FACULTY LIST
Faculty Name
Department
Address
Phone
Biochemistry and Microbiology
333C Lipman Hall
932-9763 x 333
barkay@aesop.rutgers.edu
Role of microorganisms in transformations of metals in the environment
Biochemistry and Microbiology
333C Lipman Hall
932-9763 x 333
belden@aesop.rutgers.edu
Chromatin-remodeling; Circadian rhythms, non-coding RNA
Dept. Plant Biology &
PathologyForan Hall
932-9375x386
bennett@aesop.rutgers.edu
Genetics and biosynthesis of fungal natural products; fungal genomics
Ecol & Evol
Foran Hall
932-9375x386
Algal evolution; genomics; endosymbiosis; red tides; plastids; tree of life
Marine & Costal Sciences
Marine & Coastal Sciences Bldg.
932-6555 x 393
bidle@marine.rutgers.edu
Marine microbiology; microbial physiology and mortality, virology; gene expression; molecular ecology and evolution
Biochemistry and Microbiology
126 Foran Hall
932-8165 x101
bini@aesop.rutgers.edu
Microbial genetics; regulation of gene expression and metabolism of metals in bacteria and archaea; antibiotic resistance in natural microbial communities
Biochem & Micro
Lipman Hall
932-9763 x 328
jboyd@aesop.rutgers.edu
Detection and response of organisms to oxidative stress, biological iron-sulfur cluster assembly and repair
Food Science
203E Food Science Bldg.
932-9611 x 217
carman@aesop.rutgers.edu
Molecular biology of phospholipid biosynthesis in yeast
Food Science
203 Food Science Bldg.
932-9611 x 218
tchikindas@aesop.rutgers.edu
Microbiology; genetics; biotechnology; probiotics; antimicrobial peptides
Plant Biology and Pathology
338 Foran Hall
932-9375 x 331
clarke@aesop.rutgers.edu
Turfgrass pathology; soilborne diseases; disease forecasting and control; mycology.
Pinelands Field Station
P.O. Box 206,
New Lisbon(609) 894-8849
dighton@crab.rutgers.edu
Role of fungi in nutrient dynamics in forest soils and impacts of pollution
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Wright lab
445-5312
dismukes@rci.rutgers.edu
Microbial metabolism and renewable energy production
Chemistry
Waksman Inst.
445-5179
ebright@waksman.rutgers.edu
Mechanism and regulation of bacterial transcription; small-molecule inhibitors of bacterial transcription
Biochemistry and Microbiology
328 Lipman Hall
932-9763 x 328
eveleigh@aesop.rutgers.edu
Research: microbial transformation of plant polysaccharides, hyperthermophilic enzymes, conservation of antique manuscripts
Ecol & Evolu
316 Foran Hall
2-8165
duffy@aesop.rutgers.edu
Emerging viruses; experimental evolution; bioinformatics
Marine and Coastal Sciences
211C Marine & Coastal Sciences Bldg.
932-6555 x251
falko@imcs.rutgers.edu
Evolution of biogeochemical cycles; photosynthesis; symbiosis and phytoplankton ecology; biological oceanography
Environmental Sciences
231 Env. & Nat. Res. Sciences Bldg.
932-8750
fennell@envsci.rutgers.edu
Microbial processes for bioremediation and waste management
Dean, SEBS
Martin Hall
932-9000 x 500
execdean@cook.rutgers.edu
Diversity and function of microorganisms in natural environments
Biochemistry and Microbiology
326 Lipman Hall
932-9763 x 326
haggblom@aesop.rutgers.edu
Environmental microbiology and microbial ecology; biodegradation and bioremediation
Plant Biology and Pathology
339 Foran Hall
932-9375 x 334
hillman@aesop.rutgers.edu
Molecular, population, and evolutionary biology of viruses and fungi
Biochemistry and Microbiology
120 Lipman Hall
932-9763 x 120
kahn@mbcl.rutgers.edu
Protein folding and subunit assembly; modeling, ligand interactions, hydration in biological systems
Marine and Coastal Sciences
305C Marine & Coastal Sciences Bldg.
