supports high-quality, impartial scientific research, fosters a diverse scientific workforce and promotes the health of the institutions of scientific endeavor." Read more: Stony Brook Receives Sloan Foundation Grant to Strengthen Doctoral Education.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored grants from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The grants help address disparities in oral health care. Read more: Mobile Dental Van (S-Miles To Go).

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Stony Brook is building a new platform to support research. Read more: Stony Brook Building Digital Twin Studio to Advance Grid Research and Resilience.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Empire State University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The campus awarded grants to Yanqing Sun and Lisa Unangst to support their research. Read more: Introducing the 2026-2027 Scholars Across the University.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Josal Diebold published in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work. Read more: Faculty Member Publishes Study.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Associate Professor Lisa Cook and Christopher Lopata and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Cook is working on a genome sequencing project with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Wisconsin. Read more: Research Explores Why Strep Throat Can Linger, Even After Treatment With Antibiotics.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Old Westbury provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Stephanie Velez and Marco Liverman, who were mentored by those researchers, received awards for their research. Read more: 2026 Teoh Awards Presented To Outstanding Bio Students.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Faculty members provided guidance to students conducting research overseas. Read more: Tyler Center Fellows Complete Hands-On Research Abroad.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Stony Brook hosted a visit to increase Congressional awareness of the important public and societal impacts of that research. Read more: Congressional Staff Get an Inside Look at Stony Brook’s Research, Innovation and Patient Care.

The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

• University at Buffalo: Methods and Apparatus to Allocate Physical Qubits to Support Distributed Quantum Error Correction (QEC) Codes.
• SUNY Polytechnic Institute: Template for Selective Area Growth of Group III-Nitride Devices.
• SUNY Oswego: Dual complementary four-switch three-phase inverters.
• University at Buffalo: High-Density Neurostimulation System.
• University at Buffalo: Methods for Low-Overhead, Fault-Tolerant CNOT Operations.
• University at Buffalo: Novel Small Molecule Anabolic Agents for Osteoporosis.

Representative Nick Langworthy introduced a bill that could, "...connect federally supported research with commercialization, investment, and domestic manufacturing." Read more: Congressman Langworthy Introduces American Quantum Competitiveness Act.

Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates the Brookhaven National Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of Stony Brook University. The Department of Energy selected Brookhaven to lead a Genesis Mission Phase II project. Read more: Brookhaven Lab to Lead $14M AI Project for Nation’s Electric Grid.

The National Science Foundation announced that it is establishing an operations center, "...to strengthen the nation's capacity for AI research and AI-enabled scientific discovery." Read more: NSF Establishes Operations Center For The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource.

The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. The Times Union featured NY Creates in a recent article. Read more: NY Creates featured in Times Union: “Region Making Photonics Quantum Computing Gains” and Patent data shows growth in photonics, quantum computing in Capital Region.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Bradley Peterson's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Peterson is working with Greg Metzer to study sharks. Media coverage of this topic accounted for 187 (38%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Researchers Catch Sharks Off NY’s Hamptons, Attach Trackers to Toothy Predators.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Since the ESF news release on August 31, 2026, about the USDA designation of a genetically modified chestnut tree developed by ESF as unlikely to pose a threat to other plants, media coverage of the topic accounted for 125 (25%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: USDA Approval Advances Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Institutes of Health awarded the National Crystallization Center a five-year, $5.5M award. Read more: NIH awards UB-HWI’s National Crystallization Center $5.5 million to advance scientific research nationwide and  NIH Awards UB-HWI Crystallization Center $5.5 Million.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Plattsburgh manages sponsored research grants at the Lake Champlain Research Institute and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Institute has taken delivery of a new research vessel. Read more: New Research Catamaran Goes to Work on Lake Champlain.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded SUNY Cobleskill funding to maintain and expand their capacity. Read more: NIFA Invests $5M to Support Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-grant Colleges of Agriculture.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Association of Geoscience Teachers awarded Kaitlin Farrell with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Farrell participated in the Lake Effect Electrication project funded by the National Science Foundation. Read more: National Teaching Assistant Award Recognizes Oswego Student Researcher.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY New Paltz manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The nonprofit New Music USA Creators Fund awarded Associate Professor Phyllis Chen with funding for a project. Read more: Associate Professor Of Music Phyllis Chen Receives Award From National Organization To Support Collaborative Music Project.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Brockport manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Jennifer Ramsay and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ramsey led a team to Petra. Read more: Digging Into Petra’s Past.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. PhD student Aishwarya Sriram published an article in The Conversation about her team's research. Media coverage of this topic accounted for 116 (24%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Caterpillar Twitches In An Ultraquiet Chamber Are Helping Biologists Understand How These Insects Hear Without Ears.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages the sponsored research grants of Assistant Professor Levi Todd and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Todd and six colleagues published a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more: Aging Blocks The Retina's Ability To Regrow Lost Neurons, A First-Of-Its-Kind Upstate Study Finds.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Theresa Selfa and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Rural Sociological Society awarded Dr. Selfa with the 2026 Excellence in Research Award. Read more: ESF Professor and Department Chair Theresa Selfa Receives Rural Sociological Society's 2026 Excellence in Research Award.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Andrew Singer and Joseph Warren's and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Students and researchers benefited from their Office of Naval Research-funded project. Read more: Stony Brook Southampton Hosts Third Ocean Acoustics Summer in School (OASiS) Bootcamp.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Ramaswamy Ramesh and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ramesh co-edited a special issue of the INFORMS Journal on Computing. Read more: Responsible AI Must Be Built In From The Start, Researchers Say.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Justin Minder and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Minder provided insights into mountain weather in an interview. Read more: Ask an Expert: Why is it Foggy on Mountaintops and Not Close to the Ground?

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Mary Youssef is working on a new book. Read more: Forgotten Literature: Research Brings New Attention To Sudanese Writers.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Assistant Professor Cirro Riccio and Distinguished Professor Chang Kee Jung and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities program recognized Stone Chou, who works with both professors, as its Researcher of the Month. Read more: URECA Researcher of the Month: A Passion for Physics and Discovery.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Science Foundation supported the Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Read more: From Niagara Falls To Greenland, Students Explore Climate And Geological Hazards.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. A team of researchers at Albany is working on the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Read more: UAlbany Physicists Study Unexplained Signal in Dark Matter Search and Searching For The Invisible: UAlbany Researchers Report They May Have Found Dark Matter.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Eric Hoffman and Yetrib Hathout and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Hoffman and Dr. Yetrib, working with Michael Ziemba and colleagues from multiple institutions, published in Scientific Reports. Read more: New Blood Biomarkers Reveal How Common Muscular Dystrophy Treatment May Impair Overall Growth.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Tzu-Chieh Wei and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Wei and Hongye Yu, who recently completed their PhD at Stony Brook, published in Nature Communications. Read more: SBU-led Paper in Nature Explores the Stability of Quantum Systems.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Distinguished Professor Mathias Vuille and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Vuille's analysis of flooding in Nepal was widely covered. Read more: UAlbany Video Interview on Nepal Flooding Draws International Coverage.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Researcher Seulki Lee-Geiller provided insights into the impacts of digital technology and artificial intelligence on democracy. Read more: 5 Questions with CTG UAlbany Researcher Seulki Lee-Geiller.