Joaquin O. Carbonara, Ph.D.

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (Mathematics, 1992)
M.S., SUNY Buffalo (Computer Science)
B.A., San Diego State University (Mathematics with minor in Italian)

Dr. Joaquin O. Carbonara is a Professor of Mathematics at SUNY Buffalo State, where he also directs the Data Science and Analytics program. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo.

Dr. Carbonara's work focuses on integrating advancements in artificial intelligence into both scholarly research and teaching. He uses these methods to create new curricula and community workshops focused on augmented human intelligence. His recent publications explore the intersection of machine learning, large language models, and statistics. Notable works include "Augmenting intelligence: The convergence of ML/LLMs and statistics" (2025) and collaborative research on perovskite solar cells and next-generation PV technologies (2023).

An active leader in his field, Dr. Carbonara has reviewed grants for the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, assessed university data science programs, and co-chaired major conferences. As a principal investigator, he has secured over $1.5 million in external funding. This includes grants from the NSF to support undergraduate research and to establish a Professional Applied and Computational Mathematics M.S. program, as well as a SUNY award to launch a Professional Science Master’s in Data Analytics.