Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Andrew K. Vershon, Nelson Biology Laboratories, Busch Campus (732-445-5086)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Morad A. Abou-Sabé, Associate Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Microbial genetics; gene expression

Edward Arnold, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
Protein and virus structure; crystallography; AIDS; polymerases; drug and vaccine design

Gail Ferstandig Arnold, Research Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Purdue
Vaccine development; AIDS; virus engineering; combinatorial mutagenesis

David E. Axelrod, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Tennessee
Cellular and molecular oncology; tumor-cell proliferation; breast cancer

Debabrata Banerjee, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Calcutta
Cancer pharmacology; antifolate research

Tamar Barkay, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Maryland
Microbial ecology of the interactions of microbes with toxic metals

Maureen M. Barr, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Columbia
A human disease model: C. elegans cilia development, morphogenesis, and function

William J. Belden, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Chromatin-remodeling; Circadian rhythms, non-coding RNA

Helen M. Berman, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Nucleic acid and protein structure; crystallography; biological databases

Gyan Bhanot, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cornell
Cancer biomarkers; pathways; drug targets; microarray and mass spectrometry data analysis; population genetics; evolution and disease

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, Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology; microbial ecology; biogeochemistry 

Elisabetta Bini, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Nebraska
Regulation of gene expression in hyperthermophilic archaeal organisms

Mark Brenneman, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Baylor
DNA repair and recombination and their roles in genome stability and tumor suppression

Gary Brewer, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Gene expression in cancer, immunity, and heart disease

Steven J. Brill, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Biochemistry and genetics of DNA replication in yeast

Linda Brzustowicz, Professor of Genetics, SAS; M.D., Columbia
Human molecular genetics; genetics of psychiatric disorders

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

Kiran K. Chada, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Oxford
Functional genomics in cancer and obesity

Theodore Chase Jr., Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Microbial biochemistry in the environment; plant enzymology and molecular biology of ripening and flavor

Kevin C. Chen, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS/BioMaPS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Function and evolution of small RNAs and RNA binding proteins

Suzie Chen, Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Transgenic mice predisposed to melanoma development; molecular mechanisms of adipocyte differentiation; UV-inducible genes 

Wendie S. Cohick, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Hormonal regulation of mammary gland biology and breast cancer; molecular endocrinology

Paul R. Copeland, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Virginia
Translational control of gene expression; selenocysteine incorporation

Lori Ruth Covey, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Switch recombination in human B lymphocytes in response to T-cell factors

Kiron M. Das, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Molecular Genetics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Edinburgh (UK); M.D., Calcutta (India)
Autoimmunity in inflammatory bowel diseases

David T. Denhardt, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Molecular biology of cancer; cell signaling and regulation of gene expression; structure and function of osteopontin and tissue inhibitor or metalloproteinases

Dessislava Dimova, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Study of transcriptional regulatory networks through genomics; the E2F/RB pathway 

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

Hugo K. Dooner, Professor of Plant Science, SEBS/WIM; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Plant molecular genetics; transposons; meiotic recombination; functional genomics

Joseph P. Dougherty, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Retrovirus replication and gene theory

Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
Roles of trophic molecules in astrocyte and oligodendrocyte function

Monica Driscoll, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
C. elegans developmental genetics; molecular mechanisms of inherited neurodegeneration

Richard H. Ebright, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Chemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Harvard
Transcription; protein-DNA interaction; protein-protein interaction; single-molecule imaging

Isaac Edery, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Molecular mechanism underlying biological clocks

Douglas E. Eveleigh, Professor of Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Exeter (UK)
Applied microbiology: fermentation, organic chemicals from biomass; cellulose transformation; and microbial ecology

Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Geological Sciences and Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Biogeochemical cycles; photosynthesis; biological oceanography

Martin Farach-Colton, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; M.D., Johns Hopkins; Ph.D., Maryland
Computational biology; design and analysis of sequential and parallel algorithms

Zhaohui Feng, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Zhejiang (China)
P53; tumor suppressor; tumorigenesis; apoptosis; transcription regulation

Joseph Fondell, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Regulation of gene expression by nuclear hormone receptors

