Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Biotechnology Center for Agriculture & the Environment]

Faculty

Photo: Carol Bagnell, Ph.D. Carol Bagnell, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences
Email: bagnell@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 126 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 102
Research Interests: Reproductive endocrinology; control of reproductive tissue growth; equine placental function
Research Highlight: Maternal Programming of Neonatal Development
Photo: Faith Belanger, Ph.D. Faith Belanger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology & Pathology
Email: belanger@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 304 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 304
Research Interests: Turfgrass molecular biology; endophyte interaction
Research Highlight: Molecular Approaches to Turfgrass Improvement
Photo: Elisabetta Bini, Ph.D. Elisabetta Bini, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology
Email: bini@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 122 Lipman Hall
Phone: 732-932-9763, ext. 122
Research Interests: Microbial genetics; regulation of transcription in archaea; cell response to heavy metals
Photo: Wendie Cohick, Ph.D. Wendie Cohick, Ph.D.
Associate Professo, Dept. of Animal Sciences
Email: cohick@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 108 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 105
Research Interests: Mammary gland biology and breast cancer; programmed cell death
Research Highlight: Hormonal Regulation of Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer
Photo: Max Häggblom, Ph.D. Max Häggblom, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology
Email: haggblom@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 326 Lipman Hall
Phone: 732-932-9763, ext. 326
Research Interests: Environmental and applied microbiology; biodegradation and bioremediation, arctic soil microbiology
Research Highlight: Environmental and Applied Microbiology
Photo: Barry Jesse, Ph.D. Barry Jesse, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Academic Administration, SEBS
Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences
Email: jesse@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 108 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 104
Research Interests: Ruminant nutritional biochemistry; nutrient effects on gene expression
Photo: Jerome Kukor, Ph.D. Jerome Kukor, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, Graduate School–New Brunswick
Dean, Academic Programs & Research, SEBS
Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences
Email: kukor@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 216 Martin Hall
Phone: 732-932-3000, ext. 517
Research Interests: Microbial biochemistry; environmental microbiology
Research Highlight: Biodegradability of Environmental Contaminants
Photo: Eric Lam, Ph.D. Eric Lam, Ph.D.
Director, Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment
Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology & Pathology
Email: lam@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 216 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 210
Research Interests: Molecular biology and biotechnology; chromatin organization; programmed cell death
Research Highlight: Plant Genomics, Gene Regulation, and Cell Death
Photo: Michael Lawton, Ph.D. Michael Lawton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology & Pathology
Email: lawton@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 222 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 223
Research Interests: Physcomitrella patens as a model for crop plant diseases; mechanisms of fungal and bacterial pathogenesis on plants and nematodes
Research Highlight: Programmed Cell Death and Disease Resistance
Photo: Thomas Leustek, Ph.D. Thomas Leustek, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology & Pathology
Email: leustek@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 328 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 326
Research Interests: Molecular biology & biotechnology; biochemistry and molecular biology of plant metabolism
Photo: Ilya Raskin, Ph.D. Ilya Raskin, Ph.D.
Professor II, Dept. of Plant Biology & Pathology
Email: raskin@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 226 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 227
Research Interests: Plants and human health; botanical drugs, dietary supplements, and functional foods; ethnobotany and international bioexploration; molecular biology, biochemistry, and pharmacology of natural products
Research Highlight: Bioexploration for Botanicals with Therapeutic Value
Photo: Dipak Sarkar, Ph.D. Dipak Sarkar, Ph.D.
Professor II, Dept. of Animal Sciences
Director of Endocrine Program, Center for Alcohol Studies, SAS
Email: sarkar@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: Endocrine Research Facility
Phone: 732-932-1529
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular neuroendocrinology and neuroimmunology
Research Highlight: Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology
Photo: Nilgun Tumer, Ph.D. Nilgun Tumer, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology & Pathology
Email: tumer@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 208 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 215
Research Interests: Molecular biology & biotechnology, cellular translation, viral infection
Research Highlight: Ribosome Inactivating Proteins and Inhibition of Translation, Inhibition of Viral Infection, and Programmed Cell Death
Photo: Lily Young, Ph.D. Lily Young, Ph.D.
Professor II and Chair, Dept. of Environmental Sciences
Email: lyoung@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 308 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 312
Research Interests: Anaerobic microbial metabolism of environmental contaminants, microbial ecology
Research Highlight: Anaerobic Microbial Metabolism of Environmental Contaminants, Microbial Ecology
Photo: Gerben Zylstra, Ph.D. Gerben Zylstra, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology
Email: zylstra@sebs.rutgers.edu
Office: 204 Foran Hall
Phone: 732-932-8165, ext. 320
Research Interests: Molecular and biochemical basis for microbial aromatic hydrocarbon degradation
Research Highlight: Genetic Basis for the Microbial Degradation of Organic Compounds

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