![Photo: Gary L. Altman](images/gary-altman-img.jpg)
Gary L. Altman
Teaching Instructor
gla32@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6321
Horticultural Therapy, People-Plant Relationships, Rehabilitation Counseling, Vocational Rehabilitation, Vocational Evaluation and Return to Work Coordination, Green Industry Job Development/Job Placement
![Photo: Sonia Arora](images/arora_thumb.jpg)
Sonia Arora
Teaching Instructor
sonia.arora@rutgers.edu
848-932-6337
Medicinal plants, ethnopharmacology, structural bioinformatics, computer aided drug design, nutraceuticals, natural products & human health
![Photo: Faith Belanger](images/Faith_Belanger_thumbnail.jpg)
Faith Belanger
Associate Professor
belanger@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6389
Plant pathology/molecular biology/biotechnology: turfgrass molecular biology; endophyte interaction, fungal endophyte/grass interaction
![Photo: Thierry E. Besancon](images/besancon_thumbnail.jpg)
Thierry E. Besancon
Associate Extension Specialist in Weed Science
thierry.besancon@rutgers.edu
609-726-1590 Ext. 4442
Plant Protection and Biotic and Abiotic Interactions
![Photo: Stacy Bonos](images/bonos_thumbnail.jpg)
Stacy Bonos
Professor
bonos@rutgers.edu
848-932-6367
Plant breeding and genetic improvement; perennial grasses for turf and biofuel; inheritance of disease resistance and stress tolerance; molecular and traditional breeding approaches
![Photo: Raul I. Cabrera](images/cabrera_thumbnail.jpg)
Raul I. Cabrera
Associate Extension Specialist in Nursery Production & Management
cabrera@njaes.rutgers.edu
856-391-7632
Sustainable Agricultural Systems
![Photo: Ming-Yi Chou](images/Ming-Yi-Chou-1.jpg)
Ming-Yi Chou
Assistant Extension Specialist
mingyi.chou@rutgers.edu
848-932-6395
Turfgrass Pathology, microbial ecology, multi-omic, fungicide efficacy
![Photo: Tiemi N. Curry](images/curry_thumbnail.jpg)
Tiemi N. Curry
Research Associate
curry@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6374
Plant tissue culture/biotechnology: plant cell, tissue and organ culture – research development and production; plant micropropagation, for selected, highly valued Rutgers hybrid breeding programs
![Photo: Rong Di](images/di_thumbnail.jpg)
Rong Di
Assistant Professor
di@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6350
Molecular biology/biotechnology: molecular biology, biotechnology, nutraceuticals, biofuel
![Photo: Edward Durner](images/durner_thumbnail.jpg)
Edward Durner
Associate Professor
durner@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6366
Plant management: applied physiology; statistics; CSA management, student farms, organic food production, Physalis production, statistical analysis
![Photo: Matthew Elmore](images/elmore.jpg)
Matthew Elmore
Associate Extension Specialist
matthew.elmore@rutgers.edu
848-932-6324
Weed science in turfgrass, landscapes, pastures and forages
![Photo: Andrea Gallavotti](images/gallavotti_thumbnail.jpg)
Andrea Gallavotti
Professor
andrea.gallavotti@rutgers.edu
848-445-6421
Plant development/molecular biology: maize genetics and functional genomics; plant architecture; meristem development
![Photo: Joseph Goffreda](images/goffreda_thumbnail.jpg)
Joseph Goffreda
Associate Professor
goffreda@sebs.rutgers.edu
609-758-7311 ext. 13
Plant breeding and genetic improvement: peach, nectarine, apple, and apricot breeding
![Photo: Ann B. Gould](images/nophoto.jpg)
Ann B. Gould
Associate Extension Specialist, SEBS - Dean of Academic Programs
gould@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6398
Plant pathology: woody and herbaceous ornamental crop pathology
![Photo: Serpil Guran](images/guran_Thumbnail.jpg)
Serpil Guran
Courtesy Professor
sg795@rutgers.edu
848-932-6398
Food-Energy-Water Nexus and Waste synergy by promoting integration of organic waste into development of closed-loop bio-economy
