About Us
A Message from the Director
Welcome to the virtual home of the Center for GeoHazards Studies at the University at Buffalo. The new Center for GeoHazards Studies was initiated in 2005, during a university-wide self analysis process termed UB2020. GeoHazards is one of five centers associated with the Extreme Events strategic strength. The Center for GeoHazard Studies is a broadly interdisciplinary group of faculty members and students from the University at Buffalo and from institutions around the world that focuses on the reduction of harmful societal effects of hazards resulting from surface or near surface geological phenomena such as: landslides, mudflows, volcanic flows, avalanches, and surface or subsurface water flows. The objective of the center is 
to link researchers involved with understanding and modeling the scientific and engineering aspects of hazardous geological phenomena with other researchers concerned with the managing, communicating, or mitigating the effects of the consequent disasters.
Prof. M.F. Sheriday, Founding Director of the Center for GeoHazards Studies |
This Center is administered through the Geology Department but we work closely with several other participating faculty in different disciplines including: Chemistry, Communication, Economics, Geography, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Microbiology & Immunology, and Urban & Regional Planning. We also work closely with other research centers at UB including: Center for Computational Research (CCR), Center for Multisource Information Fusion (CMIF), Calspan-UB Research Center (CUBRIC), Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), and National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA).
Please visit us in 429 Cooke Hall to learn more.
Greg Valentine , Director
Center for Geohazards Studies