Faculty

Debashish Bhattacharya , BSc, Dalhousie; MES, Dalhousie; PhD, Simon Fraser
Interests: algal and protist evolution, endosymbiosis, comparative and functional genomics, tree of life
Contact: Foran Hall 102, 59 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
bhattacharya-at-aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-8193

Joanna Burger, BS, SUNY (Albany); MS, Cornell; PhD, Minnesota
Interests: Avian Behavior & Ecology
Contact: Nelson Biology Laboratories, Rm B218, 604 Allison Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
burger@biology.rutgers.edu
(732) 445-4318

Timothy M. Casey, BS, Pennsylvania State; PhD, California (Los Angeles)
Interests: Physiological ecology; energetics; thermoregulation and biodiversity
Contact: 72 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
tca@rci.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9266

Siobain Duffy, BA, Rutgers University; MS, PhD, Yale
Interests: Emerging viruses, molecular evolution, experimental evolution, adaptive evolution in microbes
Contact: Foran Hall 316, 59 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
siobain@rci.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-8165 x318

David W. Ehrenfeld, BA, MD, Harvard; PhD, Florida
Interests: Conservation biology
Contact: ENR 122, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 932-9553

Douglas E. Eveleigh, BS, London; PhD, Exeter
Interests: Microbial ecology; cellulose recycling; endomycorrhizae
Contact: Lipman Hall 328, 76 Lipman Dr., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
eveleigh@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9763

Fefferman, Nina, BA, Princeton; MS Rutgers; PhD, Tufts
Interests: Application of mathematical and computational models to biological systems, epidemiology, evolutionary & behavioral ecology, and conservation biology
Contact: ENR 134, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
fefferman@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-1577

Ravit Golan-Duncan, PhD, Northwestern
Interests: Thinking and learning in science: role of domain-specific knowledge in the development of scientific literacy
Contact: Graduate School of Education Building 221, 10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
ravit.duncan@gse.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-7496

Robert M. Goodman, BS, Cornell; PhD, Cornell
Interests: Diversity and function of microorganisms in natural environments
Contact: Executive Dean, SEBS Dean's Office, Martin Hall 104, 88 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
execdean@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9000 x500

Jason Grabosky, BS Cal Poly; MS, PhD, Cornell
Interests: Urban tree management in the development and maintenance of urban landscapes; managing stormwater for urban sustainability using trees and structural soils; root-pavement conflicts.
Contact: ENR 144, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
grabosky@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-0050

Edwin J. Green, BS, MS, SUNY; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic
Interests: Forest ecology; quantitative methods
Contact: ENR 158, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
green@crssa.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9152

Steven N. Handel, AB, Columbia College; MS, PhD, Cornell
Interests: Plant population ecology; pollination biology; restoration ecology
Contact: Plant Physiology Building 101, 1 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
handel@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-4516

Henry John-Alder, Chair, BA, Franklin & Marshall College; MS, Penn State; PhD, Univ California Irvine
Interests: Ecological and evolutionary physiology and endocrinology
Contact: ENR 152, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
henry-at-aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-1064

Rebecca Jordan, PhD, Massachusetts
Interests: Ecology: evolution of behavior: environmental education and citizen science
Contact: Program in Science Learning, 59 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
rcjordan@rci.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9164

Karl Kjer, PhD, Minnesota
Interests: Phylogeny of Trichoptera; molecular phylogenetics
Course syllabi:
Contact: Blake Hall 121, 93 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
kjer@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9880

Richard G. Lathrop, Jr., BA, Dartmouth; MS, PhD, Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests: Landscape ecology; remote sensing
Contact: Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis, ENR, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
lathrop@crssa.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-1580

Julie Lockwood, BS, MS, Georgia Southern; PhD, Tennessee.
Interests: Wildlife conservation and invasive species
Contact: ENR 146, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
lockwood@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9336

Marci Meixler, BS, BA Rutgers; PhD, Cornell
Interests: spatial ecology, geostatistical modeling, stream ecology
Contact: ENR 126, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
meixler@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-1081

Peter J. Morin, BS, Trinity College; PhD, Duke
Interests: Community ecology
Contact: ENR 148, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
pjmorin@rci.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-3214

Peter E. Smouse, BS, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, North Carolina State
Interests: Mathematical ecology; ecological genetics
Contact: Waller Hall Rm 1, 59 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
smouse@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-1124

Lena Struwe, BSc, PhD, Stockholm
Interests: Plant systematics and evolution
Contact: Foran Hall 237, 59 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
struwe@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9711 x235

Michael V. K. Sukhdeo, BSc, MSc, PhD, McGill
Interests: Habitat selection behavior of parasitic helminthes; parasite ecology
Contact: Bartlett Hall 213A, 84 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
sukhdeo@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9406

Mark C. Vodak, BS, North Carolina State; MS, PhD, Michigan State
Interests: Private, non-industrial forest management; Riparian forest buffer systems; Christmas tree production
Contact: Meteorology Building 114, 80 Nichol Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
vodak@aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-8993

Ming Xu, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Interest: Ecosystem ecology, remote sensing, modeling
Contact: ENR 132, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
mingxu@crssa.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9211

Emeriti Faculty:

James E. Applegate, BS, Rutgers; MS, PhD, Pennsylvania State

Arthur W. Edwards, BS, Salem State College; MS, Temple University, PhD, Massachusetts

David Fairbrothers, BS, Syracuse; MS, PhD, Cornell

Louis A. Iozzi, BA, Kean College; MA, Montclair State College; EdD, Rutgers

Charles F. Leck, BS, Muhlenberg College; PhD, Cornell

Roger Locandro, BS, MS, PhD, Rutgers

Robert E. Loveland, BA, Rutgers; MA, PhD, Harvard

Ian L. Maw, BS, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; MS, PhD, Pennsylvania State

George H. Nieswand, BS, Rutgers; MS, Cornell; PhD, Rutgers

Harry W. Power, Professor Emeritus of Behavioral Ecology. BA, Montana; MA, PhD, Michigan

James A. Quinn, BS, Oklahoma Panhandle State; MS, PhD, Colorado State

Theodore B. Shelton, BS, Bucknell; MS, PhD, Rutgers

John C. F. Tedrow, BS, Pennsylvania State; MS, Michigan State; PhD, Rutgers

Leonard J. Wolgast, BS, MS, PhD, Rutgers