![Photo: Joseph Heckman](images/heckman_thumbnail.jpg)
Joseph Heckman
Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility
heckman@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6333
Plant management: Soil, soil fertility, soil testing, mineral nutrition, plant health, organic farming, organic farming history, compost, traditional food systems
![Photo: Joshua A. Honig](images/honig_thumbnail.jpg)
Joshua A. Honig
Assistant Research Professor
josh.honig@rutgers.edu
848-932-6281
Plant molecular biology/plant breeding: DNA genotyping, DNA fingerprinting, DNA sequencing, genetic linkage mapping, and marker assisted selection (MAS), turfgrass breeding
![Photo: Bingru Huang](images/huang_thumbnail.jpg)
Bingru Huang
Distinguished Professor
huang@sebs.rutgers.edu
732-932-9711 ext. 302
Turfgrass stress physiology/biochemistry/molecular biology
![Photo: H. Rodolfo Juliani](images/juliani_thumbnail.jpg)
H. Rodolfo Juliani
Part-Time Lecturer
hjuliani@rutgers.edu
848-932-6240
![Photo: Donald Kobayashi](images/kobayashi_thumbnail.jpg)
Donald Kobayashi
Professor, Department Chair
kobayashi@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6393
Plant bacteriology: biological control; bacterial genomics; bacterial/fungal interactions; biotechnology
![Photo: Eric Lam](images/lam_thumbnail.jpg)
Eric Lam
Distinguished Professor
lam@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6351
Epigenetics; programmed cell death; stress tolerance; renewable biomass; duckweeds; RNA therapeutics
![Photo: Michael Lawton](images/lawton_thumbnail.jpg)
Michael Lawton
Associate Professor
lawton@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6166
Disease Resistance, Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens, Fusarium Head Blight, Toxins, Programmed Cell Death, Physcomitrella patens, Functional Genomics.
![Photo: Thomas Leustek](images/leustek_thumbnail.jpg)
Thomas Leustek
Professor
leustek@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6296
Metabolic control and engineering of plant metabolism, sulfur assimilation, nutrition, sensing, amino acid biosynthesis and regulation
![Photo: Xiao-Ping Li](images/li_thumbnail.jpg)
Xiao-Ping Li
Associate Research Scientist
xpli@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6355
Mechanisms of cellular toxicity of ricin and Shiga toxins. Fragment based antidotes development against ricin and Shiga toxins
![Photo: Pal Maliga](images/maliga_thumbnail.jpg)
Pal Maliga
Distinguished Professor
maliga@waksman.rutgers.edu
848-445-5329
Molecular biology/biotechnology/ plant breeding and genetic improvement: plastid molecular biology
![Photo: John E. McLaughlin](images/mclaughlin_thumbnail.jpg)
John E. McLaughlin
Assistant Research Professor
mclaughj@rutgers.edu
848-932-6274
Yeast genetics, plant pathology, trichothecene mycotoxins, ribosome inactivating proteins
![Photo: Paul Meers](images/meers_thumbnail.jpg)
Paul Meers
Assistant Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Biotechnology
paul.meers@rutgers.edu
848-932-6230
Membrane dynamics and intercellular vesicle transport (including membrane fusion; protein-lipid interactions): drug delivery/transfection technologies, nanotechnology, biofilms, spectroscopic assays and imaging
![Photo: Thomas Molnar](images/molnar_thumbnail.jpg)
Thomas Molnar
Associate Professor
thomas.molnar@rutgers.edu
848-932-6330
Plant breeding and genetic improvement; ornamental and edible tree crops with a current focus on large-bracted dogwoods and hazelnuts
![Photo: Xenia Morin](images/Xenia_Morin_thumbnail.jpg)
Xenia Morin
Associate Teaching Professor
xmorin@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-3502
Food systems studies. Local through global food production and its ability to respond to climate change while maintaining health, the environment and economic sustainability.
