Faculty

Joseph Fondell
Associate Professor
Ph.D., State University of New York
Phone: (732) 235-3348
E-mail: fondeljd@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Regulation of gene expression by nuclear hormone receptors. Pathological role of nuclear receptors in hormone dependent cancers

Daniel Herranz Benito
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Autonomous University of Madrid
Phone: (732) 235-4064
E-mail: dh710@cinj.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Epigenetics, Leukemia, T-ALL, Chromosome conformation, Enhancers, Non-coding regions, Genetically Engineered Mouse Models (GEMM)

Shengkan (Victor) Jin
Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University Weill Medical School
Phone: (732) 235-4329 / 6197
E-mail: victor.jin@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Targeting mitochondria for treating metabolic diseases and cancer, and treating genetic diseases by a new precision gene editing technology

Malvika Kaul
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Phone: (732) 235-6414
E-mail: malvika.kaul@rutgers.edu

Jerome A. Langer
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University (Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry)
Phone: (732) 235-5224
E-mail: langer@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Structure and function of interferons and interferon receptors; development of Type I IFN antagonists; role of IFNs in autoimmune diseases such as lupus

Honghua Li
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Phone: (732) 235-7330
E-mail: holi@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Human genetics, genomics, immunogenetics, meiotic recombination, cancer genetics, genetic analysis with single sperm.

Kiran Madura
Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester
Phone: (732) 235-5602
E-mail: maduraki@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis in signal transduction pathways in yeast.

Ricardo Iván Martínez Zamudio
Assistant Professor and Rutgers Presidential Faculty Scholar 2022
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Phone: (732) 235-5955
E-mail: rm1238@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Epigenomics, transcription factor networks, cell fate transitions, cancer, aging, reprogramming, high-throughput sequencing, biochemistry, computational biology, systems biology.



Conor McClenaghan
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Oxford University
Phone: (848) 445-9865
E-mail: cm1514@cabm.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Ion channelopathies, ion channel pharmacology, cardiovascular and muscle electrophysiology

Daniel S. Pilch
Professor
Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Phone: (732) 235-3352
E-mail: daniel.pilch@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Antimicrobial and anticancer drug design and development, antibiotics, drug resistance, drug-maromolecule interactions, protein and nucleic acid structure and function, biothermodynamics, molecular-biophysics.

Lauren Poole
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine
E-mail: lh786@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Focused on the role of the blood clotting cascade in acute and chronic liver injury. Specifically, her goals are to identify how blood clotting factors contribute to liver injury and repair.

Arnold B. Rabson
Professor
M.D., Brown University
Phone: (732) 235-9523
E-mail: rabsonab@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Gene regulation in cancer, human retroviral infections

Monica Roth
Professor
Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: (732) 235-5048
E-mail: roth@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Retroviral entry, replication, and integration.

Loren W. Runnels
Professor
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Phone: (732) 235-4593
E-mail: runnellw@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: TRP channels, early development, cell survival, kidney disease.

Alexey G. Ryazanov
Professor
Ph.D., Moscow State University, Institute of Protein Research
Phone: (732) 235-5526
E-mail: alexey.ryazanov@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Alpha-kinases, channel-kinases and cell signaling.

Lee Ann Schein, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS
Phone: (732) 235-3446
E-mail: scheinla@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Medical Education

Kathleen Scotto
Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University (Sloan-Kettering Division)
Phone: (732) 235-4812
E-mail: scottoka@cinj.rutgers.edu
Research Interest:  Research targeting the regulation of expression of drug resistance genes in human tumors.

Jia Shi
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Florida
Phone: (732) 235-4012
E-mail: shiji@cinj.rutgers.edu
Research Interest:  Interested in understanding the survival mechanisms of cancer cells and cancer stem cells/stem cells under various stress conditions that lead to resistance to therapy and higher chance of clonal expansion. Our investigation focuses on the functions of a membrane transporter, ABCG2, which is known to be able to efflux certain therapeutic drugs. An extended role of ABCG2 in regulating metabolism, thereby conferring survival advantages, is emerging. 

William J. Welsh
Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Phone: (732) 235-3234
E-mail: welshwj@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Computational chemistry, drug design, predictive toxicology, pattern recognition, bioinformatics, cheminformatics.

X.F. Steven Zheng
Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Phone: (732) 235-6879
E-mail: zhengst@cinj.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Cancer biology, metabolic stress, nutrient signaling, targeted therapy, drug discovery.