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  Graduate School–New Brunswick 2014–2016 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Microbial Biology 682  

Microbial Biology 682

Degree Programs Offered:
Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Gerben Zylstra, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Foran Hall, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (848-932-6298)

Members of the Graduate Faculty:

Tamar Barkay, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Maryland
Role of microorganisms in transformations of metals in the environment

William J. Belden, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Chromatin remodeling; circadian rhythms; noncoding RNA

Joan W. Bennett, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Ph.D., Chicago
Genetics and biosynthesis of fungal natural products; fungal genomics

Debashish Bhattacharya, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., Simon Fraser (Canada)
Algal evolution; genomics; endosymbiosis; red tides; plastids; tree of life

Kay D. Bidle, Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology; microbial physiology and mortality, virology; gene expression; molecular ecology and evolution

Jeffrey M. Boyd, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Utah State
Microbial biochemistry and molecular genetics; iron-sulfur cluster metabolism and cellular processes

Yana Bromberg, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Columbia
Bioinformatics approaches to protein function prediction and genome variation analysis

George M. Carman, Board of Governors Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Molecular biology of phospholipid biosynthesis in yeast

Theodore Chase Jr., Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Microbiololgy, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)                                                                                                               Enzyme biochemistry; alcohol dehydrogenase; pyruvate decarboxylase

Michael Chikindas, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms (Russia)
Microbiology; genetics; biotechnology; probiotics; antimicrobial peptides

Bruce B. Clarke, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Director, Center for Turfgrass Science; Ph.D., Rutgers
Turfgrass pathology; soilborne diseases; disease forecasting and control; mycology

John Dighton, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Professor of Biology, FAS-C; Director of the Pinelands Field Station; Ph.D., London
Role of fungi in nutrient dynamics in forest soils and impacts of pollution

G. Charles Dismukes, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS/WIM, and of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Microbial metabolism and renewable energy production

Siobain Duffy, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Yale
Emerging viruses; experimental evolution; bioinformatics

Richard H. Ebright, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Chemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Harvard
Mechanism and regulation of bacterial transcription; small-molecule inhibitors of bacterial transcription

Douglas E. Eveleigh, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Exeter (UK)
Microbial ecology; biomass recycling; microbial history (antibiotics)

Nicole Fahrenfeld, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Environmental chemistry and environmental microbiology to promote water quality and sustainability

Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Geological Sciences and Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., British Columbia
Evolution of biogeochemical cycles; photosynthesis; symbiosis and phytoplankton ecology; biological oceanography

Donna E. Fennell, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Microbial processes for bioremediation and waste management

Dina Fonseca, Associate Professor of Entomology, SEBS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Evolutionary epidemiological ecology

Robert M. Goodman, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources; Executive Dean, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Diversity and function of microorganisms in natural environments

Max M. Häggblom, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Helsinki
Environmental microbiology and microbial ecology; biodegradation and bioremediation

Bradley I. Hillman, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Director for Research and Senior Associate Director, NJAES; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Molecular, population, and evolutionary biology of viruses and fungi

Peter C. Kahn, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Columbia
Protein folding and subunit assembly; modeling, ligand interactions, and hydration in biological systems

Lee Kerkhof, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology; molecular ecology; microbial population dynamics

Donald Y. Kobayashi, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Plant bacteriology; host-pathogen interactions; molecular biology

Jerome J. Kukor, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Biochemistry and genetics of microorganisms involved in biodegradation

Kwangwon Lee, Assistant Professor of Biology, FAS-C; Ph.D., Texas A&M
Circadian clock/light regulation, fungal genetics, fungal ecology, and systems biology

Thomas Leustek, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Molecular biology and biochemistry of sulfur and amino acid metabolism in microorganisms

Desmond Lun, Associate Professor of Computer Science, FAS-C; Ph.D., Rutgers
Synthetic biology; systems biology; biological signal processing; network science

Gediminas Mainelis, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cincinnati
Biological aerosols

Karl Matthews, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Kentucky
Genetic understanding of virulence and survival mechanisms of food-borne pathogens

Kenneth H. McKeever, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Arizona; FACSM
Equine exercise physiology; comparative cardiovascular and renal physiology

Joachim W. Messing, University Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Munich
M13 cloning, sequencing, and gene synthesis; molecular biology of higher plants

Thomas J. Montville, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Metabolic regulation of food-borne microbes; food and fermentation microbiology; novel antimicrobials

Peter J. Morin, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Duke
Community ecology; microbial ecology

Bryce E. Nickels, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Harvard
Mechanisms of transcription; regulation of bacterial gene expression

Robert A. Niederman, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Illinois
Structure, function, and assembly of energy-transducing membranes

Peter Oudemans, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Fungal plant diseases; population biology of fungi

John R. Reinfelder, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Trace element cycling and bioavailability; inorganic carbon acquisition in marine phytoplankton

Donald W. Schaffner, Extension Specialist in Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Georgia
Predictive food microbiology; quantitative microbial risk assessment

Ann M. Stock, Professor of Biochemistry, RWJMS/CABM/CINJ; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Structure and function of signal transduction proteins

Paul Takhistov, Professor of Food Engineering, SEBS; Ph.D., USSR Academy of Sciences
Physico-chemical interactions between multiphase matrices with biotic and abiotic materials

Nilgun E. Tumer, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Purdue
Molecular biology of plant viruses; virus replication; disease resistance; plant transformation

Andrew K. Vershon, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regulation of gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Constantino Vetriani, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., Rome
Deep-sea microbiology; extremophiles; molecular ecology; adaptations to extreme environments

James White, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS/NJAES; Ph.D., Texas
Fungal systematics; ecology of fungi; fungal-plant symbioses

Lori A. White, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Molecular mechanisms of xenobiotic-induced pathologies

Nancy A. Woychik, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Bacterial pathogenesis

Nathan Yee, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Notre Dame
Geomicrobiology and geochemistry

Lily Y. Young, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Harvard
Anaerobic microbial metabolism of contaminant chemicals; microbial biodegradation; bioremediation

Ning Zhang, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology and of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Louisiana State
Population; evolutionary biology; molecular detection of fungi on grasses

Gerben Zylstra, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Metagenomics; molecular and biochemical analysis of biodegradation pathways

 
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