Biological Sciences 120

Department of Biological Sciences

Boyden Hall, Room 206

973-353-5347

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Newark College of Arts and Sciences offers multiple major and minor degree programs in the biological sciences (biology, cell and molecular biology, ecology and evolution, plant biology, neurobiology). Bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees are both conferred. The biology major is offered jointly by Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

(Federated with New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Chair: Edward Bonder

Professors:

Edward M. Bonder, Biological Sciences; B.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Wilma Friedman, Biological Sciences; B.A., Oberlin; Ph.D., Rockefeller

Haesun Kim, Biological Sciences; B.S., Seoul National; M.S., Toledo; Ph.D., Cincinnati

Tracy S. Tran, Biological Sciences; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

NJIT

Jorge Golowasch, NJIT; B.A., Chile; Ph.D., Brandeis

Farzan Nadim, NJIT; B.S., Northeastern; M.A., Ph.D., Boston

Horatio Rotstein, NJIT; B.S., Nacional (Sur) (Argentina); M.S., Ph.D., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Associate Professors:

Rutgers

Claus Holzapfel, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., Hamburg (Germany); M.S., Ph.D., Göttingen (Germany) (affiliate)

Karina Schafer, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., Bayreuth (Germany); Ph.D., Duke (affiliate)

NJIT

Dirk Bucher, NJIT; Diploma in Biology, Ph.D., Free (Berlin)

Daniel Bunker, NJIT; B.S., Evergreen State; Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Eric Fortune, NJIT; B.S., Ph.D., Chicago

Simon Garnier, NJIT; B.S., Bordeaux II (France); M.S., Ph.D., Toulouse (France)

Gareth J. Russell, NJIT; B.A., Oxford; Ph.D., Tennessee

Daphne Soares, NJIT; Ph.D., Maryland

Assistant Professors:

Rutgers

Jean-Pierre Etchegaray, Biological Sciences; B.S., Austral (Chile); Ph.D., Rutgers

Marcelo Gehara, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., Federal (Juiz de Fora) (Brazil); M.S., Pontificia Catolica (Rio Grande do Sul) (Brazil); Ph.D., Technical (Braunschweig) (Germany) (affiliate)

Lily Khadempour, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., M.S., British Columbia (Canada); Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison) (affiliate)

Pabitra Sahoo, Biological Sciences; Ph.D., Pune (India)

Ching-On Wong, Biological Sciences; B.S., Ph.D., Chinese (Hong Kong)

NJIT

Phillip Barden, NJIT; B.S., Arizona State; Ph.D., American Museum of Natural History Richard Gilder Graduate School

Brooke Flammang, NJIT; M.S., California State; Ph.D., Harvard

Kristen Severi, NJIT; B.S., Dickinson; Ph.D., Northeastern

Associate Teaching Professor:

Caroline Maier, Earth and Environmental Sciences; B.S., M.S., Delaware; Ph.D., Rutgers (affiliate)

Marylynn Snyder, Biological Sciences; B.S., Felician; Ph.D., Rutgers

Assistant Teaching Professors:

Rola Bekdash, Biological Sciences; B.S., American (Beirut) (Lebanon); Ph.D., Rutgers

Miguel Cervantes-Cervantes, Biological Sciences; Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico); Ph.D., Rutgers

Susan Seipel, Biological Sciences; B.S., Brown; Ph.D., Rutgers

Lecturers:

Caroline Devan, NJIT; B.A., Tennessee; Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology

Mary Konsolaki, NJIT; B.S., Athens (Greece); Ph.D., Crete (Greece)

Maria L. Stanko, NJIT; B.A., College; Ph.D., Rutgers

John Yarotsky, NJIT; Ph.D., Rutgers

Emeritus Faculty:

Ann Cali, Biological Sciences; B.S., Florida; M.S., Ph.D., Ohio State

Please visit the departmental website for the most up-to-date information about major and minor requirements and current courses.