Director
Sayanti Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Sayanti Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo
Dr. Mukherjee’s research is multidisciplinary. She builds quantitative models of systemic impacts on critical infrastructure and communities, conducts risk-informed decision analysis, and proposes adaptation strategies that make the built environment and communities more sustainable and resilient.
She is also Adjunct Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Affiliate Faculty of UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
Education
- 2017Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Purdue UniversityDissertation on risk-based decision analysis for severe weather-induced power outages. Advisor: Dr. Makarand Hastak.
- 2016M.S., Economics (Econometrics), Purdue University
- 2011M.S., Civil Engineering, Iowa State UniversityAdvisor: Dr. Jennifer Shane.
- 2008B.S., Construction Engineering and Management, Jadavpur UniversityFirst rank and University Gold Medal.
Appointments
- 2024–presentAffiliate Faculty, Institute for AI and Data Science, UB
- 2023–2026Adjunct Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UB
- Sep 2026–presentAssociate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, UB
- Sep 2026–presentAdjunct Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UB
- 2018–2026Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, UB
- 2018Visiting Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Purdue
- 2017–2018Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Civil Engineering, Purdue
Service and leadership
Society for Risk Analysis
Chair, Risk Science Committee (2021–present). Chair (2021–22) and Vice Chair (2019–20), Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group. Symposium chair on wildfire, grid resilience and data-driven risk (2019–2024).
Workshops and conferences
Lead organizer, NSF-funded workshop on equitable wildfire emergency management and critical infrastructure (Natural Hazards Conference, 2024). Session moderator, DOE Cybersecurity and Technology Innovation Conference (2022). Track chair, IISE DAIS (2022).
Reviewing and editorial
NSF panelist (HDBE, NSF-NIST Disaster Resilience). Guest editor, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. Review editor, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 60+ journal reviews.
Industry and consulting
Peer reviewer for the U.S. EPA Climate Change Indicators Report (via Versar, 2020). Energy demand forecasting advice for Customer Care Network and the New York Power Authority (2018–19).
University at Buffalo
Founder and faculty adviser, SRA UB Student Chapter. Graduate Affairs Committee. SEAS energy systems expert for NYPA renewable goals (2023).
Outreach
Speaker, International Visitor Leadership Program on critical infrastructure (2023). WiSE panelist (2023). Tech Savvy workshop chair for girls in grades 6–12 (2019). American Red Cross disaster relief volunteer.