Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Dept. of Nutritional Sciences]

Departmental Faculty

Photo: Dawn L. Brasaemle, Ph.D., Associate Professor.

Dawn L. Brasaemle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director Graduate Program

Email: brasaemle@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 133 Thompson Hall
Phone: 732-932-6524
  • Research: Biology of neutral lipid storage and release
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Ph.D., R.D.
Extension Specialist

Email: Bredbenner@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 211 Davison Hall
Phone: 732-932-2382

  • Research: Nutrition education; health promotion & interventions; environmental effects on dietary intake

Photo: Joseph L. Dixon, Ph.D., Associate Professor.

Joseph L. Dixon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: dixon@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 132 Thompson Hall
Phone: 732-932-9039
  • Research: Lipoprotein metabolism, coronary arteriosclerosis
Photo: Hans Fisher, Ph.D.
Hans Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor II Emeritus

Email: fisher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 104 Thompson Hall
Phone: 732-932-9825
  • Research: Alcohol metabolism, nutrient interactions and the alcoholic fatty liver syndrome
Photo: Nurgül Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Nurgül Fitzgerald, Ph.D., R.D.
Assistant Extension Specialist

Email: nfitzgerald@rcre.rutgers.edu
Office: 229A Davison Hall
Phone: 732-932-3835
  • Research: Community nutrition, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, diabetes
Photo: Daniel Hoffman, Ph.D.
Daniel Hoffman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: dhoffman@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 228B Davison Hall
Phone: 732-932-6568
  • Research: Energy metabolism and body composition
Photo: R. Ariel Igal, Ph.D., M.D.
R. Ariel Igal, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor

Email: igal@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 131 Thompson Hall
Phone: 732-932-9717
  • Research: Lipid metabolism, cell proliferation, lipotoxicity and cancer
Debrah Palmer, Ph.D.
Associate Extension Specialist and Director, New Jersey Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP)

Email: dpalmer@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 228A Davison Hall
Phone: 732-932-9853
  • Research: Nutrition education, food security
Peggy Policastro, M.S., R.D.
Instructor and Director, Healthy Dining Team

Email: peggyp@rci.rutgers.edu
Office: 225 Davison Hall
Phone:732-932-5447
  • Research: Dietary patterns of college students
Photo: Sue A. Shapses, Ph.D., R.D.
Sue A. Shapses, Ph.D., R.D.
Professor I and Director, New Jersey Obesity Group

Email: shapses@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 111 Thompson Hall
Phone: 732-932-9403
  • Research: Osteoporosis, bone metabolism and obesity
Adria R. Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Undergraduate Program

Email: sherman_c@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 213 Thompson Hall
Phone: 732-932-6530
  • Research: Trace elements; nutrition, immunity and cancer
Judith Storch, Ph.D., R.D.
Professor

Email: storch@aesop.rutgers.edu
Office: 214 Thompson Hall
Phone: 732-932-1689
  • Research: Cellular lipid transport; structure and function of fatty acid-binding proteins
Photo: Barbara L. Tangel, M.S., R.D.
Barbara L. Tangel, M.S., R.D.
Instructor and Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics

Email: bltangel@rci.rutgers.edu
Office: 229B Davison Hall
Phone: 732-932-6525



Malcolm Watford, D.Phil.
Professor
Phone: 732-932-7418
Email: watford@aesop.rutgers.edu
  • Regulation of glutamine metabolism, glutaminase gene expression
Photo: John Worobey, Ph.D.
John Worobey, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair

Email: worobey@rci.rutgers.edu
Office: 208 Davison Hall
Phone: 732-932-6517
  • Research: Infant nutrition and behavior, children's diet and activity, eating disorders
Photo: Harriet S. Worobey, M.A.
Harriet S. Worobey, M.A.
Instructor and Director, Nutritional Sciences Preschool

Email: harrietw@rci.rutgers.edu
Office: 036, 209 Davison Hall
Phone: 732-932-8895
  • Research: Children's diet and activity
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