Our Team

Group Members

Meet the researchers and trainees driving biomedical discovery in the Falls Informatics Group at the University at Buffalo.

Principal Investigator

Zack-of-all-trades

Dr. Zackary M. Falls

Zackary Falls, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics · Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
✉ zmfalls_at_buffalo.edu 🎓 Faculty Profile 📄 Publications

Education & Training

  • PhD — Computational Chemistry, University at Buffalo (2017)
  • BSc — Chemistry, Canisius College (2012)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow — NLM T15, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, UB (2017–2020)

Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, UB (2022–present)
  • Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Roswell Park (2025–present)
  • Affiliated Faculty, UB Institute for AI & Data Science (2025–present)
  • Affiliated Faculty, Clinical & Research Institute on Addictions (2024–present)

Honors & Awards

  • 2024 — Sinsheimer Scholar Award
  • 2017 — T15 Informatics Training Fellowship Award
  • 2012 — Merck Index Award
Falls Informatics Group
Current Members

Trainees & Research Fellows

The Falls Informatics Group actively trains the next generation of biomedical informaticists through research fellowships and mentored research experiences.

Bilal Rather
Bilal Rather
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Biomedical Informatics · University at Buffalo
Drug Discovery Computational Biology
Lucille Tomin
Lucille Tomin
PhD Student
Biomedical Informatics · University at Buffalo
Biomedical Informatics PhD Research
Vida Bodaghi
Vida Bodaghi
PhD Student
Biomedical Informatics · University at Buffalo
Biomedical Informatics PhD Research

Interested in Joining?

We welcome motivated graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduates interested in computational drug discovery, clinical informatics, and biomedical data science. Positions may be available through the Department of Biomedical Informatics PhD program or existing fellowship mechanisms.

Contact Dr. Falls
Alumni

Group Alumni

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Chi-Hua Lu

Former MSc Student → PharmD, University at Buffalo

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Jillian Hanna

Former R25 Summer BRIGHT Fellow · Canisius University

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Siddharth Suresh

Former CLIMB UP Summer Research Fellow · University at Buffalo