Administration

  • Kenneth D. Irvine
    Interim Director

    irvine@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Robert Rossi
    Executive Director

    (848) 445-3937

    rossi@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Purvi Bhatt
    Budget Analyst

    (848) 445-3389

    pbhatt@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Maryann Bythell
    Administrative Assistant

    (848) 445-6330

    mbythell@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Michelle Phillips
    Senior Administrative Assistant

    (848) 445-3061

    mphillips@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Erin Sorge
    Grant Proposal Assistant

    (848) 445-4256

    esorge@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Jill Wachter
    Administrative Assistant

    (848) 445-3060

    jwachter@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Randall Newman
    Assistant IT Director

    (848) 445-4864

    rnewman@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Daja O'Bryant
    Unit Computing Specialist

    (848) 445-4866

    dobryant@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Thadeus Przybylski
    Instrument Repair Technician

    (848) 445-2922

    przybyl@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Shammara Scott Arana
    Lab Technician

    (848) 445-2918

    sss330@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Esmeralda Vidal-Sanchez
    Lab Technician

    (848) 445-2684

Barber

  • Dr. Annika Barber
    Assistant Professor

    annika.barber@rutgers.edu

  • Michael Fetchko, PH.D.
    LABORATORY MANAGER, SENIOR RESEARCHER

    michael.fetchko@rutgers.edu

  • Sergio Crespo-Flores
    Doctoral Student
  • Naureen Hameed
    Doctoral Student
  • Maryem Abdelgelil
    Undergraduate Student
  • Khushbakht Butt
    Undergraduate Student
  • Stephen Ratner
    Undergraduate Student
  • Chenyue (Peter) Zhao
    Undergraduate Student

Confocal

  • Nanci Kane
    Manager Confocal Imaging Core Facility

    (848) 445-0954

    nkane@waksman.rutgers.edu

Dismukes

  • Dr. G. Charles Dismukes
    Distinguished Professor

    (848) 445-1489

    dismukes@chem.rutgers.edu

  • Apostolos Zournas
    Graduate Assistant

    (848) 445-6787

    apostolos.zournas@rutgers.edu

  • Sofia Dvinskikh
    Undergraduate Student

    sofia.dvinskikh@rutgers.edu

Dong

  • Dr. Juan Dong
    Associate Professor

    (848) 445-7034

    dong@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Xiaoyu Guo
    Research Associate

    xyguo@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Xue Ding
    Postdoctoral Fellow

    xue.ding@rutgers.edu

  • Aobo Huang
    Postdoc Associate

    huangaobo@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Deepanjali Verma
    Postdoc Associate

    deepanjali@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Yi Zhang
    Visiting Postdoc Fellow

    yi.zhang@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dongmeng Li
    PhD candidate

    (848) 445-6471

    dongmeng.li@rutgers.edu

  • Sanqiang Zhang
    Graduate Student

    sz601@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Shani Gregg
    Undergraduate Researcher

    ssg120@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Dooner

  • Dr. Hugo Dooner
    Professor Emeritus

    dooner@waksman.rutgers.edu

Ebright

  • Dr. Richard H. Ebright
    Board of Governors Professor

    (848) 445-5179

    ebright@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. David Degen
    Research Associate

    (848) 445-5178

    david.degen@rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Yon W. Ebright
    Research Scientist

    (848) 445-0513

    yebright@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Linlin You
    Postdoctoral Associate
  • Shashank Lnu
    Graduate Student

    sl1842@chem.rutgers.edu

  • Shuya Yang
    Graduate Student

    sy521@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Fermentation

  • Dr. Arvin Lagda
    Director Core Facilities

    848-445-2926

    arvin.lagda@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Amanda Rodriguez
    Production Manager

    (848) 445-2925

    arodriguez@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Sergey Druzhinin
    Staff Scientist

    (848) 445-3032

    sergeydr@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Andrew Cloud
    Technical Staff

    andrew.cloud@waksman.rutgers.edu

Gallavotti

  • Dr. Andrea Gallavotti
    Associate Professor

    (848) 445-6421

    agallavotti@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Zongliang Chen
    Research Associate

    (848) 445-6424

    zlchen@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Mary Galli
    Research Assistant

    marygalli@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Julio Macias
    Rotating Graduate Student
  • Jason Gregory
    Graduate Assistant
  • Amina Chaudhry
    rotating graduate student

Genomics

  • Dr. Arvin Lagda
    Director Core Facilities

    848-445-2926

    arvin.lagda@waksman.rutgers.edu

Greenhouse

  • Themios (Tim) Chionis
    Greenhouse Research

    (848) 445-5293

    tgc2@rutgers.edu

Irvine

  • Dr. Ken Irvine
    Distinguished Professor

    (848) 445-2332

    irvine@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Cordelia Rauskolb
    Assistant Research Professor

