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Joan W. Bennett, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Ph.D., Chicago
Genetics and biosynthesis of fungal natural products; fungal genomics -
Debashish Bhattacharya, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Simon Fraser (Canada)
Algal evolution; genomics; endosymbiosis; red tides; plastids; tree of life -
Kay D. Bidle, Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology; microbial physiology and mortality, virology; gene expression; molecular ecology and evolution -
Jeffrey M. Boyd, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D.,
Utah State
Microbial biochemistry and molecular genetics; Integration of iron and iron-sulfur cluster metabolism with cellular processes. -
Yana Bromberg, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Columbia
Bioinformatics approaches to protein function prediction and genome variation analysis -
George M. Carman, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Molecular biology of phospholipid biosynthesis in yeast -
Michael Chikindas, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Institute of
Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms (Russia)
Microbiology; genetics; biotechnology; probiotics; antimicrobial peptides -
Bruce B. Clarke, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Director, Center for Turfgrass Science; Ph.D., Rutgers.
Turfgrass pathology; soilborne diseases; disease forecasting and control; mycology. -
G. Charles Dismukes, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS/WIM, and of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Microbial metabolism and renewable energy production -
Siobain Duffy, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Yale
Emerging viruses; experimental evolution; bioinformatics -
Richard H. Ebright, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Chemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Harvard
Mechanism and regulation of bacterial transcription; small-molecule inhibitors of bacterial transcription -
Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Geological Sciences and Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Evolution of biogeochemical cycles; photosynthesis; symbiosis and phytoplankton ecology; biological oceanography -
Nicole Fahrenfeld, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SoE; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Environmental chemistry and environmental microbiology to promote water quality and sustainability. -
Donna E. Fennell, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS, Ph.D., Cornell
Microbial processes for bioremediation and waste management -
Robert M. Goodman, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources; Ph.D., Cornell
Diversity and function of microorganisms in natural environments -
Max M. Häggblom, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Helsinki (Finland)
Environmental microbiology and microbial ecology; biodegradation and bioremediation -
Bradley I. Hillman, Professor Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Molecular, population, and evolutionary biology of viruses and fungi -
Peter C. Kahn, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Columbia
Protein folding and subunit assembly; modeling, ligand interactions, hydration in biological systems -
Lee Kerkhof, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., California (SD)
Marine microbiology; molecular ecology; microbial population dynamics -
Donald Y. Kobayashi, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Plant bacteriology; host-pathogen interactions; molecular biology -
Kwangwon Lee, Assistant Professor of Biology (Camden); Ph.D. Texas A&M
Circadian clock/light regulation, fungal genetics, fungal ecology, systems biology -
Thomas Leustek, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Molecular biology and biochemistry of sulfur and amino acid metabolism in microorganisms -
Desmond Lun, Professor - Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers Camden.
Research interests are in synthetic biology, systems biology, biological signal processing, and network science. -
Kenneth McKeever, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D. Univ. of Arizona
Equine exercise and environmental physiology; neuroendocrine control of cardio-renal function -
Gediminas Mainelis, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D. Cincinnati
Biological aerosols -
Karl Matthews, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Kentucky
Genetics understanding of virulence and survival mechanisms of food-borne pathogens -
Peter J. Morin, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Duke
Community ecology; Microbial Ecology -
Bryce E. Nickels, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Harvard
Mechanisms of transcription; regulation of bacterial gene expression -
Robert A. Niederman, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Illinois
Structure, function, and assembly of energy-transducing membranes -
Peter Oudemans, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D.,
California (Riverside)
Fungal plant diseases; population biology of fungi -
John R. Reinfelder, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Trace element cycling and bioavailability; inorganic carbon acquisition in marine phytoplankton -
Donald W. Schaffner, Extension Specialist in Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Georgia
Predictive food microbiology; quantitative microbial risk assessment -
Ann M. Stock, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SAS; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Structure/function anaylsis of signal transduction proteins -
Paul Takhistov, Professor of Food Engineering Department of Food Science, SEBS. Ph.D Univ. of Notre Dame.
Research interests are in understanding the physico-chemical interactions between multiphase matrices with biotic and abiotic materials -
Nilgun E. Tumer, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Purdue
Molecular biology of plant viruses; virus replication; disease resistance; plant transformation -
Andrew K. Vershon, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regulation of gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae -
Costantino Vetriani, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS/IMCS;
Ph.D.; Rome La Sapienza (Italy)
Deep-sea microbiology; extremophiles; molecular ecology; adaptations to extreme environments -
James White, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS/NJAES; Ph.D., Texas
Fungal systematics; ecology of fungi; fungal-plant symbioses -
Lori A. White, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Molecular mechanisms of xenobiotic-induced pathologies -
Nancy A. Woychik, Professor- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - UMDNJ Ph.D University of Wisconsin.
Bacterial Pathogenesis -
Nathan Yee, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Notre Dame
Geomicrobiology and geochemistry -
Lily Y. Young, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Harvard
Anaerobic microbial metabolism of contaminant chemicals; microbial biodegradation; bioremediation -
Ning Zhang, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology and of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Louisiana State
Population; evolutionary biology; molecular detection of fungi on grasses -
Gerben Zylstra, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Metagenomics; molecular and biochemical analysis of biodegradation pathways