Graduate Program Faculty

Brandon Alderman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Kinesiology & Health, Rutgers University
848-932-7028
alderman@rutgers.edu

Research: Psychophysiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Interventions

Tracy G. Anthony, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-6331
tracy.anthony@rutgers.edu

Research: Protein and amino acid metabolism; adaptation to cell stress by eIF2 and mTOR pathways; nutrition and exercise

Elisa V. Bandera,  Ph.D, MD.
Professor
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
732-235-9874
elisa.bandera@rutgers.edu

Research: Nutritional epidemiology of cancer, female hormonal cancer

Nicholas T. Bello, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-2966
ntbello@rutgers.edu

Research: Consequences of Dietary conditions and bingeing on noradrenergic pathways

Paul Breslin, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-6080
pasb@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Genetics of human oral perception and fly taste perception and their impact on food and nutrient intake

Christoph Buettner, Ph.D, MD.
Professor of Medicine and Chancellor Scholar
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Vice Chair for Basic Research, Faculty Director Physician Scientist Program
Dept. of Medicine, Rutgers RWJ Medical School
732-235-6336
cb1116@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Research: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Brain control of Metabolism, Sympathetic Nervous System and Metabolic Syndrome, Microglia, Hypothalamic Inflammation, Glucose Counterregulation, Microbiome and Metabolic Control, Diabetes and Traumatic Brain Injury, Lipid Metabolism and Alzheimer's Disease

Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Ph.D., RD, FAND
Distinguished Professor, Graduate Program Director
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-0965
bredbenner@sebs.rutgers.edu

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

Laura D. Byham-Gray, Ph.D., RDN, FNKF
Professor & Vice Chair
Clinical and Preventive Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
973-972-1605
byhamgld@rutgers.edu

Research: how PEW is related to energy expenditure and the impact dialysis can have on the energy balance in patients with CKD

Sara C. Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Kinesiology & Health, Rutgers University
848-932-7036
saracamp@kines.rutgers.edu

Research: Exercise influences on gut microbes and intestinal health

George Carman, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Food Science, Rutgers University
848-932-0267
gcarman@rutgers.edu

Research: Regulation of lipid metabolism

Wendie Cohick, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-6319
cohick@njaes.rutgers.edu

Research: Endocrine regulation of mammary gland biology and breast cancer

Cara L. Cuite, Ph.D.
Assistant Extension Specialist
Dept. of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
848-932-4544
cuite@rutgers.edu

Research: Community food security, public perceptions of food safety and novel food technologies

Karen D'Alonzo, Ph.D., RN, APN-c, FAAN
Associate Dean, Nursing Science & Associate Professor
Division of Nursing Science, Rutgers School of Nursing
973-353-1061 / 848-932-0879
kdalonzo@rutgers.edu

Research: biobehavioral approaches to promotion of physical activity and the prevention/management of obesity

Joseph L. Dixon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-9039
dixon@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Lipoprotein metabolism, lipid metabolism in diabetes and obesity
Dixon Laboratory

Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology, Rutgers University
848-932-5648
mg.dominguez-bello@rutgers.edu
Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello Laboratory

Research: Microbiome impacts of modern lifestyle & restoration

Shauna M. Downs, Ph.D., MS
Associate Professor
Dept. of Urban-Global Public Health
Rutgers University School of Public Health
sd1081@rutgers.edu

Research: Food policy; value chains; sustainable diets; food environments

Mackenzie Ferrante, Ph.D., RDN
Assistant Professor
mackenzie.ferrante@rutgers.edu
IFNH, Suite 220
848-932-0249

Research: Eating behaviors and food choices of young children and families, environmental and behavioral nutrition interventions (restaurants, grocery stores, home), behavioral economics, the complementary feeding period and infant and toddler nutrition

Ronaldo P. Ferraris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Pharmacology & Physiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
973-972-4519
ferraris@rutgers.edu

Research: Gastrointestinal physiology, membrane transport

Nurgül Fitzgerald, Ph.D., RD
Associate Professor / Extension Specialist
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
nurgul.fitzgerald@rutgers.edu
848-932-0981

Research: Community nutrition, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, diabetes

Grace L. Guo, MBBS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Rutgers University School of Pharmacy
848-445-8186
guo@eohsi.rutgers.edu

Research: Bile acids, nuclear receptors, liver and intestine crosstalk, fatty liver diseases, liver cancer

William K. Hallman, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
848-932-9227
hallman@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Risk perception, risk communication, consumer attitudes and behavior, food policy

Daniel J. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-0980 / 848-932-0272
dhoffman@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Energy metabolism and body composition

Estela Jacinto, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJ Medical School
732-235-4476
jacintes@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Jacinto Lab

Research: Nutrient metabolism and regulation of cell signaling, T cell metabolism, insulin and mTOR signaling

Debra L. Laskin, Ph.D.
Professor II and Chair
Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Rutgers University School of Pharmacy
848-445-5862
laskin@eohsi.rutgers.edu

