MBRS

Faculty Areas of Specialization

Name/Title	Degree From	Specialization	Info
Alan Gilchrist PhD	Rutgers	Psychology	How the human visual system computes perceived shades of black, gray or white from the pattern of relative intensities of light in the retinal image. Email: alan@psychology.rutgers.edu Link: http://www.psych.rutgers.edu/
Ann Cali PhD	Ohio State	Biology	Parasitologist specializing in the Microsporidia -a group of spore-forming intracellular parasitic Protista, infecting human and animals. Discovery of new organisms in man, their developmental biology, ultrastructure, pathology and epidemiology. Email: anncali@newark.rutgers.edu Link: http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/
Barry Komisaruk PhD	Rutgers	Psychology	Neural biofeedback to alleviate pain from spinal cord injuries. Email: brk@andromeda.rurtgers.edu Link: http://psychology.rutgers.edu/~brk/
Bart Rypma PhD	Georgia Institute of Technology	Psychology	Working memory; reasoning; cognitive aging; prefrontal cortical functioning. Email: rypma@psychology.rutgers.edu Link: http://psychology.rutgers.edu/~rypma/
Daniel E. Murnick PhD	MIT	Physics	Laser-based analysis of stable isotopes and Carbon 14 for biomedical studies. Email: murnick@andromeda.rutgers.edu Link: http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/~physics/
Edward M. Bonder PhD	Pennsylvania	Biology	Nonmuscle cell motility; molecular motors, developmental axis formation, and wound healing. Email: ebonder@newark.rutgers.edu Link: http://bonderosa.rutgers.edu/
Elise L. Lev EdD	Columbia	Nursing	Analysis of self-efficacy- enhancing intervention given to women with breast cancer. Email: eliselev@andromeda.rutgers.edu Link: http://nursing.rutgers.edu/academic-programs/acad-progs.htm
Farzan Nadim PhD	Boston	Biology	How networks of neurons in the central nervous system generate rhythmic motor activity. Email: farzan@newark.rutgers.edu Link: http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/
Frank Jordan PhD	Pennsylvania	Chemistry	Elucidation of the structure, mechanism, and folding of enzyme catalyzed reactions, specifically enzymes that utilize thiamin diphosphate (the vitamin B1 Coenzyme) and serine proteases. Email: fjordan@andromeda.rutgers.edu Link: http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/chemistry/
Haesun Kim PhD	Cincinnati	Biology	Cell and molecular biology of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells. Email: haekim@newark.rutgers.edu Link: http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/
Huixin He PhD	Peking University	Chemistry	Pursues research in the field of nanomaterials, including fabrication and exploration their novel properties for nanoelectronics and ultra-sensitive chem./biosensors. Email: Huixinhe@newark.rutgers.edu Link: http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~huixinhe/huixinhe.html
James Tepper PhD	Colorado	Neuroscience	Neurophysiological, neuropharmacological, and neuroanatomical examination of the functional circuitry of the basal ganglia. Email: tepper@axon.rutgers.edu Link: http://garcia.rutgers.edu, Link: http://ins.rutgers.edu/
Joan Morrell PhD	Rochester	Neuroscience	Steroid hormone dependent reproductive behavior, particularly maternal behavior, with an emphasis on examining the systems that mediate maternal motivation. Email: morrell@axon.rutgers.edu Link: http://ins.rutgers.edu/
Jorge Golowasch PhD	Brandeis	Biology	Mechanisms of long-term homeostatic changes of neuronal molecules in response to removal of input from the central nervous system. Email: golowasch@stg.rutgers.edu Link: http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/
Judith Weis PhD	New York University	Biology	Health of festuarine organisms in response to environmental stressors, including toxic contaminants, parasites, and invasive species. Email: jweis@andromeda.rutges.edu Link: http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/Faculty/weis/weis.htm
Kenneth Kressel PhD	Columbia	Psychology	Nature and dynamics of conflict among scientists and the role of third party mediators in resolving such disputes. Email: kkressel@psychology.rutgers.edu Link: http://psychology.rutgers.edu/~kkressel/
Kent Harber PhD	Stanford	Psychology	Interracial feedback and social support; manner in which people provide and receive emotional help from others, and effects of social support on coping. Email: kharber@psychology.rutgers.edu Link: http://www.psych.rutgers.edu/
Laszlo Zaborszky PhD	Semmelweis, Hungary	Neuroscience	Basal forebrain anatomy and electrophysiology. Email: zaborsky@axon.rutgers.edu Link: http://www.bns.rutgers.edu/~zaborsky
Richard Mendelsohn PhD	MIT	Chemistry	Spectroscopic characterization of monolayer films related to pulmonary surfactant, and the development of infrared imaging technology for the study of bone disease. Email: mendelso@andromeda.rutgers.edu Link: http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/chemistry/