Graduate Faculty

Brandon Alderman
Associate Professor, Exercise Science and Sport Studies
Ph.D., Arizona State

Research: Effects of exercise on cardiovascular and mental health

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

Diana E. Roopchand
Assistant Professor, Food Science
Ph.D., McGill University

Research: Plant-derived compounds and chronic diseases across the lifespan

Harini Sampath
Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison

Research: Oxidative damage, mitochondrial function, DNA repair, gut microbiome and metabolic disease

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

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