Contact Information

Department Chair
Mark D. Morgan

Department Secretary
Janet Caruso
(856) 225-6497

Undergraduate Biology
Kwangwon Lee

Graduate Biology
William M. Saidel

Faculty

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Faculty

   

John Dighton

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John DightonProfessor
Ph.D. University of London, UK
Director, Rutgers Pinelands Field Station
Soil nutrient dynamics; forestry; mycorrhizae, fungi, environmental pollution 

   

Robert C. Evans

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Robert EvansAssociate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Ohio State
Botany, plant and fungal physiology, science education

  

Andrey Grigoriev

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Andrey GrigorievProfessor
Ph.D. VNIIGenetika, Moscow, Russia
Genome organization, evolution and manifestation; cancer

  

Simeon Kotchoni

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Simeon KotchoniAssistant Professor 
Ph.D. Bonn, Germany 
Plant Science

  

Hsin-yi Lee

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Professor II
Ph.D. Minnesota
Morphogenesis of early vertebrate embryos

  

Kwangwon Lee

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Kwangwon LeeAssociate Professor
Ph.D. Texas A&M 
Circadian clock/light regulation, fungal genetics, fungal ecology, systems biology

  

Joseph V. Martin

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Joseph MartinProfessor
Ph.D. Southern California
Director, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology
Hormonal regulation of GABAa receptor, brain activity and sleep

  

Patrick J. McIlroy

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Patrick McIlroyAssociate Professor
Ph.D. California, Berkeley
Molecular endocrinology of ovarian function

  

Mark D. Morgan

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Mark MorganProfessor
Ph.D., California, Davis
Department Chair
Aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, Pine Barrens ecology, acid rain

  

Jongmin Nam

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Jongmin NamAssistant Professor
Ph.D. Penn State University
Molecular regulatory biology and evolution, cellular and embryonic development

  

Tracie L.Paulson

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Assistant Instructor
M.S. Rutgers
Biology Education

  

William M. Saidel

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William SaidelAssociate Professor
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Program Director
Visual sensory physiology, neuroethology, neuroanatomy

  

Charlene Sayers

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Charlene SayersAssistant Instructor
M.S. Rutgers
Anatomy and Physiology

  

Daniel H. Shain

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Daniel ShainProfessor
Ph.D. Colorado State
Annelid development and evolution

  

Ruth Sporer

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Ruth SporerAssistant Instructor
Ph.D. Pennsylvania
Immunology

  

Nir Yakoby

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Nir YakobyAssistant Professor
Ph.D. Hebrew University, Israel
Developmental genetics

 

Associate Members

  

Rocco V. Carsia

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Rocco CarsiaAssociate Member
Department of Cell Biology, UMDNJ, Stratford
Ph.D. Rutgers
Comparative endocrinology, adrenal function, modulation of apoptosis

  

Robert Nagele

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Robert NageleAssociate Member
Department of Molecular Biology, UMDNJ, Stratford
Ph.D. Rutgers
Structural/functional organization of the nucleus

  

Alejandro A. Vagelli

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Alejandro VagelliAssociate Member
New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences, Camden 
Ph.D. University of Buenos Aires
Reproductive biology, ecology, and evolution of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae); Aquaculture of marine ornamentals; Conservation

Staff

  

Janet Caruso
Secretary 

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Janet Caruso
  

 

Teaching Assistants

Brian Lallier

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Brian Lallier

Katie Malcolm

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Katie Malcolm

Steve Moffett

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Steve Moffett

Kevin Morrison

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Kevin Morrison

Nicole Pope

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Nicole Pope

Anthony Rossi

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Anthony Rossi

Dawn Szeltner

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Dawn Szeltner