    (848) 445-2872

    rauskolb@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Consuelo Ibar
    Research Associate

    (848) 445-2872

    con.ibar@rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Bipin Tripathi
    Postdoctoral Fellow

    (848) 445-2872

    btripathi@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Kush Mansuria
    Lab Manager
  • Elmira Kirichenko
    Graduate Fellow

    (848) 445-3451

    elmirak@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Deimante Mikalauskaite
    Graduate Assistant
  • Srividya Venkatramanan
    Graduate Student
  • Tom Lehan
    Undergraduate Student

Maliga

  • Dr. Pal Maliga
    Distinguished Professor

    (848) 445-5329

    maliga@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Corinne Best
    Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Aki Matsuoka
    Postdoctoral Associate

    (848) 445-5080

    am2364@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Malihe Mirzaee
    Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Zora Svab
    Research Associate

    (848) 445-3198

  • Julia Ferranti
    Undergraduate Student
  • Shaunak Kildare
    Undergraduate Researcher
  • Alyssa Leung
    Undergraduate Student

McKim

  • Dr. Kim McKim
    Professor

    (848) 445-1164

    mckim@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Jessica Fellmeth
    Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Neha Changela
    Lab Researcher
  • Janet Jang McKim
    Lab Researcher
  • Ayla Boyd
    Undergraduate Student
  • Christopher Capasso
    Undergraduate Student
  • Helen Nguyen
    Undergraduate Student
  • Joanatta Shapiro
    Undergraduate Student
  • Hannah Sturm
    Undergraduate Student
  • Krishna Varre
    Undergraduate Student

Nickels

  • Dr. Bryce Nickels
    Professor

    (848) 445-6852

    bnickels@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Irina Vvedenskaya
    Assistant Research Professor

    (848) 445-6853

    irinavv@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Chirangini Pukhrambam
    Lab Researcher

    (848) 445-6853

    chirangini.pukhrambam@rutgers.edu

  • Hoa Vu
    Graduate Assistant

    htv9@waksman.rutgers.edu

Padgett

  • Dr. Richard Padgett
    Professor Emeritus

    padgett@waksman.rutgers.edu

Rongo

  • Dr. Christopher Rongo
    Professor

    (848) 445-0955

    crongo@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Eunchan Park
    Assistant Research Professor

    (848) 445-0954

    eunchan.park@rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Jonathan Dietz
    Postdoctoral Associate
  • Dr. Tatiana Popovitchenko
    Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Nanci Kane
    Lab Manager

    (848) 445-0954

    nkane@waksman.rutgers.edu

Severinov

  • Dr. Konstantin Severinov
    Professor

    (848) 445-6095

    severik@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Konstantin Kuznedelov
    Research Associate
  • Vladimir Mekler
    Research Associate
  • Ekaterina Semenova
    Research Associate

    (848) 445-6096

    semenova@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Ishita Jain
    Graduate Fellow

Singson

  • Dr. Andrew Singson
    Professor

    (848) 445-0836

    singson@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Amber Krauchunas
    Postdoctoral Fellow

    (848) 445-1664

    ak1022@rutgers.edu

  • Dr. Katherine Maniates
    Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Dr. Xue Mei
    Postdoctoral Fellow

    (848) 445-1664

    xue.mei@rutgers.edu

  • Kendall Flanagan
    Lab Researcher
  • Saai Tiruchendurai
    Graduate Fellow

Stavropoulos

  • Nicholas Stavropoulos
    Principal Investigator

    (848) 445-6495

    stavropoulos@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Raad Altawell
    Lab Researcher
  • Joseph Lopez
    Laboratory Researcher
  • Emily Van Beek
    Laboratory Researcher
  • Faith Verderose
    Lab Researcher
  • Kurt Derwid
    Undergraduate Student
  • Shuhao Li
    Undergraduate Student
  • Sana Master
    Undergraduate Student

Steward

  • Dr. Ruth Steward
    Professor

    (848) 445-3917

    steward@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Hiep Tran
    Graduate Fellow

Vershon

  • Dr. Andrew Vershon
    Professor

    (848) 445-2905

    vershon@waksman.rutgers.edu

  • Sue Coletta
    Research Associate
  • Janet Mead Parent
    Research Associate

Yadavalli

  • Dr. Srujana Samhita Yadavalli
    Assistant Professor

    (848) 445-0251

    sam.yadavalli@rutgers.edu

  • Samuel Adeleye
    Graduate student, MBS
  • McKenzie Burge
    Graduate student, MBS
  • Kyle Skalenko
    Graduate Fellow
  • Sangeevan Vellappan
    Graduate Student
  • Hifsa Abbasi
    RU-IMSD Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
  • Hannah Lake
    Division of Life Sciences-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow

Zander

  • Dr. Mark Zander
    Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Hyuk Sung Yoon
    Postdoctoral Fellow