Faculty

• Dr. Sandra Adams, Associate Professor. (973) 655-7527
  PhD, Georgia State University, Molecular Genetics and
  PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Science Education
  Teaching Areas: Virology, Biology Pedagogy
  Research Areas: Virology, Science Education

• Dr. Paul A.X. Bologna, Associate Professor. (973) 655-4112
  PhD, University of South Alabama, M.S. University of Maine
  Teaching Areas: Ecology, Marine Biology
  Research Areas: Restoration and Community Biology of Coastal Ecosystems

• Dr. James Campanella, Associate Professor. (973) 655-4097
  PhD, Case Western Reserve, MS/BA, University of Chicago
  Teaching Areas: Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology
  Research Areas: Molecular genetics, phylogenetics of Arabidopsis thaliana

• Dr. Ann Marie DiLorenzo, Professor. (973) 655-4396
  PhD, MS, New York University, BA Trinity College
  Teaching Areas: Genetics, Tissue Culture
  Research Areas: Genetic toxicology, cell proliferation

• Dr. Chunguang Du, Associate Professor. (973) 655-4405
  Ph.D. Texas A&M University, M.Comp.Sci. Texas A&M
  Teaching Areas: Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics
  Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Genomics

• Dr. Mary Egan, Assistant Professor. (973) 655-2114
  Ph.D., M.S. Fordham University, B.A. Adelphi University
  Teaching Areas: Molecular Biology, Evolutionary Biology
  Research Areas: Molecular Evolutionary Ecology
  

• Dr. John J. Gaynor, Associate Professor. (973) 655-7253
  PhD, MS Rutgers University, BS, St. Josephs College
  Teaching Areas: Molecular Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology
  Research Areas: Molecular genetics of Hydra

• Dr. Reginald Halaby, Professor. (973) 655-7982
  PhD, M.Phil., CUNY, BA, Boston University
  Teaching Areas: Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Physiology, Embryology, Biology of Cancer
  Research Areas: Breast and Prostate Cancer Research, Apoptosis

• Dr. Lisa Hazard, Assistant Professor. (973) 655-3418
  PhD, University of California Riverside
  Teaching Areas: Ecology, Physiology
  Research Areas: Ecological Physiology of Desert Reptiles

• Dr. Scott L. Kight, Associate Professor. (973) 655-5426
  PhD Indiana University, MS Eastern Illinois University, BS Southern Illinois University
  Teaching Areas: Evolution, Animal Behavior, Ecology, Entomology
  Research Areas: Behavioral and community ecology of arthropods

• Dr. Stephen Koepp, Professor. (973) 655-7173
  PhD, MA, Texas State University, BS Messiah College
  Teaching Areas: Electron Microscopy
  Research Areas: Sub-cellular effects of heavy metals

• Dr. John Korky, Professor. (973) 655-7098
  PhD University of Nebraska, MS University of Texas El Paso, BS Wagner College
  Teaching Areas: Gross Mammalian Anatomy, Parasitology
  Research Areas: Ecology, biogeography, morphology, and systematics of anuran larvae.

• Dr. Jennifer Krumins. (973) 655-7284
  PhD Rutgers University, MS Texas State University, BA University of Texas at Austin
  Teaching Areas: Microbiology, Freshman Seminar, and Microbes in the Environment
  Research Areas: Microbial ecology, biodiversity, food web ecology.

• Dr. Lee H. Lee, Professor. (973) 655-7164
  PhD CUNY, MS Hunter College, BS National Taiwan University
  Teaching Areas: Microbiology, Virology
  Research Areas: Heavy metal effects on cyanobacteria

• Dr. Carlos Molina, Associate Professor. (973) 665-3302
  PhD, MS Purdue University, BS University of Puerto Rico
  Teaching Areas: Cell and Molecular Biology
  Research Areas: Cancer biology

• Dr. Kirsten Monsen, Assistant Professor. (973) 655-4397
  PhD, Oregon State University, BS University of Wisconsin
  Teaching Areas: Molecular Biology, Ecology
  Research Areas: Conservation Genetics, Molecular Ecology

• Dr. Elena Petroff, Assistant Professor. (973) 655-2027
  PhD, University of York, UK, BS/MS Kiev University, Ukraine
  Teaching Areas: Neurobiology, Cell Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology
  Research Areas: Neuroscience, Ion Channel Physiology

• Dr. Robert Prezant, Professor. (973) 655-5108
  PhD, University of Delaware, MS Northeastern University, BA Adelphi University
  Teaching Areas: Invertebrate Zoology
  Research Areas: Malacology

• Dr. John Smallwood, Associate Professor. (973) 655-5345
  PhD Ohio State University, MS, BA Miami University
  Teaching Areas: Ornithology, Ecology
  Research Areas: Ecology of the American Kestrel

• Dr. Vladislav Snitsarev, Assistant Professor. (973) 655-3489
  Ph.D., Bobomolets Institute of Physiology
  Teaching Areas:
  Research Areas:

• Dr. Dirk Vanderklein, Associate Professor. (973) 655-5265
  PhD University of Minnesota, MS, BS University of Washington
  Teaching Areas: Plant physiology and ecology
  Research Areas: Environmental stress and plant growth/survival

• Dr. Quinn C. Vega, Associate Professor and Chair. (973) 655-7178
  PhD University of California, San Diego, BS University of California, Irvine
  Teaching Areas: Cell and Molecular Biology
  Research Areas: Mammalian signal transduction
  

• Dr. Meiyin Wu, Associate Professor. (973) 655-7800
  PhD, MS, Washington State University
  Teaching Areas: Ecology
  Research Areas: Ecology and restoration of aquatic ecosystems
  

Student Research Opportunities

As a student in our department, you have many opportunities to pursue independent scientific research with faculty members. For undergraduates, this typically comes in the form of BIOL 418 (Biology Independent Research). For graduate students, this may take place in the form of BIOL 599 (Introduction to Biological Research) or a MS Thesis (BIOL 698).

The first step is to find out what faculty members are doing research that is exciting to you. This website is a good place to start - each faculty member on this page describes their research and publications. Contact and visit those faculty members you find interesting - you might get a chance to conduct exciting new experiments!

Click here for additional information about research in the College of Science and Mathematics.