Dunne Fong, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Immunology and molecular cell biology of parasitic protozoans

David J. Foran, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers/UMDNJ
Imaging; telemedicine; bioinformatics; pattern recognition; computer-assisted diagnosis

Abram Gabriel, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; M.D., Johns Hopkins
Mechanisms of retrotransposon replication; chromosomal rearrangements

Shridar Ganesan, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Yale
DNA repair; chromatin structure; breast cancer biology

Marc R. Gartenberg, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Chromatin structure; gene regulation; epigenetic inheritance in yeast

Celine Gelinas, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Sherbrooke (Canada)
Function of viral and cellular oncogenes

John W. Glod, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Colorado

Barth Grant, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Molecular mechanisms regulating endocytosis and endocytic recycling in C. elegans and mammals

Samuel Gunderson, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Pre-mRNA processing; splicing; polyadenylation; gene expression

Max Haggblom, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Helsinki (Finland)
Environmental and applied microbiology; bioremediation; microbial physiology

Beatrice Haimovich, Associate Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Adhesion receptors mediated signals that regulate cell adhesion and spreading

Ronald P. Hart, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Michigan Neuroimmunology of central nervous system injury

Jody Hey, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Evolution; speciation; human origins; recombination; natural selection; codon bias

Kim M. Hirshfield, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins; M.D., UMDNJ-RWJMS
Breast cancer; high-risk breast abnormalities; translational research; genetic contributors to breast cancer risk and outcomes

Sarah Hitchcock-DeGregori, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Structure-function relationships in contractile proteins; folding and design of coiled-coil proteins

Masayori Inouye, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Osaka (Japan)
Signal transduction; adaptation to stresses; protein folding

Kouichi Ito, Assistant Professor of Neurology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Tokyo Jikei (Japan)
Pathogenic and regulatory T-cells; autoimmunity; neuroimmunology

Ken Irvine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Stanford
Cell communication, patterning, and morphogenesis

William G. Johnson, Professor of Neurology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/UBHC; Ph.D., Columbia
Human genetics; nervous system traits and diseases

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

Barton A. Kamen, Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Case Western
Developing safer and effective treatment for children with cancer

Vassiliki Karantza-Wadsworth, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; M.D., UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Breast cancer progression and treatment; autophagy; apoptosis; beclin1

Stanley E. Katz, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Analytical and environmental microbiology; transformation of organic molecules; antibiotics in animal products

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

Randall Kerstetter, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS/WIM; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Molecular genetics of leaf development and morphogenesis using model plant system

Isaac Yi Kim, Assistant Professor of Urology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Northwestern
Transforming growth factor-B and bone morphogenetic proteins in prostate cancer 

Terri Goss Kinzy, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Eukaryotic translation elongation and regulation of gene expression

Tony Ah-Ng Kong, Professor of Pharmaceutics, EOHSI/EMSP; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Map kinases and caspases signaling in cell life and cell death; Nrf2 transcription factor; cancer chemopreventitive compounds and environmental agents

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

Casimir A. Kulikowski, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Hawaii
Intelligent systems and machine learning in molecular biology

Eric Lam, Professor of Plant Sciences, BCAE/SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Plant gene targeting; programmed cell death; chromatin imaging

Jerome A. Langer, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Cloning and ligand interactions of the cell surface receptor for alpha interferon

Debra L. Laskin, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, EMSP; Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia
Immunology; cytokines; nitric oxide; macrophages; inflammation

Edmund Lattime, Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Rutgers
Tumor immunology; immune mechanisms; genetically based vaccine strategies

Michael Lawton, Associate Professor of Plant Science, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Oxford (UK)
Plant defense responses, signal transduction

Michael J. Leibowitz, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Yeshiva (New York)
Host-virus interactions in yeast; molecular epidemiology; ribozyme enzymology; HIV regulatory proteins

John Lenard, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Cornell
RNA virus structure; fusion cellular entry; transcription and assembly

Thomas Leustek, Professor of Plant Science, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Plant biochemistry; molecular biology; cysteine and methionine biosynthesis and metabolism; sulfur assimilation; general metabolism