Research: Immunology; mechanisms regulating nonspecific host defense

Steven K. Malin, Ph.D., FACSM
Associate Professor
Dept. of Kinesiology & Health, Rutgers University
848-932-9525
steven.malin@rutgers.edu

Research: Insulin Resistance, cardiovascular risk, obesity, type 2 diabetes, exercise, nutrition, pharmacology and bariatric surgery

Kenneth H. McKeever, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-9390
mckeever@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Comparative exercise and cardiovascular physiology

Joshua W. Miller, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Nutritonal Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-5428
joshua.miller@rutgers.edu

Research: B vitamins, homocysteine, and one-carbon metabolism; cognitive function and dementia in older adults; mammary development and cancer

Loredana Quadro, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Food Science, Rutgers University
848-932-5491
quadro@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Metabolism of essential micronutrients and effects on human health throughout the life cycle

Virginia Quick, Ph.D., RD
Associate Teaching Professor & Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-0950
vquick@njaes.rutgers.edu

Research: Research: obesity and disordered eating, community nutrition, program assessment and evaluation, diet-related chronic disease

Ilya Raskin, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology and Biotechnology Center
848-932-6267
raskin@rutgers.edu

Research: Botanical therapeutics, biomedical agriculture

Shristi Rawal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Clinical and Preventive Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
860-690-8495
shristi.rawal@rutgers.edu

Research: maternal health, perinatal epidemiology, gestational diabetes, taste perception, olfaction, nutritional epidemiology, cardiometabolic diseases

Yana Rodgers, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Women's & Gender Studies, Rutgers University
848-932-8411
yana.rodgers@rutgers.edu

Research: Children's nutrition , development economics

Troy Roepke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-9454
ta.roepke@rutgers.edu

Research: The interactions of hormones, diets, endocrine disruptors, and maternal influences on the hypothalamic control of energy homeostasis, reproduction, and thermoregulation

Diana E. Roopchand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Food Science, Rutgers University
848-932-0248
diana.roopchand@rutgers.edu

Research: Interactions between dietary components, gut microbiota, and intestinal epithelium strongly influence host health

Mark A. Rossi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry, RWJMS
732-235-2870
Mark.Rossi@rutgers.edu

Research: Neurocircuit control of feeding, energy homeostasis, and obesity

Harini Sampath, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-0266
sampath@ifnh.rutgers.edu

Research: Lipid metabolism; metabolic diseases including fatty liver, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer; tumor microenvironment; gut microbiome and metabolic health

Donald W. Schaffner, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor / Extension Specialist
Dept. of Food Science, Rutgers University
848-932-5411
don.schaffner@rutgers.edu

Research: Predictive Food Microbiology; quantitative microbial risk assessment

Ethan D. Schoolman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
848-932-9232
ethan.schoolman@rutgers.edu

Research: Environmental and social dimensions of local, regional and alternative food systems

Sue A. Shapses, Ph.D., RD
Professor and Director of the Human Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism Center (NEXT Center) at the NJ-IFNH
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-9403
shapses@rutgers.edu

Research: Osteoporosis, vitamin D, bone metabolism, obesity and dietary inflammation

Igor Shmarakov, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-5617
sishmarakov@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Molecular and cellular physiology of retinoids in health and disease.

Labros Sidossis, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Kinesiology & Health
Dept. of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
848-932-9512
lss133@rci.rutgers.edu

Research: Lifestyle determinants of obesity and metabolic diseases

Judith Storch, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-1689
storch@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Cellular lipid transport, structure and function of lipid transport proteins, intestinal lipid transport and systemic energy metabolism

Nanjoo Suh, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
848-445-8030
nsuh@pharmacy.rutgers.edu

Research: Mechanistic study of cancer prevention & inflammation-natural/synthetic agents

Beverly J. Tepper, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Food Science, Rutgers University
848-932-5417
btepper@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Food intake regulation, taste in disease

Malcolm Watford, D.Phil.
Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-6263
watford@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Regulation of glutamine metabolism, glutaminase gene expression

Liping Zhao, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology, Rutgers University
848-445-5675
liping.zhao@rutgers.edu

Research: Molecular and genomic tools, microbiota, medicinal foods

Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Medicine
The Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Dept. of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
732-235-8460
abdelfattah.elouaamari@rutgers.edu
El Ouaamari Laboratory

Research: Organ Crosstalk, Energy Homeostasis, Pancreas, Insulin-Producing ß Cells, Diabetes

Barry W. Jesse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-9095
barry.jesse@rutgers.edu

Research: Post-natal GI tract development

Debra M. Palmer-Keenan, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Professor / Extension Specialist Emeritus
dkeenan@njaes.rutgers.edu

Research: Nutrition education, food security

John Worobey, Ph.D., FAPA
Professor Emeritus
worobey@sebs.rutgers.edu

Research: Infant nutrition and behavior, children's diet and activity, eating disorders