Department of Biological Sciences
Boyden Hall, Room 206
973-353-5347
Website:
https://sasn.rutgers.edu/academics-admissions/academic-departments/biological-sciences
Newark College of Arts and Sciences offers multiple major and minor degree programs in the biological sciences (biology, cell and molecular biology, ecology and evolution, plant biology, neurobiology).
Bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees are both conferred. The biology major is offered jointly by Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
(Federated with New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Chair:
Wilma Friedman
Professors:
Edward M. Bonder, Biological Sciences; B.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Wilma Friedman, Biological Sciences; B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Nan Gao, Biological Sciences; B.S., Soochow (China); M.S., Fudan (China); Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Haesun Kim, Biological Sciences; B.S., Seoul National; M.S., Toledo; Ph.D., Cincinnati
NJIT
Jorge Golowasch, NJIT; B.A., Universidad de Chile; Ph.D., Brandeis
Farzan Nadim, NJIT; B.S., Northeastern; M.A., Ph.D., Boston
Horatio
Rotstein, NJIT; B.S., Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina); M.S.,
Ph.D., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)
Associate Professors:
Claus Holzapel, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., Hamburg (Germany); M.S., Ph.D., Göttingen (Germany) (affiliate)
Lily Khadempour, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., M.S., British Columbia (Canada); Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison) (affiliate)
Karina V. R. Schafer, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., Bayreuth (Germany); Ph.D., Duke
(affiliate)
Tracy S. Tran, Biological Sciences; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
NJIT
Dirk Bucher, NJIT; Diploma in Biology, Ph.D., Free University of Berlin
Daniel Bunker, NJIT; B.S., Evergreen State College; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Eric Fortune, NJIT; B.S., Ph.D., Chicago
Simon Garnier, NJIT; B.S., Bordeaux II (France); M.S., Ph.D., Toulouse (France)
Gareth J. Russell, NJIT; B.A., Oxford; Ph.D., Tennessee
Daphne Soares, NJIT; Ph.D., Maryland
Assistant Professors:
Rutgers
Jean-Pierre Etchegaray, Biological Sciences; B.S., Austral (Chile); Ph.D., Rutgers
Pabitra Sahoo, Biological Sciences; Ph.D., University of Pune (India)
Angelo Soto-Centeno, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., Interamerican University of Puerto Rico; M.S., Eastern Michigan; Ph.D., Florida (affiliate)
Ching-On Wong, Biological Sciences; B.S., Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
NJIT
Phillip Barden, NJIT; B.S., Arizona State; Ph.D., American Museum of Natural History Richard Gilder Graduate School
Brooke Flammang, NJIT; M.S., California State; Ph.D., Harvard
Marcelo
Gehara, NJIT; B.S., Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil); M.S.,
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil); Ph.D.,
Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) (affiliate)
Kristen Severi, NJIT; B.S., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Northeastern
Associate Teaching Professor:
Caroline Maier, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., M.S., Delaware; Ph.D., Rutgers (affiliate)
Assistant Teaching Professors:
Rola Bekdash, Biological Sciences; B.S., American University of Beirut (Lebanon); Ph.D., Rutgers
Miguel Cervantes-Cervantes, Biological Sciences;
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico); Ph.D., Rutgers
Kavitha Govindasamy, Biological Sciences; Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (India), Ph.D., Indian Agriculture Research Institute (India)
Susan Seipel, Biological Sciences; B.S., Brown; Ph.D., Rutgers
Lecturers:
Caroline Devan, NJIT; B.A., Tennessee; Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mary Konsolaki, NJIT; B.S., University of Athens (Greece); Ph.D., University of Crete (Greece)
Maria L. Stanko, NJIT; B.A., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Rutgers
John Yarotsky, NJIT; Ph.D., Rutgers
Emeritus Faculty:
Ann Cali, Biological Sciences; B.S., Florida; M.S., Ph.D., Ohio State
Please visit the departmental website for the most up-to-date information about major and minor requirements and current courses.
School of Arts and Sciences-Newark 
