This semester, we have 16 laboratories available for you. 11 labs are Rutgers University-Camden (RUC) labs, and 5 labs are Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU). Once students are accepted to a research lab for shadowing, they will spend a few hours each week (1-4 hours depending on the agreement between the student and the professor) in the lab interacting with the professor and their graduate students. Students are not expected to perform experiments or do lab chores (e.g. dishwashing).

How to Submit Your Application

The application window opens from September 24 starting at 9 a.m. through September 27 closing at 5 p.m. Complete the form below and click “Submit”. 

Lab options are below the form. You may choose up to 4 labs.

Follow the instructions and the application time-period strictly.

  • Resume (1 page) and Cover Letter/Personal Statement (maximum 1 page). Use the .pdf file format.
    • You may consider guidelines from the Career Center for your resume and cover letter HERE.
  • Include your LinkedIn account link in the resume.
  • Use your scarletmail.rutgers.edu email address.
  • Spell-check the text
  • Ask a couple of people to proofread your application package.

What to Expect After You Submit

After you submit your application, we will review applications and set up interviews. The schedule will take place as follows:

  • Interviews will be scheduled from October 2 to October 6.
  • Professors will send the list of accepted students to the instructor by 5 p.m. on October 6.
  • Student Applicants will be placed by October 9.
  • Shadowing duration: October through November.

Application form

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Student Information

Student Credentials

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Lab Preference

Please chose 4 labs. List in order of your first, second, third, and fourth choice of labs to shadow.*
Lab descriptions can be found below this form.
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RUC Lab options 

Option 1
Angélica L. González
Area of research: Effects of natural and human-induced environmental changes on the diversity, composition and function of communities and ecosystems.
angelica.gonzalez@rutgers.edu
https://gonzalezalecologylab.wixsite.com/my-site

Option 2
Amy Savage
Areas of interest: urban ecology, eco-evolutionary dynamics, ecological consequences of climate change, especially extreme weather events, the dynamics of species interactions (especially mutualisms), and species invasions
amy.savage@rutgers.edu
http://amysavage.camden.rutgers.edu

Option 3
Brian Corbett
Area of research: Understanding the molecular and neural mechanisms underlying stress resilience and vulnerability; special focus on transcriptional regulation, neural circuits, and immune system function.
brian.corbett@rutgers.edu

Option 4
Daniel Shain
Areas of Interest: Annelid development and evolution
dshain@camden.rutgers.edu
https://biology.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty/daniel-shain/

Option 5
Eric Klein
Area of research: bacterial pathogenesis and microbial adhesion
eric.a.klein@rutgers.edu
https://ericklein.camden.rutgers.edu/

Option 6
Kwangwon Lee
Areas of Interest: genetics of circadian (daily) and circaannual (seasonal) rhythms
kwangwon.lee@rutgers.edu
https://kwangwonlee.camden.rutgers.edu/

Option 7
Maria Solesio
Area of research: mammalian mitochondrial cell biology
m.solesio@rutgers.edu
https://solesio.camden.rutgers.edu/

Option 8
Nathan Fried
Area of Interest: neurological underpinnings of sleep and pain
nathan.fried@rutgers.edu
www.NeuroFriedLab.com

Option 9
Kimberlee Moran
Area of research: human remains, forensic entomology, crime scene investigation, bioarchaeology
k.moran@camden.rutgers.edu
https://kimberleemoran.camden.rutgers.edu/

Option 10
Nir Yakoby
Area of research: developmental biology on egg development in Drosophila
yakoby@camden.rutgers.edu
https://yakoby.camden.rutgers.edu/members/nir-yakoby/

Option 11
Xingyun Qi
Area of Interest: molecular mechanism of environmental regulation on stomatal development
xingyun.qi@rutgers.edu
https://scholar.google.com/

Cooper Lab CMSRU options 

Option 12
Darren Boehning
Area of research: Calcium signaling and dysfunction in disease.
boehning@rowan.edu
https://www.boehninglab.com/research

Option 13
Diana Martinez
Area of Research: The effects of sleep disorders on the development of cardiorespiratory dysfunction, specifically how sleep effects the neural circuits that regulate cardiorespiratory function
martinezd@rowan.edu
www.themartinezlab.com
@TheMartinezLab

Option 14
Christine M. Harper
Area of research: human evolution, biomechanics, functional morphology, three-dimensional shape analysis
harperc@rowan.edu
https://works.bepress.com/christine-harper/

Option 15
Susy C. Kohout
Area of research: The Kohout lab studies how cells communicate, focusing on the interface between electrical and chemical signaling, by integrating biophysics, molecular neuroscience, and cell biology. 
kohout@rowan.edu
https://research.rowan.edu/research-areas/biomedical/kohout/

Option 16
Kleiton Silva
Area of Research: Catabolic diseases causing muscle atrophy mediated by autophagy-lysosome system.
silvak@rowan.edu
https://works.bepress.com/kleiton-silva/