Faculty & Staff

Faculty

	John Dighton Director, Rutgers Pinelands Field Station Title/Rank: Professor Education: Ph.D. University of London, UK Areas of Special Interest: Soil nutrient dynamics; forestry; mycorrhizae, fungi, environmental pollution Email: dighton@marine.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6145 Office: JHSC Building, Room #303A Web: https://marine.rutgers.edu/pinelands/
	Nathan Fried Title/Rank: Assistant Teaching Professor Education: BS: Drexel University | PhD: Thomas Jefferson University | postdoc: University of Pennsylvania Areas of Special Interest: Neuroscience, Pain, Migraine, Opioid Epidemic, and Biology Education Research Email: nathan.fried@rutgers.edu  Phone: (856) 225-6571 Office: Science Building 233 Web: www.NeuroFriedLab.com
	Anthony Geneva Title/Rank: Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D. University of Rochester  Email: anthony.geneva@gmail.com Phone: (856) 225-6142 Office: JHSC Building, Room  #210 Web: http://crescatscientia.com/
	Angélica L. González Title/Rank: Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Email: angelica.gonzalez@rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6445 Office: JHSC Building, Room  #215D Web: https://agonzalez.blogs.rutgers.edu/
	Andrey Grigoriev Title/Rank: Professor Education: Ph.D. VNII Genetika, Moscow, Russia Areas of Special Interest: Genome organization, evolution and manifestation; cancer Email: agrigoriev@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-2960 Office: SCI 205 Web: http://grigoriev.rutgers.edu/
	Eric Klein Graduate Program Director Title/Rank: Associate Professor Education: Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Areas of Special Interest: Bacterial pathogenesis and cell shape Email: eric.a.klein@rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6335 Office: JHSC Building, Room #215B Web: https://ericklein.rutgers.edu/
	Kwangwon Lee Undergraduate Program Director Title/Rank: Associate Professor Education: Ph.D. Texas A&M Areas of Special 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: https://kwangwonlee.rutgers.edu/
	Joseph V. Martin Title/Rank: Professor Education: Ph.D. Southern California Areas of Special 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: https://joemartin.rutgers.edu/
	Jennifer Oberle Title/Rank: Assistant Teaching Professor Education: Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick Areas of Special 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 Areas of Special Interest: Biology Education Email: traciep@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6338 Office: SCI 235
	William M. Saidel Title/Rank: Associate Professor Education: Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Areas of Special Interest: Visual sensory physiology, neuroethology, neuroanatomy Email: saidel@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6336 Office: SCI B-4A Web: https://saidel.rutgers.edu/
	Amy Savage Title/Rank: Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D. Rice University Email: amy.savage@rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6698 Office: JHSC Building, Room #215C Web: https://amysavage.camden.rutgers.edu/
	Charlene Sayers Title/Rank: Assistant Teaching Professor Education: M.S. Rutgers Areas of Special Interest: Anatomy and Physiology Email: cwsayers@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6279 Office: SCI 232
	Daniel Shain Department Chair Title/Rank: Professor Education: Ph.D. Colorado State Areas of Special Interest: Annelid development and evolution Email: dshain@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: Office: JHSC Building, Room #214B Web: https://biology.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty/daniel-shain/
	Maria E. Solesio Torregrosa Title/Rank: Assistant Professor Education: Pharm D and PhD, New York University and Castilla-La Mancha University Areas of Special Interest: Mitochondrial physiology and Dysfunction in aging and neurodegeneration Email: m.solesio@rutgers.edu Office: JHSC Building, Office #303B Webpage: https://solesio.camden.rutgers.edu/
	Xingyun Qi Title/Rank: Assistant Professor Education: PhD, McGill University  Areas of Special Interest: Stomatal development, abiotic stress, plant cell biology Email: xingyun.qi@rutgers.edu Office: 303D, JHSC Building Phone: 856-225-6497 Webpage: TBD
	Nir Yakoby Director of the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology (CCIB) Title/Rank: Professor Education: Ph.D. Hebrew University, Israel Areas of Special Interest: Developmental genetics Email: yakoby@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6150 Office: JHSC Building, Room #211 Web: https://yakoby.rutgers.edu/

Retired Faculty Members

	Robert C. Evans Title/Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus Education: Ph.D. Ohio State Areas of Special Interest: Botany, plant and fungal physiology, science education Email: revans@camden.rutgers.edu Web: https://crab.rutgers.edu/~revans/Evans/Index.htm
	Hsin-yi Lee Title/Rank: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Education: PhD University of Minnesota Areas of Special Interest: Morphogenesis of early vertebrate embryo. Email: hsin-yi@crab.rutgers.edu
	Patrick J. McIlroy Title/Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus Education: Ph.D. California, Berkeley Areas of Special Interest: Molecular endocrinology of ovarian function Email: pmcilroy@camden.rutgers.edu Web: https://crab.rutgers.edu/~pmcilroy/index.html
	Mark D. Morgan Title/Rank: Professor Education: Ph.D., California, Davis Areas of Special Interest: Aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, Pine Barrens ecology, acid rain Email: mdmorgan@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: Office: Web: https://crab.rutgers.edu/~mdmorgan/index.html
	Ruth Sporer Title/Rank: Assistant Instructor Education: Ph.D. Pennsylvania Areas of Special Interest: Immunology Email: sporers@camden.rutgers.edu

Associate Members

	Rocco V. Carsia Title/Rank: Associate Member Department of Cell Biology, UMDNJ, Stratford Education: Ph.D. Rutgers Areas of Special 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 Areas of Special 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 Areas of Special Interest: Reproductive biology, ecology, and evolution of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae); Aquaculture of marine ornamentals; Conservation Email: avagelli@njaas.org

Lab Technicians

Sarah Johnson Title/Rank: Senior Laboratory Technician Office: Camden Nursing and Science Rm 216 Phone: 856-668-4964 Cell: 856-364-8003 Email: sarahsm@rutgers.edu

 

Staff

Janet Caruso Title/Rank: Secretary Email: jmcaruso@camden.rutgers.edu Phone: (856) 225-6235 or (856) 225-6142 Office: JHSC Building, Room #214A

Teaching Assistants

	Katrina DeWitt Kmd304@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
	Nick Gattone njg77@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
	Spyros Karaiskos email
	Julia Keklak julia.keklak@rutgers.edu