Department of Genetics, School of Arts and Sciences

Website: http://genetics.rutgers.edu

Chair: Tara C. Matise

Vice-Chair & Undergraduate Director: Gary A. Heiman

Distinguished Professors:

Maureen M. Barr, B.A., Rutgers; Ph.D., Columbia

James A. Knowles, B.S., Michigan; M. Sc., M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein Medicine

Tara C. Matise, B.S., Cornell; M.S., Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Jay A. Tischfield, B.S., City University of New York; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale

Lei Yu, B.S., Jiangnan University (China); M.S., Institute of Genetics, National Academy of Sciences (China); Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Professors:

Gary A. Heiman, B.A., Boston Univ.; M.Sc., Sarah Lawrence; Ph.D., Columbia

Kim S. McKim, B.A., Simon Fraser; Ph.D., British Columbia

Bryce E. Nickels, B.S., Miami; Ph.D., Harvard

Christopher G. Rongo, B.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gleb P. Shumyatsky, B.A., Moscow State University; Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Biology (Moscow, Russia)

Andrew W. Singson, B.S., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Karen Schindler, B.S., Loyola; Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson

Michael Verzi, B.A., The College of New Jersey; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

Jinchuan Xing, B.S., Nankai (China); Ph.D., Louisiana State

Associate Professors:

Chris Ellison, B.A., Lewis and Clark; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Derek Gordon, B.A., Rochester; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

Assistant Professors:

Christina M. Bergey, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Devanshi Jain, B.Sc. Hons., Ph.D., University College, London

Tetsuya Nakamura, B.S., Ph.D., Osaka (Japan)

Srujana Samhita Yadavalli, B. Tech., Anna University (India); Ph.D., Ohio State

Jiekun Yang B.,S., Renmin University (China), M.S. UW-Madison, Ph.D. University of Virginia

Associate Research Professors:

Juan Wang, B.S., Ph.D., China Agricultural University (Beijing)

Assistant Research Professors:

Marco Azaro, B.A., Ph.D., Brown

Teaching Professor:

Martha Haviland, B.A. Rutgers; MS, AM, Ph.D. Michigan

Associate Teaching Professor:

Jessica Rispoli, B.S., Richmond; M.G.C., Maryland

Christine Seymour, B.S., Scranton; M.S. Arcadia University

Associate Research Professor:

Oleg Evgrafov, B.S., Moscow Physical Engineering Institute; M.S., Moscow Physical Engineering Institute; Ph.D,. Institute of General Genetics (Moscow); D.Sc., Research Center for Med. Genetics (Moscow)

Assistant Teaching Professors:

Tara P. Cominski, B.S, Saint Peter's; M.S., Seton Hall; Ph.D., Rutgers

Doreen R. Glodowski Trotta, B.S., Wisconsin; M.S., Kansas State; Ph.D., Wisconsin

Anne Keating, B.S., Ph.D., Rutgers

Haiyang Lu, B.S., Hebei University, China; M.S., Beijing Normal University, China; Ph.D., City University of New York

Shama Khan, B.A., Rutgers University; M.P.H., Tulane; M.S. Epidemiology, Tulane University; M.S. Genetic Counseling, Arcadia University

Mai Soliman, B.S., M.Sc., Montclair State; Ph.D., Rutgers

Zainab Tanvir, B.A. Stonybrook University, M.S. Univ. Delaware, Ph.D., Rutgers

Alexandra Walczak, B.S., Ramapo College of NJ, Ph.D., Rutgers

Faculty Emeriti:

David E. Axelrod

Linda Brzustowicz

Terry McGuire

Howard C. Passmore

Amrik S. Sahota

Lee D. Simon

Navin K. Sinha

Ann C. St. John