Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Dept. of Animal Sciences]

Graduate Faculty Directory

Members of the Graduate Faculty in Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences and their Departments

Advis, Juan P. Professor, Animal Sciences

DVM, Austral (Chile); PhD, Texas

Neuroendocrinology of reproduction

Arent, Shawn M.

Assistant Professor, Exercise Science & Sport Studies

PhD, Arizona State

Exercise and the stress response; optimizing performance in athletes

Bagnell, Carol A. Professor and Chair, Animal Sciences

PhD, Medical College of Georgia

Reproductive endocrinology; control of ovarian growth and function; equine placental function

Boyadjieva, Nadka Iv.

Associate Member

Assistant Research Professor, Animal Sciences

MD, Faculty of Medicine, Bulgaria; PhD, DSci, Medical Academy, Bulgaria

Neuroendocrine control of immune system; effect of alcohol

Carsia, Rocco V.

Associate Professor, Cell Biology, UMDNJ-SOM

PhD, Rutgers

Adrenocortical cell biology

email: carsiaro@umdnj.edu

Cohick, Wendie S. Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

PhD, Cornell

Hormonal regulation of mammary gland biology and breast cancer

Fagan, Julie M. Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

PhD, Arizona

Proteomics and the biochemical regulation of food and alcohol intake; proteases in health and disease

Jesse, Barry W.

Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
PhD, Michigan State

Ruminant nutritional biochemistry and molecular biology

John-Alder, Henry B.

Professor and Chair, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
PhD, California (Irvine)

Comparative physiology; environmental endocrinology

Katz, Larry S.

Director, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Associate Director, NJ Agricultural Experiment Station
Professor, Animal Sciences

PhD, California (Davis)

Endocrine regulation of reproductive behavior in ruminants; wildlife damage control

Malinowski, Karyn

Professor, Animal Sciences
Director, Equine Science Center

PhD, Rutgers

Equine endocrinology and physiology

McKeever, Kenneth H.

Professor, Animal Sciences

PhD, Arizona

Equine exercise and environmental physiology; neuroendocrine control of cardio-renal function

Quadro, Loredana Assistant Professor, Food Science

PhD, University of Naples, Italy

Understanding the relationship between nutrients and human health, at different stages of the life cycle, through the use of genetically modified animal models

Pietrzykowski, Andre

Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
PhD, Warsaw, Poland

Molecular and genetical basis of adaptation, reward, and addiction

Ralston, Sarah L. Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

VMD, PhD, Pennsylvania

Nutrition management of age-related problems in horses; equine nutrition and behavior

Sarkar, Dipak K.

Professor II, Animal Sciences; Director, Endocrinology Program; Director, Biomedical Division, Center of Alcohol Studies

PhD, Calcutta; DPhil, Oxford

Cellular and molecular neuroendocrinology

Sukhdeo, Michael

Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources

PhD, McGill

Vertebrate parasitology

Uzumcu, Mehmet

Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

D.V.M. Ankara University ; M.S. Ohio State ; Ph.D. Ohio State

Testis and ovary development in mammals

Watford, Malcolm

Professor, Nutritional Sciences

DPhil, Oxford

Regulation of glutamine metabolism

Westendorf, Michael L.

Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Animal Sciences

PhD, Kentucky

Ruminant nutrition; growth by-product utilization

Williams, Carey A.

Equine Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Animal Sciences

B.S., Colorado State ; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Equine nutrition and exercise; antioxidant supplementation and oxidative stress

Wohlt, James E. Professor, Animal Sciences

PhD, Illinois

Feeds, utilization and requirements of nutrients, and management of livestock

Zachow, Rob Associate Professor
Academy of Educators
Touro University College of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ

PhD, University of KS

During each wave of ovarian follicular maturation, granulosa cells (GC) and theca cells within the growing cohort of ovarian follicles differentiate into estradiol-17ß (E2)- and androgen-producing cells, respectively.


Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty

Grill, Constance

Sanofi-Aventis; Medical Education, Senior Manager
PhD, Rutgers University

Oncology

Pharmacogenomics and breast cancer, personalized medicine, drug discovery

email: Constance.Grill@sanofi-aventis.com

Horohov, David W.

Professor of Equine Immunology, Dept of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky

Ph.D., Tennessee

Effect of exercise stress on cytokines regulating equine immune responses

email: David.Horohov@uky.edu

Kung, Limin, Jr. Professor, Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware

Ph.D., Michigan State

Ruminant nutrition and microbiology

email: lkung@udel.edu

Rhodes, Linda Senior Partner, AlcheraBio

VMD, Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Cornell

Development of new animal health and productivity tools based on biotechnology

email: lrhodes@alcherabio.com

White, Jeffrey D.

Chief Scientific Officer, Predict, Inc.

Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Neuroendocrine control of growth and metabolism; drug discovery

email: jdwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu

 

 

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