Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Professor Wendie S. Cohick, Foran Hall, George H. Cook Campus (848-932-6319)
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, SAS; Ph.D., Arizona State Effects of
exercise on cardiovascular and mental health
Tracy Anthony, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana) Protein and amino acid metabolism; adaptation to cell stress by eIF2 and mTOR pathways; nutrition and exercise
Shawn M. Arent, Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Sport Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Arizona State; Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Exercise and the stress response; optimizing performance in athletes
Carol A. Bagnell, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia Maternal programming of neonatal development; endocrine regulation of female reproductive tract growth
William J. Belden, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Dartmouth Chromatin-remodeling; circadian rhythms; noncoding RNA
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 Sport Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Florida State
Exercise and cholesterol metabolism; obesity; functional foods and chronic disease
Rocco V. Carsia, Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine; 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 Sport Studies, SAS; 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
Andrzej Z. Pietrzykowski, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS;
Ph.D., Medical Center of Postgraduate Education (Warsaw) Molecular neuroendocrinology of environmental adaptation and
addiction
Loredana Quadro, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Naples Nutrients and human health; use of genetically modified animal models
Sarah L. Ralston, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., V.M.D., Pennsylvania; Dip. American College of Veterinary Nutrition 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; Ph.D., Calcutta; D.Phil., Oxford 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 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 and Microbiology, 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
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty
Aparna Mahakali Zama, Assistant Research
Professor of Animal
Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Georgia
Epigenetic effects of endocrine disrupting
chemicals on
female reproductive tissues
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, CEO, Aratana Therapeutics; V.M.D., Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Cornell
Development of new animal health and productivity tools based on biotechnology