Ronald M. Levy, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Computational molecular biology; computational chemistry; computer modeling of protein structure; folding and dynamics; structural genomics

Alice Y.C. Liu, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Mount Sinai
Signal transduction mechanism of the heat-shock response; heat-shock gene expression and cell aging

Peter Lobel, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Columbia
Lysomal enzymes and human hereditary diseases, mannose 6-phosphate receptors

Kiran Madura, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rochester
Mechanism and significance of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis in DNA repair and signal transduction

Pal Maliga, Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Plastid genetics and development; RNA editing

Richard A. Mann, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Immunopathogenesis of renal disease

Joseph Marcotrigiano, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Structural biology; molecular genetics and biochemistry of RNA viruses 

Charles E. Martin, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Florida State
Genetic regulation of membrane lipid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces

Michael Matise, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Molecular genetic control of vertebrate CNS development

Tara Matise, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Computational genetics; genome bioinformatics; linkage analysis of complex traits

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

Kim S. McKim, Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Regulation of meiotic recombination; homologous chromosome pairing; DNA repair

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

James Millonig, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Princeton
Dorsal CNS development; Bmp signaling; mouse mutations; autism

Gaetano T. Montelione, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
Protein structure and dynamics; NMR spectroscopy; structural bioinformatics

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

William R. Moyle, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Structure and function of glycoprotein hormones and their receptors

Joseph I. Naus, Professor of Statistics, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Significance of matching in DNA sequences; scan-statistic probabilities of clustering; data editing

Bryce E. Nickels, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; 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

Wilma K. Olson, Mary I. Bunting Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Theoretical studies of nucleic acid structure and properties; relation of structure, conformation, and function of nucleic acids

Richard Padgett, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., North Carolina
TGF beta signal transduction in C. elegans and Drosophila

Howard C. Passmore Jr., Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Michigan
Regulation of meiotic recombination; mouse models for the expression of tumor suppressor genes

Henrik Pedersen, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Plant cell culture; biosensing

Stuart W. Peltz, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Eukaryote gene expression

Sidney Pestka, Professor and Chair of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Pennsylvania
Interferons and cytokine receptors; signal transduction

John Pintar, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Oregon
Insulin-like growth factors in early mammalian development; pituitary development

David Pramer, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Biological control; biodegradation of natural and manufactured compounds; nematode-trapping fungi

Arnold B. Rabson, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Brown
Molecular biology of human retroviruses; gene regulation in human cancer

Karel Raska Jr., Professor of Pathology, Molecular Genetics, and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS, and Chair of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, UMDNJ-NJMS; M.D., Charles; Ph.D., Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)
DNA tumor viruses; immunopathology and molecular mechanisms in human cancers

Michael Reiss, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Human genetics; nervous system traits and diseases; linkage mapping; genomic markers; microsatellite polymorphisms; positional cloning  

Christopher Rongo, Assistant Professor of Genetics, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synapse formation in the nervous system

Monica Roth, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Retroviruses; integration; reverse transcriptase; Rnase; envelope proteins

Amrik Sahota, Research Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., London
Human inherited diseases and molecular diagnosis

Carl P. Schaffner, Professor Emeritus of Microbial Chemistry, WIM; Ph.D., Illinois
Chemical and biological properties of microbial products

Donald W. Schaffner, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Georgia
Food microbiology

Kathleen W. Scotto, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Cornell
Transcriptional regulation of P-glycoprotein (MDR/mdr) gene

Konstantin Severinov, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences
Structure and function of RNA polymerases from eubacteria and yeasts

Aaron J. Shatkin, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; University Professor of Molecular Biology, SAS; Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Eukaryotic gene expression; viral cytopathogenesis

Zhiyuan Shen, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Colorado State
Genomic stability and molecular cancer etiology; DNA repair and homologous recombination

Yufang Shi, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/SRB; Ph.D., Alberta (Canada)
Regulation of immune responses; apoptosis in lymphocytes; tumor immunology

Gleb P. Shumyatsky, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory

Lee D. Simon, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/SEBS; Ph.D., Rochester
Molecular biology of protein degradation in prokaryotes

Andrew Singson, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Reproductive biology and cell-cell interactions in C. elegans

