Faculty and Instructional Staff
Faculty and Instructors
Research Associates
Post-docs
Faculty
Listed Alphabetically. Click on a name to see contact information and a profile.
- Fashid
Ahrestani —
Post-doctoral Research Associate, NJIT and Columbia University (Ecology).
Eco-informatics; foraging and population ecology of Asian large herbivores. - Nihal Altan-Bonnet — Assistant Professor, Rutgers (Cell Biology)
- Edward
M. Bonder — Associate
Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers. Chair
of Federated Activities and Graduate Program Director.
The molecular mechanisms of nonmuscle cell motility, primarily actin microfilament-based movements. - Daniel
Bunker — Assistant Professor, NJIT. PhD University of
Pittsburgh.
Global change and ecosystem services, trait-based ecology, and ecoinformatics. - Ann Cali — Professor, Rutgers.
Ultrastructure, development, and pathology of microsporidan parasites. - Miguel
Cervantes-Cervantes —
Instructor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies, Rutgers. Ph.D.,
Rutgers-UMDNJ.
Plant metabolic engineering. Role of calcium in programmed cell death in cereals. Bioinformatics..
- John Crow — Associate Professor,
Rutgers. Ph.D., Washington State University.
Plant Ecology, General Horticulture, Alaskan Wetlands. - Harvey H. Feder — Professor
Emeritus, Rutgers.
Development and adult function of neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying the expression of reproductive behaviors. - Gerald D. Frenkel — Professor,
Rutgers. Ph.D., Harvard University.
Effects of selenium compounds on tumors in vivo and tumor cells in vitro. Prevention of drug resistance in cancer. - Wilma Friedman — Associate Professor,
Rutgers. Ph.D., The Rockefeller University.
Cellular mechanisms of cytokine and neurotrophin actions on CNS neurons and glia. - Lion F. Gardiner — Associate Professor, Rutgers. Ph.D., Rhode Island.
- Jorge Golowasch — Associate
Professor, NJIT. Ph.D., Brandeis University.
Cellular mechanisms of activity-dependent regulation of ionic currents, neuronal excitability, and neural network activity. - Andrew Hill — Assistant Professor, NJIT.
- Claus Holzapfel — Assistant
Professor, Rutgers. Ph.D.,University of Göttingen, Germany.
Community Ecology. Plant population and community processes, with special interest in the role of facilitation and competition in desert systems. - G. Miller Jonakait — Professor,
NJIT. Ph.D., Cornell University.
Developmental neurobiology; factors controlling neurotransmitter development and function during embryogenesis; neuroimmunology. - David Kafkewitz — Professor,
Rutgers. Ph.D., Cornell University.
Physiology and metabolism of anaerobic prokaryotes; asparagine and glutamine functions in animal cells. - Andrew E. Kasper Jr. — Associate
Professor, Rutgers. Ph.D., University of Connecticut.
Evolution of early land plants; morphology, anatomy, and systematics of Devonian plant fossils. - Haesun
A. Kim —Assistant Professor,
Rutgers. Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.
Cellular and molecular biology of myelinating glial cells: Mechanism of signal transduction involved in axon-Schwann cell interaction. Molecular mechanism of cell fate determination in the developing peripheral nervous system. - Edward G. Kirby — Professor,
Rutgers. Ph.D., Florida.
Nitrogen metabolism in woody plants; forest biotechnology. - John
M. Maiello — Associate
Professor, Rutgers. Chair, Pre-Health Advisory Committee and Advisor,
Rutgers Pre-Medical Society. Ph.D., Rutgers University.
Fungal morphology and physiology. - Patrice
Maurel —
Assitant Professor, Rutgers.
Ph.D., Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Molecular mechanisms that regulate the axo-glial interactions, especially cell adhesion molecules (the Nectin-like proteins). - Douglas W. Morrison — Associate
Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies, Rutgers. Ph.D., Cornell
University.
Ecological and neurobiological studies of the social and foraging behavior of birds. - Farzan Nadim —
Professor, NJIT. Ph.D. Boston University.
Electrophysiology of neurons and networks; computational and mathematical modeling of biological systems. - Alexis
J. Rodriguez —
Assistant Professor, Rutgers. Ph.D., Rutgers University.
Role of local protein synthesis of mRNAs in cancer metastasis. - Gareth J. Russell — Assistant
Professor, NJIT. Ph.D., University of Tennessee.
Mathematical and Statistical Ecology, conservation Biology (esp. of birds) , community structure and dynamics. - Kimberly
N. Russell — University Lecturer, NJIT. Ph.D., University
of Tennessee.
Community ecology of arthropods. Automated ID systems for ecological research. - Karina
V. R. Shäfer —
Assistant
Professor, Rutgers. Ph.D., University of Bayreuth.
Ecosystem ecology, global change and its effect on biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. - Judith S. Weis — Professor,
Rutgers. Ph.D., NYU.
Effects of environmental factors, including pollutants, on growth, development, behavior, life history, and interactions of marine organisms, particularly fish and crustacea; ecotoxicology; estuarine and salt marsh ecology and ecotoxicology.
Research Associates
- Marta Volosin — Research Associate, Friedman Lab, and ????. PhD., ????
Post-docs
- Andrea Cragnolini — Friedman Lab. PhD., ????