932-6555 x 335
kerkhof@imcs.rutgers.edu
Marine microbiology; molecular ecology; microbial population dynamics
Plant Biology and Pathology
337B Foran Hall
932-9375 x 328
kobayashi@aesop.rutgers.edu
Plant bacteriology; host-pathogen interactions; molecular biology
Biotech Center / Environmental Sciences
316 Foran Hall
932-8165 x 318
kukor@envsci.rutgers.edu
Biochemistry and genetics of microorganisms involved in biodegradation
Biology (Camden)
Science Building, Room 202
856-225-6066
kwang1@camden.rutgers.edu
Circadian clock/light regulation, fungal genetics, fungal ecology, systems biology
Biotech Center / Plant Science
328 Foran Hall
932-8165 x 326
leustek@aesop.rutgers.edu
Molecular biology and biochemistry of sulfur and amino acid metabolism in microorganisms
Environ. Sciences
14 College Farm Rd.
932-9800
mainelis@envsci.rutgers.edu Biological aerosols
Food Science
Food Science Bldg.
932-9611 x 219
matthews@aesop.rutgers.edu Genetics understanding of virulence and survival mechanisms of food-borne pathogens
Waksman Inst.
Busch Campus
(732) 445-4256
messing@waksman.rutgers.edu M13 cloning, sequencing, and gene synthesis; molecular biology of higher plants
Food Science
107 Food Science Bldg
932-9611 x 201
montville@aesop.rutgers.edu
Metabolic regulation of food-borne microbes; food and fermentation microbiology; novel antimicrobials
Ecol & Evolu
14 College Farm Rd. 932-3214 pjmorin@rci.rutgers.edu Community ecology; Microbial Ecology
Genetics Waksman Inst. (732) 445-6852 bnickels@waksman.rutgers.edu Mechanisms of transcription; regulation of bacterial gene expression
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Nelson Hall. A317 (732) 445-3985 Structure, function, and assembly of energy-transducing membranes
Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center
125A Lake Oswego Road, Chatsworth
(609) 726-1590 x20
oudemans@aesop.rutgers.edu
Fungal plant diseases; population biology of fungi
Environmental Science
14 College Farm Rd.
932-9800 x6211
reinfelder@envsci.rutgers.edu Trace element cycling and bioavailability; inorganic carbon acquisition in marine phytoplankton
Food Science
207 Food Science Bldg.
932-9611 x 214
schaffner@aesop.rutgers.edu
Predictive food microbiology; quantitative microbial risk assessment
Plant Biology and Pathology
Foran Hall
932-8165 x 215
Molecular biology of plant viruses; virus replication; disease resistance; plant transformation
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Waksman Inst.
Rm 232445-2905 x5735
vershon@waksman.rutgers.edu
Regulation of gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
240G Marine & Coastal Sciences Bldg.
932-6555 x 373
vetriani@imcs.rutgers.edu
Deep-sea microbiology; extremophiles; molecular ecology; adaptations to extreme environments
Plant Biology and Pathology
263 Foran Hall
932-9711 x 357
jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu
Fungal systematics; ecology of fungi; fungal-plant symbioses
Biochemistry & Microbiology
128 Lipman Hall
932-9763 x 128
lawhite@aesop.rutgers.edu
Molecular mechanisms of xenobiotic-induced pathologies
Environmental Sciences
14 College Farm 932-9800 x 6221
nyee@envsci.rutgers.edu
Geomicrobiology and geochemistry
Biotech Center / Environmental Sciences
308B Foran Hall
932-8165 x 312
lyoung@envsci.rutgers.edu
Anaerobic microbial metabolism of contaminant chemicals; microbial biodegradation; bioremediation
Plant Biol. Biochem & Micro
Foran Hall
932-9711 x 162
nzhang@aesop.rutgers.edu
Population; evolutionary biology; molecular detection of fungi on grasses
Biotech Center / Biochemistry and Microbiology
322A Foran Hall
932-8165 x 320
zylstra@aesop.rutgers.edu
Metagenomics; molecular and biochemical analysis of biodegradation pathways
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