Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Masters of Business and Science, Doctor of Philosophy

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

Website: http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/Graduate.html

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
Neuronal plasticity and memory

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assistant Professors:

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

Dan Bunker, NJIT

Nan Gao, FAS-N; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Mechanism of mitotic division and cell polarity in somatic stem cell and cancer cell

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

Patrice Maurel, FAS-N; Ph.D., Universite Paul Sabatier (France)
Research focus on the molecular mechanisms that regulate the axo-glial interactions required for the formation and function of the myelin sheath

Alex Rodriguez, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rutgers-Newark
Investigating the role of local protein synthesis on epithelial cell junction formation

Karina Schafer, FAS-N; Ph.D., Duke
Investigating greenhouse gas pools, fluxes, and cycling in forests and wetlands (biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology)

Tracy Tran, FAS-N; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms that govern axon guidance and synapse formation during development, and how neuronal connections are formed and maintained in the mammalian nervous system.

Jessica Ware, FAS-N; Ph.D., Rutgers
Systematics and evolution of Odonata and Dictyopyera; insect behavior and ecology

Ali Abdi, NJIT

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

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

Edgardo Farinas, NJIT; Ph.D., California (Santa Cruz)
Protein engineering, design, and optimization

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

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

Camelia Prodan, NJIT

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

Kim Russell, NJIT

Sanjay Tyagi, UMDNJ
Dynamics of synthesis of mRNA and their intracellular transport

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