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  Graduate School-Newark 2008-2010 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Biology 120  

Biology 120

Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Programs:  Associate Professor Edward Bonder, Room 206, Boyden Hall (973-353-1235)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Professors:

Elizabeth D. Abercrombie, CMBN; Ph.D., Princeton
Central monoaminergic systems

György Buzsaki, CMBN; M.D., Pecs (Hungary); Ph.D., Budapest (Hungary)
Neuronal plasticity and memory

Ann Cali, FAS-N; Ph.D., Ohio State
Parasitic protistology and ultra structure

Harvey H. Feder, FAS-N; Ph.D., Oregon Medical
Behavioral endocrinology

Gerald D. Frenkel, FAS-N; Ph.D., Harvard
Biochemistry

Doina Ganea, FAS-N; Ph.D., Illinois Medical
Molecular immunology

Israel Moisevich Gelfand, FAS-N; Ph.D., Moscow State
Cell biology and neurophysiology

G. Miller Jonakait, NJIT; Ph.D., Cornell Medical
Developmental neuroscience

Frank Jordan, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Enzyme mechanisms; protein NMR

David Kafkewitz, FAS-N; Ph.D., Cornell
Microbiology

Edward G. Kirby, FAS-N; Ph.D., Florida
Developmental physiology of plants

Barry Richard Komisaruk, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rutgers
Neurophysiology and behavior

Richard Mendelsohn, FAS-N; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biophysical chemistry; spectroscopy of biological membranes

Joan I. Morrell, CMBN; Ph.D., Rochester Medical
Neuroanatomy

Daniel E. Murnick, FAS-N; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biophysics; isotopic tracers

Farzan Nadim, NJIT; Ph.D. Boston
Neuroscience and computational biology

James M. Tepper, CMBN; Ph.D., Colorado
Neurobiology of monoamines

Judith Shulman Weis, FAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Marine biology

Associate Professors:

Edward M. Bonder, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Cell biology

Wilma J. Friedman, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Molecular neurobiology  

Jorge Golowasch, NJIT; Ph.D., Brandeis
Neuroscience

Andrew E. Kasper, FAS-N; Ph.D., Connecticut
Paleobotany

Douglas Wildes Morrison, FAS-N; Ph.D., Cornell
Behavioral ecology

Michael Recce, NJIT; Ph.D., University College (London)
Neurophysiology

Ralph Siegel, CMBN; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Psychophysics and computational theory of vision

Assistant Professors:

Jonathan Adams, FAS-N; Ph.D., Faculté des Sciences de CNRS Luminy and Université D'Aix-Marseille II (France)
Ecosystems and climate over a range of timescales

Nihal Altan-Bonnet, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Cell biology; biogenesis of organelles specialized for viral RNA replication

Andrew Hill, NJIT, Ph.D., Massachusetts
Neuroscience 

Claus Holzapfel, FAS-N; Ph.D., Göttingen (Germany)
Community ecology

Haesun Kim, FAS-N; Ph.D., Cincinnati
Cell and molecular biology of myelinating glial cells

Gareth Russell, NJIT; Ph.D., Tennessee
Computational ecology

Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty:

Francisco J. Artigas, MERI; Ph.D., Ohio
Environmental science

Rosalyn Blumental, GSCC; Ph.D., CUNY
Biomedical science

Amitabha Bose, NJIT; Ph.D., Brown
Applied mathematics

Daniel Goldman, NJIT; Ph.D., Brown
Microvascular blood flow and large-scale scientific computation

Steven Levinson, UMDNJ; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Regenerative potential of CNS stem cells and pregenitors to brain injuries and diseases

Treena Livingston, NJIT; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Biomedical engineering

Thomas W. Lysz, UMDNJ-SOM; Ph.D., Connecticut
Neurochemistry

Victor Matveev, NJIT; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Mathematical and computational modeling of synaptic function

Robert M. Miura, NJIT; Ph.D., Princeton
Mathematical neuroscience and ion diffusion in the brain

Cyrill Muratov, NJIT; Ph.D., Boston
Modeling and analysis of cell-cell communication in development

Christopher Raymond, NJIT; Ph.D., Northwestern
Analysis of mathematical models for immunocolloid labeling

Horacio G. Rotstein, NJIT; Ph.D., Technion (Israel Institute of Technology)
Phase transition dynamics with memory

Louis Tao, NJIT; Ph.D., Chicago
Modeling and analysis of dynamics of networks in neuroscience

Peddrick Weis, UMDNJ; Ph.D., New York
Mechanisms for acquiring tolerance to heavy metals

 
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