Computational & Integrative Biology Graduate Faculty

Computational & Integrative Biology Graduate Program

Grace Brannigan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Complex signaling mechanisms in the central nervous system
branniganlab.org

Jean-Camille Birget, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Computational complexity, cryptography and computer security (graphical passwords), automata theory, complexity of problems in combinatorial group theory.
camden.rutgers.edu/expert/birget

Nawaf Bou-Rabee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Stochastic Differential Equations, Coarse-Graining, Computational Statistical and Geometric Mechanics
crab.rutgers.edu/~nb361

Guillaume Lamoureux, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry

John Dighton, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Current research topics at the station include biogeochemical cycling in soil and freshwater systems; the role of mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi in ecosystem functioning; studies of soil fauna; and an emphasis on human impacts on ecosystems.
pinelands.camden.rutgers.edu

Jinglin Fu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Applying self-assembled molecular scaffolds to the organization of biomoleuclar networks with the intention of understanding fundamental mechanisms for biochemistry reactions as well as developing novel regulatory biocircuits.
jinglinfu.camden.rutgers.edu

Siqi Fu, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Geometric analysis in several complex variables
people.camden.rutgers.edu/sfu

Rajiv Gandhi, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Approximation algorithms for NP-hard problems, particularly problems with applications in areas such as scheduling, wireless networks, communication networks, clustering, and related areas
crab.rutgers.edu/~rajivg

Angélica L. González, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
How the theory of “ecological stoichiometry” (i.e., the balance of multiple chemical substances in ecological processes) and scaling principles (i.e., body size) can be applied to better understand the structure and function of food webs and ecosystems
agonzalez.blogs.rutgers.edu

Catherine Grgicak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Grgicak is the team leader and principal investigator of the Laboratory for Forensic Technology Development & Integration, wherein we focus on developing methods to optimize forensic DNA signal and simplify the interpretation of low-level signal obtained from complex environments. We are the stewards of the PROVEDIt software and database, and the developers of ValiDNA – a systems approach to forensic optimization and validation.
lftdi.camden.rutgers.edu

Andrey Grigoriev, Ph.D. 
Professor of Biology
Biological evolution
grigoriev.rutgers.edu

Julianne Griepenburg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics

Dawei Hong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Modelling and analysis of biological network by stochastic calculus
crab.rutgers.edu/~dhong

Howard Jacobowitz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Involutive Structures, Several Complex Variables, Differential Geometry and Partial Differential Equations
jacobowitz.camden.rutgers.edu

Eric Klein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Bacterial mechanotransduction
ericklein.camden.rutgers.edu

Kwangwon Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Identifying the multiple genetic loci responsible for a complex phenotype and characterizing the interactions between them
kwangwonlee.camden.rutgers.edu

Desmond Lun, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Biological signal processing and systems biology
crab.rutgers.edu/~dslun

Joseph V. Martin, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Clarifying how thyroid hormones influence the adult mammalian brain
joemartin.camden.rutgers.edu

Jongmin Nam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Developing ultra-high throughput reporter assay tools for functional annotation and characterization of CRMs by expanding the principles of ‘barcoded’ reporter assays
namlab.camden.rutgers.edu

Sean O’Malley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Growth and characterization of novel solid state materials
crab.rutgers.edu/~omallese

Michael Palis, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Parallel and distributed computing, real-time systems, design and analysis of algorithms, and computational complexity
palis.camden.rutgers.edu

Benedetto Piccoli, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Control and optimization of network flow
piccoli.camden.rutgers.edu

Suneeta Ramaswami, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Computational geometry and the design, analysis and implementation of algorithms for geometric problems that arise in varied applications such as mesh generation, robotics, and computer graphics
crab.rutgers.edu/~rsuneeta

Alex Roche, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Design, synthesis and characterization of fluorinated organic molecules
roche.camden.rutgers.edu

William M. Saidel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Studies with Pantodon buchholzi, the African butterfly fish. Physiological basis of neuronal algorithms, modeling underwater vision, neuroethology
saidel.camden.rutgers.edu

David Salas-de la Cruz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Physical characterization and thermal properties of plant cell wall composition as function of cell wall lignin degree of polymerization, gene manipulation, percent relative humidity and percent ionic liquid content
dsalas.camden.rutgers.edu

Amy M. Savage, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Species interactions in an urban context, arthropod diversity, composition and resilience across acute & chronic stress mosaics, nutritional ecology of urban ants, community ecology of ant-protective mutualisms
amysavage.camden.rutgers.edu

Daniel H. Shain, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Annelid development and evolution, stem cells
biology.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty/daniel-shain

Sunil Shende, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Algorithms – theory, analysis and design
shende.camden.rutgers.edu

Gabor Toth, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Geometry of eigenmaps and spherical minimal immersions, visualizing mathematics
math.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty/gabor-toth

William Whitlow, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Psychobiology of  learning, evolution of cognition, implicit memory, causal reasoning, science education, metamemory and cognition
billwhitlow.camden.rutgers.edu

Nir Yakoby, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Developmental genetics
yakoby.camden.rutgers.edu

Hao Zhu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Design and provide useful cheminformatics tools to answer the above challenges
zhu.camden.rutgers.edu

Associate Members of the Center for Computational & Integrative Biology 

Sarah Allred, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Color perception and color memory, Bayesian modeling of perception, color constancy, philosophy of perception, neural basis of visual object recognition, and evolutionary psychology
allred.camden.rutgers.edu

Haydee Herrera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Differential Topology, Riemannian Geometry
crab.rutgers.edu/~haydeeh

Patrick J. McIlroy, Ph.D.
Mechanism of action of polypeptide hormones; how they interact with their receptors, the second messenger systems they use and how these systems interact. The primary focus is on gonadotropin (hCG and LH) action in the ovary.
crab.rutgers.edu/~pmcilroy

Robrecht van der Wel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychological mechanisms underlying everyday physical actions, motor control, object manipulation, sequence planning, interpersonal action planning and coordination (joint action), belief representations in action, and the sense of agency
vanderwel.camden.rutgers.edu

Yuchung J. Wang, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Statistics
math.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty/yuchung-wang