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

Alderman, Brandon L.

Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Sport Studies

PhD, Arizona State

Effects of exercise on cardiovascular and mental health

Arent, Shawn M.

Associate Professor, Exercise Science and 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 reproductive tissue growth; Maternal programming of development

Bello, Nicholas T.

Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

PhD, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine

Neural control of feeding and diet selection

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

Campbell, Sara C.

Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Sport Studies

PhD, Florida State

Exercise and cholesterol metabolism; functional food/nutritional supplements and chronic disease and obesity

Carsia, Rocco V.

Associate Professor, Cell Biology, UMDNJ-SOM

PhD, Rutgers

Adrenocortical cell biology

email: carsiaro@umdnj.edu

Cohick, Wendie S. 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

Henderson, Gregory C.

Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Sport Studies

PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Exercise physiology and energy substrate metabolism

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

Pietrzykowski, Andre

Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

PhD, Warsaw, Poland

Molecular and genetical basis of adaptation, reward, and addiction

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

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

White, Lori A.

Associate Professor, Biochemistry

PhD, Dartmouth

Molecular mechanisms of xenobiotic-induced pathologies

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


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

Rhodes, Linda CEO, Aratana Therapeutics


VMD, Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Cornell

Development of new animal health and productivity tools based on biotechnology

email: lrhodes@aratanarx.com

 

 

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