Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Professor Wendie S. Cohick, Foran Hall, George H. Cook Campus (732-932-8165, ext. 105)
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Juan P. Advis, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Southwestern Medical School (Dallas); D.V.M., Austral (Chile) Neuroendocrine control of reproduction
Brandon L. Alderman, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and
Sport Studies, SEBS; Ph.D., Arizona State Effects of
exercise on cardiovascular and mental health
Shawn M. Arent, Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Sport Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Arizona State; CSCS Exercise and the stress response; optimizing performance in athletes
Carol A. Bagnell, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia Control of reproductive tissue growth; placental insufficiency
Nicholas T. Bello, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State Noradrenergic controls of feeding and metabolic indices of obesity
Sara C. Campbell, Assistant Professor of Exercise
Science and Sports Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Florida State
Exercise; cholesterol metabolism; obesity; functional foods and chronic disease
Rocco V. Carsia, Associate Professor of Cell Biology, UMDNJ-SOM; Ph.D., Rutgers Adrenocortical cell biology
Wendie S. Cohick, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell Hormonal regulation of mammary gland biology and breast cancer; molecular endocrinology
Julie M. Fagan, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Arizona Proteomics; biochemical regulation of food and alcohol intake; proteases
Gregory C. Henderson, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Sports Studies, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Effects of exercise on macronutrient metabolism in humans
Barry W. Jesse, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan State Ruminant nutritional biochemistry and molecular biology
Henry B. John-Alder, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Irvine) Comparative and environmental physiology and endocrinology
Larry S. Katz, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Director of Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Ph.D., California (Davis) Endocrine regulation of reproductive behavior and wildlife damage management
Karyn Malinowski, Extension Specialist and Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Director of Rutgers Equine Science Center; Ph.D., Rutgers Equine endocrinology and physiology
Kenneth H. McKeever, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Arizona; FACSM Equine exercise physiology; comparative cardiovascular and renal physiology
Andre Pietrzykowski, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS;
Ph.D., Medical Center of Postgraduate Education (Warsaw) Molecular neuroendocrinology of environmental adaptation and
addiction
Loredana Quadro, Assistant Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Naples (Italy) Nutrients and human health; use of genetically modified animal models
Sarah L. Ralston, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., V.M.D., Pennsylvania; Dip. ACVN Equine nutrition and behavior; effects of diet and age on glucose, insulin, and mineral metabolism
Troy A. Roepke, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Davis) Effects of hormones and environmental stresses on hypothalamic functions
Dipak K. Sarkar, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Director, Endocrine Program; Director, Biomedical Division, CAS; Ph.D., Calcutta (India); D.Phil., Oxford (UK) Cellular and molecular neuroendocrinology
Michael V.K. Sukhdeo, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., McGill (Canada) Vertebrate parasitology
Mehmet Uzumcu, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; D.V.M., Ankara (Turkey); Ph.D., Ohio State Ovary and testis development; endocrine disruptors in gonadal development
Malcolm Watford, Professor of Nutritional Sciences, SEBS; D.Phil., Oxford (UK) Regulation of glutamine metabolism
Michael Westendorf, Associate Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Kentucky Ruminant nutrition; by-product utilization; waste management
Lori White, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, SEBS; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Molecular mechanisms of xenobiotic-induced pathologies
Carey A. Williams, Associate Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Equine nutrition and exercise; antioxidant supplementation and oxidative stress
Rob
Zachow, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D.,
Kansas Effects
of environmental agents, cytokines, and growth factors on ovarian
steroidogenesis
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty
Nadka I. Boyadjieva, Assistant Research Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; M.D., Ph.D., D.Sci., Medical Academy (Bulgaria) Neuroendocrine control of immune system; effect of alcohol
Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty
Constance Grill, Medical Education Senior Manager, Oncology, Sanofi-Aventis; Ph.D., Rutgers Pharmacogenomics and breast cancer; personalized medicine; drug discovery
David W. Horohov, Professor of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State; Ph.D., Tennessee
Effect of exercise stress on cytokines regulating equine immune responses
Linda Rhodes, Vice President, Clinical Development, AlcheraBio; V.M.D., Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Cornell
Development of new animal health and productivity tools based on biotechnology
