Faculty – Department of Biology

Daniel Shain

Department Chair
Title/Rank: Professor
Education: Ph.D. Colorado State, USA
Areas of Interest: Annelid development and evolution
Email: dshain@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone:
Office: JHSC Building, Room #214B
Web: biology.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty/daniel-shain/

Nir Yakoby

Title/Rank: Professor
Education: Ph.D. Hebrew University, Israel
Areas of Interest: Developmental genetics, evolution of morphologies, cell signaling, tissue patterning
Email: yakoby@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6150
Office: JHSC Building, Room #215B
Web: yakoby.rutgers.edu/

Andrey Grigoriev

Title/Rank: Professor
Education: Ph.D. VNII Genetika, Moscow, Russia
Areas of Interest: Genome organization, evolution and manifestation; cancer
Email: agrigoriev@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2960
Office: SCI 205
Web: grigoriev.rutgers.edu/

Kwangwon Lee

Undergraduate Program Director & Director of MARC U*STAR
Title/Rank: Professor
Education: Ph.D. Texas A&M, USA
Areas of Interest: Circadian clock/light regulation, fungal genetics, fungal ecology, systems biology
Email: kwang1@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2624
Office: JHSC Building, Room # 216B
Web: kwangwonlee.rutgers.edu/

Eric Klein

Graduate Program Director, CCIB
Title/Rank: Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, USA
Areas of Interest: Bacterial pathogenesis and cell shape
Email: eric.a.klein@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6335
Office: JHSC Building, Room #213B
Web: ericklein.rutgers.edu/

Angélica L. González

Graduate Program Director, Biology

Title/Rank: Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Areas of Interest: Biodiversity, Ecological Stoichiometry, Functional Biogeography, Food Webs, Paleoecology, Environmental Change
Email: angelica.gonzalez@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6445
Office: JHSC Building, Room #215D
Web: gonzalezal.ecologylab

Amy Savage

Title/Rank: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. Rice University, USA
Areas of Interest: Consequences of species interactions, urban ecology, resilience of ecological communities.

Email: amy.savage@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6698
Office: JHSC Building, Room #215C
Web: amysavage.camden.rutgers.edu/

Maria E. Solesio Torregrosa

Title/Rank: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. PharmD, Spain
Areas of Interest: Mitochondrial physiology and dysfunction in aging and neurodegeneration
Email: m.solesio@rutgers.edu
Office: JHSC Building, Room #303B
Webpage: solesio.camden.rutgers.edu/

Xingyun Qi

Title/Rank: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., McGill University, Canada
Areas of Interest: Stomatal development, abiotic stress, plant cell biology
Email: xingyun.qi@rutgers.edu
Office: JHSC Building, Room #303D
Phone: 856-225-6497
Webpage: qi.camden.rutgers.edu/

Anthony Geneva

Title/Rank: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. University of Rochester, USA
Areas of Interest: Evolutionary Genomics, Adaptation, and Speciation
Email: anthony.geneva@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6132
Office: JHSC Building, Room #303A
Web: www.genevalab.io

Brian Corbett

Title/Rank: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Areas of Interest: Stress neuroscience, systems neuroscience, epigenetics
Email: brian.corbett@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856)-225-6793
Office: JHSC Building, Room #215A
Web: https://sites.rutgers.edu/corbett-lab/

Charlene Sayers

Title/Rank: Assistant Teaching Professor
Education: M.S. Rutgers University, USA
Areas of Interest: Anatomy and Physiology
Email: cwsayers@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6279
Office: SCI 232

Jennifer Oberle

Title/Rank: Assistant Teaching Professor
Education: Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
Areas of Interest: Fungal and microbial ecology, trends in evolutionary ecology, invertebrate zoology
Email: joberle@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6472
Office:CNS, Room #216H

Tracie L. Paulson

Title/Rank: Assistant Teaching Professor
Education: M.S. Rutgers University, USA
Areas of Interest: Biology Education
Email: traciep@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6338
Office: SCI 109

Nathan Fried

Assistant Director of MARC U*STAR
Title/Rank: Associate Teaching Professor
Education: Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Areas of Interest: Neuroscience, Pain, Migraine, Opioid Epidemic, and Biology Education Research
Email: nathan.fried@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6571
Office: JHSC Building, Room #303C
Web: www.NeuroFriedLab.com

Staff

Melanie Lopez

Title/Rank: Senior Laboratory Technician
Office: JHSC 1st floor
Phone: 856-225-6235
Email: s melanie.lopez@rutgers.edu

Imani Craig

Title/Rank: Administrative Assistant
Email: irc32@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6497
Office: JHSC Building, 2nd floor

Associate Faculty

Rocco V. Carsia

Title/Rank: Associate Member
Department of Cell Biology, UMDNJ, Stratford
Education: Ph.D. Rutgers University, USA
Areas of Interest: Comparative endocrinology, adrenal function, modulation of apoptosis
Email: carciaro@umdnj.edu

Robert Nagele

Title/Rank: Associate Member
Department of Molecular Biology, UMDNJ, Stratford
Education: Ph.D. Rutgers University, USA
Areas of Interest: Structural/functional organization of the nucleus
Email: nagelero@umdnj.edu

Alejandro A. Vagelli

Title/Rank: Associate Member
New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences, Camden
Education: Ph.D. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Areas of Interest: Reproductive biology, ecology, and evolution of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae); Aquaculture of marine ornamentals; Conservation
Email: avagelli@camden.rutgers.edu

Retired Faculty

John Dighton

Director, Rutgers Pinelands Field Station
Title/Rank: Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D. University of London, UK
Areas of Interest: Soil nutrient dynamics; forestry; mycorrhizae, fungi, environmental pollution
Email: dighton@marine.rutgers.edu
Web: marine.rutgers.edu/pinelands/

Joseph V. Martin

Title/Rank: Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D. Southern California, USA
Areas of Interest: Hormonal regulation of GABAa receptor, brain activity and sleep
Email: joe.martin@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6165
Office: SCI 202-A
Web: joemartin.rutgers.edu/

William M. Saidel

Title/Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Areas of Interest: Visual sensory physiology, neuroethology, neuroanatomy
Email: saidel@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6336
Office: SCI B-4A
Web: saidel.rutgers.edu/

Robert C. Evans

Title/Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus, Deceased
Education: Ph.D. Ohio State, USA
Areas of Interest: Botany, plant and fungal physiology, science education

Hsin-yi Lee

Title/Rank: Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Deceased)
Education: Ph.D. University of Minnesota, USA
Areas of Interest: Morphogenesis of early vertebrate embryo.

Patrick J. McIlroy

Title/Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D. California, Berkeley, USA
Areas of Interest: Molecular endocrinology of ovarian function
Email: pmcilroy@camden.rutgers.edu
Web: crab.rutgers.edu/~pmcilroy/index.html

Mark D. Morgan

Title/Rank: Professor (Deceased)
Education: Ph.D. California, Davis, USA
Areas of Interest: Aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, Pine Barrens ecology, acid rain
Web: crab.rutgers.edu/~mdmorgan/index.html

Ruth Sporer

Title/Rank: Assistant Instructor
Education: Ph.D. Pennsylvania University, USA
Areas of Interest: Immunology
Email: sporers@camden.rutgers.edu