Department of Biological Sciences

Boyden Hall, Room 206

973-353-5347

Website: http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/department-biological-sciences/department-biological-sciences

Newark College of Arts and Sciences offers multiple major and minor degree programs in the biological sciences (biology, cell and molecular biology, ecology and evolution, plant biology, neurobiology). Bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees are both conferred. The biology major is offered jointly by Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

(Federated with New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Professors:

Ann Cali, B.S., Florida; M.S., Ph.D., Ohio State

Gerald D. Frenkel, B.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Harvard

Wilma Friedman, B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Rockefeller 

Jorge Golowasch, B.A., Universidad de Chile; Ph.D., Brandeis

Edward G. Kirby III, B.S., Michigan; M.S., Ph.D., Florida

Farzan Nadim, B.S., Northeastern; M.A., Ph.D., Boston

Associate Professors:

Edward M. Bonder, B.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania

John H. Crow, B.A., Whittier College; Ph.D., Washington State

Eric Fortune, B.S., Ph.D., Chicago

Claus Holzapel, B.S., Hamburg (Germany); M.S., Ph.D., Göttingen (Germany)

Andrew E. Kasper, B.A., Duquesne; M.S., Ph.D., Connecticut

Haesun Kim, B.S., Seoul National; M.S., Toledo; Ph.D., Cincinnati

John M. Maiello, B.A., CUNY (Hunter College); Ph.D., Rutgers

Douglas W. Morrison, B.A., Rochester; Ph.D., Cornell

Gareth J. Russell, B.A., Oxford; Ph.D., Tennessee

Karina V. R. Schafer, B.S., Bayreuth (Germany); Ph.D., Duke

Assistant Professors:

Dirk Bucher, Diploma in Biology, Ph.D., Free University of Berlin 

Daniel Bunker, B.S., Evergreen State College; Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Radek Dobrowolski, Diploma in Biology, Ph.D., University of Bonn 

Nan Gao, B.S., Soochow (China); M.S., Fudan (China); Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Simon Garnier, B.S., Bordeaux 2 (France); M.S., Ph.D., Toulouse

Gal Haspel, B.Sc., Ph.D., Ben Gurion (Israel)

Patrice Maurel, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Paul Sabatier (France)

Alex J. Rodriguez, B.A., Yale; Ph.D., Rutgers

Tracy Tran, B.S., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

Jessica Ware, B.S., British Columbia; Ph.D., Rutgers

Gregory Weber, B.S., Ursinus College; Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson

Professor Emeritus:

Lion Gardiner, B.S., Wheaton College; M.S., Michigan; Ph.D., Rhode Island

G. Miller Jonakait, B.A., Wellesley; M.A., Chicago; Ph.D., Cornell Medical School

David Kafkewitz, B.S., CUNY (Brooklyn College); M.S., Ph.D. Cornell