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
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
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
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 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
Associate Members
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
Affiliate Members
Research: Nutrition education focusing on health promotion and chronic disease prevention
Jaclyn M. Abbot, Ph.D., RDN
Part-Time Lecturer
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
abbotj@sebs.rutgers.edu
Sara Elnakib, Ph.D., MPH, RDN
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Coop. Ext. of Passaic Cty.,
Rutgers NJAES
973-305-5742
elnakisa@rutgers.edu
Pinkin Panchal, MS, RDN
Assistant Teaching Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
848-932-0938
panchal@sebs.rutgers.edu
Peggy Policastro, Ph.D., RDN
Director of Culinary Literacy & Nutrition
IFNH/Dining Services
848-932-5447
peggyp@rutgers.edu
Salome P. Rao, Ph.D., RD
Assistant Teaching Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
rao@sebs.rutgers.edu