![Photo: James A. Murphy](images/murphy_thumbnail.jpg)
James A. Murphy
Extension Specialist
jamurphy@rutgers.edu
848-932-6326
Turfgrass management, turf edaphology, adaptation of turfgrass species and cultivars to traffic stress
![Photo: Peter Oudemans](images/oudemans_thumbnail.jpg)
Peter Oudemans
Professor
oudemans@rutgers.edu
609-726-1590 ext. 4420
Plant pathology: blueberry/cranberry, Colletrotrichum physalospora coleophoma, GIS, NEWA
![Photo: Nrupali Patel](images/patel_thumbnail.jpg)
Nrupali Patel
Assistant Teaching Professor, Director, Undergraduate Program in Plant Science
npatel@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6392
Plant Pathology, Molecular Biology, bacterial-fungal interactions, emerging plant bacterial diseases
![Photo: Ilya Raskin](images/raskin_thumbnail.jpg)
Ilya Raskin
Distinguished Professor
raskin@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6267
Biotechnology/phytochemistry/natural products/dietary supplements/functional foods/plant diversity/pharmacognosy/international development/biodiversity
website
![Photo: Mark Gregory Robson](images/robson_thumbnail.jpg)
Mark Gregory Robson
Distinguished Professor, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education for Rutgers University—New Brunswick and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
mark.robson@rutgers.edu
848-932-6276
Pesticide toxicology, human and ecological risk assessment
![Photo: Stephanie Rossi](images/rossi-thumbnail.jpg)
Stephanie Rossi
Research Associate
srossi@rutgers.edu
848-932-6303
Turfgrass abiotic stress physiology; plant biochemistry and metabolism, biotechnology
![Photo: Gina Sideli](images/gina-sideli-1.jpg)
Gina M. Sideli
Assistant Professor
gina.sideli@rutgers.edu
Plant breeding and genetic improvement; cranberry and blueberry; classical and molecular breeding; genomics and phenomics
![Photo: James E. Simon](images/simon_thumbnail.jpg)
James E. Simon
Distinguished Professor
jimsimon@rutgers.edu
848-932-6239
Plant diversity/natural products/plant breeding and genetic improvement: new crop development, plant domestication of high value crops, NonTimber Forest Species, sustainable development of indigenous resources
![Photo: Lena Struwe](images/struwe_thumbnail.jpg)
Lena Struwe
Professor
lena.struwe@rutgers.edu
848-932-6343
Global plant diversity and evolution, biogeography and spatial patterns, historic and contemporary ethnobotany and sustainable bioprospecting of natural products
![Photo: Nilgun Tumer](images/Tumer-Nilgun-1.jpg)
Nilgun Tumer
Distinguished Professor
tumer@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6359
Molecular biology/biotechnology/biochemistry: molecular biology; cellular translation; viral infection
![Photo: Daniel L. Ward](images/ward_thumbnail.jpg)
Daniel L. Ward
Associate Extension Specialist in Pomology and Associate Research Professor
daniel.ward@rutgers.edu
856-391-7628
Pomology - cultural practices and crop management for fruit crops
![Photo: James F. White Jr.](images/white_thumbnail.jpg)
James F. White Jr.
Professor
jwhite@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6286
Plant pathology; symbiosis; endophytic microbes; nutritional endosymbiotic systems; associative nitrogen fixation
![Photo: Qing-Li Wu](images/wu_thumbnail.jpg)
Qing-Li Wu
Associate Research Professor
qlwu@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6238
Natural products chemistry and plant medicine
![Photo: C. Andrew Wyenandt](images/wyenandt_thumbnail.jpg)
C. Andrew Wyenandt
Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology
wyenandt@njaes.rutgers.edu
856-391-7644
Phytophthora capsici and anthracnose fruit rot control in bell and other peppers, cucurbit powdery and downy mildew control, fungicide resistance management, fungicide resistance guidelines, basil downy mildew control
![Photo: Mark Zander](images/zander_thumbnail.jpg)
Mark Zander
Assistant Professor
mzander@waksman.rutgers.edu
848-445-4684
Plant (epi)genomics, plant immunity, plant hormone signaling, transcriptional regulation, plant stress responses
![Photo: Ning Zhang](images/zhang_thumbnail.jpg)
Ning Zhang
Professor
zhang@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6348
Fungal biodiversity, phylogenetics and genomics; microbiomes associated with turfgrass and bioenergy plants; and molecular diagnosis of plant pathogens.