Navin K. Sinha, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Minnesota
Mechanisms of spontaneous and induced mutations

Peter Smouse, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Mathematical representation of molecular phylogenics

Stanley Stein, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, EMSP/UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., CUNY
Protein analysis; synthesis of peptides and antisense DNA

Ruth Steward, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Basel (Switzerland)
NF-KB signaling; establishment of embryonic polarity; nuclear migration and RNA transport in Drosophila

Ann C. St. John, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Regulation of protein catabolism; stress-response proteins

Victor Stollar, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., C.M., Queen's (Ontario, Canada)
Viral replication in mammalian and insect cells

Roger Strair, Professor of Medicine, CINJ/UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hemotopoietic malignancies; stem cell transplantation

Nanjoo Suh, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology, SAS/LCR; Ph.D.; Illinois Mechanistic study of cancer prevention and inflammation with natural/synthetic agents

Mikhail L. Tchikindas, Assistant Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., VNIIgenetika (Moscow)
Microbiology; food safety; bacteriocine 

Thresia Thomas, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore)
Molecular biology of breast cancer: polyamines, estradiol, and cyclins

Moti L. Tiku, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Delhi (India)
Immunobiology of autoimmune diseases; rheumatoid and osteoarthritis; immunology and cytokine biology; reactive oxygen radicals and aging

Jay Tischfield, Professor and Chair of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Gene regulation; human genetic diseases

Nilgun E. Tumer, Professor of Plant Pathology, BCAE/SEBS; Ph.D., Purdue
Mechanisms of virus resistance; mechanism of antiviral action of ribosome inactivating proteins; turfgrass transformation and improvement

Aurea C. Vasconcelos, Professor Emerita of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Cell biology; plant molecular biology; chloroplast development, function, and regulation; carbohydrate metabolism in plants

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

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

Yuh-Hwa Wang, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Triplet repeat diseases; chromatin structure; fragile sites; DNA-protein interaction

William Welsh, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and computer-aided molecular design

Guy Werlen, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Geneva (Switzerland)
Signaling networks and mechanisms that control life and death of developing T lymphocytes

Eileen P. White, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Regulation of programmed cell death (apoptosis) by viral oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes

Nancy A. Woychik, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Regulation of mRNA transcription; RNA polymerase II subunit function

Mengqing Xiang, Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Texas (Houston)
Molecular bases of sensorineural development; transcriptional regulation of retinal and inner ear development

Gutian Xiao, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Fudan (China)
Cell signaling in immunity and oncogenesis

Ping Xie, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Hong Kong
Molecular mechanisms of immune regulation and cancer pathogenesis

Chung S. Yang, Professor of Chemical Biology and Pharmacognosy, EMSP; Ph.D., Cornell
Molecular mechanisms of esophageal carcinogenesis and its prevention, and other agents; genetic polymorphism and cancer risk

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

Peter D. Yurchenco, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Basement membrane; self-assembly; three-dimensional structure; cellular interactions

Helmut Zarbl, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS/EOSHI; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Cancer biology and genetics; genomics; toxicogenomics and toxicology 

Barbara A. Zilinskas, Professor of Plant Science, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Molecular biology of plant response to oxidative stress; photosynthesis

Gerben Zylstra, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Michigan
Microbial genomics, high-throughput screening; molecular analysis of biodegradation pathways

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty  

Rong Di, Assistant Research Professor of Biotechnology for Agriculture and the Environment, Ph.D., Iowa State
Mechanisms of shiga-like toxins produced by E. coli 0157:H7; development of molecular techniques for food safety

Mary Konsolaki, Associate Research Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Crete (Greece)
Analysis of toxicity associated with Alzheimer's beta-amyloid, using Drosophila as a model system

Jeffrey D. Laskin, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Effects of xenobiotics on growth and differentiation of epidermal cells; mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis; biology of nitric oxide

Lourdes Serrano de la Pena, Research Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Madrid (Spain)
Genetics; cancer biology; DNA repair and recombination

Changshun Shao, Assistant Research Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Indiana
Genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors in the genesis of somatic mutation

William S. Ward, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Basic biochemistry; applications of bioluminescence