Rutgers University-New Brunswick Faculty
Dr. Tamar Barkay
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Dr Barkay’s lab is focused on the microbial ecology of the interactions of microbes with toxic metals. Several projects are focused on the role of microbes in the formation and accumulation of methylmercury in aquatic environments.
Dr. Max Häggblom
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Deptartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Dr. Häggblom‘s laboratory focuses on the biodegradation of environmental pollutants.
Dr. Henry John-Alder
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Dr. John-Alder is studying the causes and consequences of individual variation in physiological traits in natural populations of animals. His current research examines the roles of sex and stress steroids as regulators of seasonal and socially-induced variation in exercise endurance in male lizards. He also uses DNA fingerprinting to investigate reproductive correlates of exercise endurance in the wild.
Dr. Lee Kerkhof
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Dr. Kerkhof’s expertise is using molecular approaches to study microbial ecology.
Dr. Rachael Winfree
Dr. Winfree’s research interests include (1) how pollinators and the pollination services they provide are affected by global change, (2) the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services, and (3) pollinator conservation and restoration.
Dr. Ming Xu
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
Dr. Xu is working closely with Ken Clark and has set up a series of automatic soil respirometers at the field station t measure carbon flux from the forest floor. He has also installed a number of stem respirometers on the pitch pine and oak trees. His interest is in modeling carbon dynamics in forests.
Dr. Ning Zhang
Department of Plant Biology & Pathology and the Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology
Dr. Zhang is a mycologist studying various groups of Fungi. Among her research interests are fungal biodiversity and the functional role of fungi in ecosystems.
Rutgers University-Camden Faculty
Dr. Angélica L. González
Department of Biology
Dr. González’s research explores how the supply, flux, and allocation of energy and matter constrain the structure and functioning of ecological systems, i.e., food webs and ecosystems.
Dr. Kwangwon Lee
Department of Biology
Dr Lee’s research specialty is eukaryotic circadian system at the genetic and molecular level. His research interests also include the roll of fire in Neurospora ecology.
Kimberlee Sue Moran, MSc, RPA
Forensic Science Program, Department of Chemistry
Kimberlee Moran’s research interests include taphonomic studies, fingerprint development and enhancement, post-mortem toxicology, and the interface of forensic archaeology and crime scene investigation.
Dr. Amy Savage
Department of Biology
Dr. Savage’s research focuses on how species interactions, stress and disturbance affect ecological communities and diversity.
Rutgers University-Newark Faculty
Dr. Karina Schäfer
Dr. Schäfer’s research is focused on refining carbon and water budgets of forest ecosystems under different disturbance regimes through sapflow based canopy conductance modeling of canopy assimilation and transpiration estimates.