Faculty Emeriti
![Photo: Jerry Baron](images/baron_thumbnail.jpg)
Jerry Baron
Emeritus
jbaron@rutgers.edu
IR-4 Project
Plant management/plant pathology: horticultural crop pest management
![Photo: Chee-Kok Chin](images/chin_thumbnail.jpg)
Chee-Kok Chin
Emeritus
Plant diversity/natural products/plant breeding and genetic improvement: asparagus improvement; bioactive fatty acids
![Photo: Bruce Clarke](images/clarke_thumbnail.jpg)
Bruce Clarke
Emeritus
bruce.clarke@rutgers.edu
Plant pathology: turfgrass pathology, ectotrophic root infecting fungi
![Photo: Hugo K. Dooner](images/dooner_thumbnail.jpg)
Hugo K. Dooner
Emeritus
Plant Breeding and Genetics section
Molecular biology/biotechnology: functional genomics; homologous meiotic recombination analysis in maize
![Photo: Thomas J. Gianfagna](images/gianfagna_thumbnail.jpg)
Thomas J. Gianfagna
Emeritus Professor
gianfagna@sebs.rutgers.edu
848-932-6369
Postharvest pathology and physiology of fruit and cut flowers; Plant natural products and human health, endophytic fungi, mechanisms of disease resistance
![Photo: Zane R. Helsel](images/helsel_thumbnail.jpg)
Zane R. Helsel
Emeritus Extension Specialist in Agriculture Energy
helsel@rutgers.edu
Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Agriculture Energy, Field and Forage Crop Production
![Photo: Melvin Henninger](images/henninger_thumbnail.jpg)
Melvin Henninger
Emeritus
Plant management: plant management: potato and vegetable crop horticulture
![Photo: Bradley I. Hillman](images/hillman_thumbnail.jpg)
Bradley I. Hillman
Emeritus Professor
bradley.hillman@rutgers.edu
Plant pathology/molecular biology/biotechnology: plant and fungal virology; fungal molecular biology; biocontrol
![Photo: Harry Janes](images/janes_thumbnail.jpg)
Harry W. Janes
Emeritus
hjanes@rutgers.edu
Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Plant management: controlled environmental agriculture; plant environmental interaction
![Photo: Gojko Jelenkovic](images/jelenkovic_thumbnail.jpg)
Gojko Jelenkovic
Emeritus
Molecular biology/biotechnology: transgenic plants; gene isolation; gene characterization
![Photo: Norman Lalancette](images/lalancette_thumbnail.jpg)
Norman Lalancette
Emeritus
Plant pathology: tree fruit pathology; epidemiology and plant disease control
![Photo: Brad Majek](images/majek_thumbnail.jpg)
Brad Majek
Emeritus
Plant Plant Protection and Biotic and Abiotic Interactions section
Plant management: vegetable and fruit weed control
![Photo: William Meyer](images/meyer_thumbnail.jpg)
William Meyer
Emeritus
Plant breeding and genetic improvement: turfgrass breeding
![Photo: David R. Mears](images/mears_thumbnail.jpg)
David R. Mears
Emeritus
Plant management: controlled environmental agriculture; greenhouse systems
![Photo: Elwin R. Orton](images/e-orton_thumbnail.jpg)
Elwin R. Orton
Emeritus
Woody ornamentals plant breeding, primarily those of Ilex (hollies) and Cornus (dogwoods)
![Photo: Thomas Orton](images/t-orton_thumbnail.jpg)
Thomas Orton
Emeritus
Plant breeding and genetic improvement: vegetable crops; extension in value-added systems development
![Photo: John Sacalis](images/sacalis_thumbnail.jpg)
John Sacalis
Emeritus
Plant diversity/natural products: cut-flower postharvest physiology; turfgrass endophytes; natural products
![Photo: Nicholi Vorsa](images/vorsa_thumbnail.jpg)
Nicholi Vorsa
Emeritus
Plant breeding, genetic improvement, fruit quality, polyphenolics, blueberry and cranberry breeding, genetic mapping
![Photo: Barbara Zilinskas](images/zilinskas_thumbnail.jpg)
Barbara Zilinskas
Emeritus
barbara.zilinskas@rutgers.edu
848-932-6224
Plant Protection and Biotic and Abiotic Interactions
Molecular biology/biotechnology: molecular biology and physiology of the response of plants to environmental stress; oxidative stress and antioxidant protective mechanisms; genetic modification of turfgrass species