Full Members of the Graduate Faculty
Tracy G. Anthony
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: Cellular stress responses to amino acid deprivation
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Carol A. Bagnell
Professor, Animal Sciences
Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia
Research: Reproductive endocrinology; Control of reproductive tissue growth; Maternal programming of development
Nicholas T. Bello
Professor and Chair, Animal Sciences
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Research: Neural control of feeding and diet selection
Miriam Bocarsly
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Ph.D., Princeton University
Research: The molecules, cells, and circuits that underlie food intake, and the contributions to the development of disease states such as compulsive overeating, stress-induced eating, obesity and anorexia
Christoph Buettner
Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Ph.D., Ludwig Maximillians University
Research: Diabetes and obesity and the hypothalamic control of energy and glucose homeostasis
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Wendie S. Cohick
Professor, Animal Sciences
Dean of Research and Graduate Education
Ph.D., Cornell
Research: Hormonal regulation of mammary gland biology and breast cancer
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Devanshi Jain
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Ph.D., University College London, UK
Research: Gametogenesis and genome integrity
Morgan James
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Ph.D., University of Newcastle
Research: Treating psychiatric illnesses with advanced neuroscience approaches
Karyn Malinowski
Professor, Animal Sciences
Director, Equine Science Centers
Ph.D., Rutgers
Research: Equine endocrinology and physiology
Bridget Matikainen-Ankney
Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Systems Neurosciences, Department of Psychology
Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Research: Longitudinal changes in brain circuits driving maladaptive behavior
Kenneth H. McKeever
Professor, Animal Sciences
Ph.D., Arizona
Research: Equine exercise and environmental physiology; neuroendocrine control of cardio-renal function
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Zhiping Pang
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Child Health Institute of NJ
M.D. Fourth Military Medical University, China
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Research: Neural basis of the regulation of feeding, satiety, metabolism and obesity
Loredana Quadro
Professor, Food Science
Ph.D., University of Naples, Italy
Research: Understanding the relationship between nutrients and human health, at different stages of the life cycle, through the use of genetically modified animal models
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Troy A. Roepke
Professor, Animal Sciences
Graduate Program Director, Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Ph.D., University of California at Davis
Research: The interactions of hormones, diets, endocrine disruptors, and maternal influences on the hypothalamic control of energy homeostasis, reproduction, and thermoregulation
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Dipak K. Sarkar
Professor II, Animal Sciences
Director, Endocrinology Program
Ph.D., Calcutta; DPhil, Oxford
Research: Alcoholism, stress biology and cancer
Karen A. Schindler
Professor, Genetics
Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey
Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University
Research: Regulation of meiosis, female gamete (egg) formation and fertility
Igor Shmarakov
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
Sc.D., Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Ukraine; Ph.D., Yuriy Fed'kovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Research: Molecular and cellular physiology of retinoids in health and disease
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Elizabeth Snyder
Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
Ph.D., Washington State University
Research: RNA biology, fertility, male contraceptives, novel RNAs, male germ cells
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Tess Stahl
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Research: Prepartum ruminant nutrition; colostrum in beef cattle, sheep, and goats; byproduct feed utilization in ruminant and swine diets
Phoebe A. Stapleton
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI)
Ph.D., West Virginia University
Research: Microvascular physiology adaptation to pregnancy, disease, and environmental exposures
Mehmet Uzumcu
Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
D.V.M. Ankara University ; Ph.D. Ohio State
Research: Testis and ovary development in mammals
Malcolm Watford
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
DPhil, Oxford
Research: Regulation of glutamine metabolism
Carey A. Williams
Equine Extension Specialist and Professor, Animal Sciences
Graduate Program Director
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research: Equine nutrition and exercise; pasture management and metabolism of the grazing horse
Shuo Xiao
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Research: Female reproductive toxicology, organ-on-a-chip, novel contraceptive development for women, endocrine disruptors
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2025-2026
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Aparna Zama
Assistant Teaching Professor, Animal Sciences
Undergraduate Program Director
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Research: Epigenetic effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on female reproduction
Affiliate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Diana E. Roopchand
Assistant Professor, Food Science
Ph.D., McGill University
Research: Plant-derived compounds and chronic diseases across the lifespan