WNYACS Section Officers

2026 Western New York Executive Board

• Chair: Jason Benedict, University at Buffalo, SUNY
• Vice Chair: Jiayu Peng, University at Buffalo, SUNY
• Vice Chair: OPEN
• Secretary: Caitlyn Montross, Daemen University
• Treasurer: Robert Stewart, Honeywell
• Councilor: David Nalewajek, Honeywell
• Councilor: Peter Schaber, Canisius University
• Member-at-Large: Matthew Crawley, University at Buffalo, SUNY
• Member-at-Large: Lindsay Rose, SUNY Niagara
• Newsletter Editor: Timothy Gregg, Canisius University

2026 Committees

•  Schoellkopf Award Committee:

Luis Velarde
Timothy Cook
Jason Benedict
Luis De Jesús Báez
Chris Li

•  Education Committee:

Chair: OPEN
Luis Colón
Valerie Frerichs
Jeff Rose
Lindsay Rose

• Undergraduate Research Symposium Committee:

Chair: Sujit Suwal, Buffalo State University, SUNY
Lauren Rosch, Niagara University
Timothy Gregg, Canisius University
Sherry Chemler, University at Buffalo, SUNY

• Chemistry Olympiad Coordinators:

Sherry Chemler, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Krit Marohn, Canisius University

• National Chemistry Week: David Nalewajek, Honeywell
• Historian: OPEN
• Senior Chemists: OPEN
• Web Site: Timothy Gregg, Canisius University
• Younger Chemists Committee:  Caitlyn Montross, Daemen University