Directory | Waksman Institute of Microbiology

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
Hazel Schubert

System Administrator
(848) 445-6477
schubert@waksman.rutgers.edu
Thadeus Przybylski

Instrument Repair Technician
(848) 445-2922
przybyl@waksman.rutgers.edu
Shammara Scott Arana

Lab Technician
(848) 445-0513
sss330@waksman.rutgers.edu
Esmeralda Vidal-Sanchez

Support Services
(848) 445-2918

Dr. Annika Barber

Assistant Professor
annika.barber@rutgers.edu
Michael Fetchko, PH.D.

LABORATORY MANAGER, SENIOR RESEARCHER
michael.fetchko@rutgers.edu
Patrick Gallagher

Lab Researcher
Sergio Crespo-Flores

Doctoral Student
Naureen Hameed

Doctoral Student
Khushbakht Butt

Undergraduate Student
Stephen Ratner

Undergraduate Student

Nanci Kane

Manager Confocal Imaging Core Facility
(848) 445-0954
nkane@waksman.rutgers.edu

Dr. G. Charles Dismukes

Distinguished Professor
(848) 445-1489
dismukes@chem.rutgers.edu
Paul Fourounjian

Graduate Student
Apostolos Zournas

Graduate Assistant
(848) 445-6787
apostolos.zournas@rutgers.edu
Sofia Dvinskikh

Undergraduate Student
sofia.dvinskikh@rutgers.edu

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 Associate
(848) 445-0513
yebright@waksman.rutgers.edu
Dr. Vadim Molodtsov

Research Associate
vm487@waksman.rutgers.edu
Arkajyoti Dutta

Postdoctoral Fellow
dutta.arkajyoti@gmail.com
Elena Sacco

Graduate Student
elena.sacco@rutgers.edu
Shuya Yang

Graduate Student
sy521@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

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

Dr. Andrea Gallavotti

Associate Professor
(848) 445-6421
agallavotti@waksman.rutgers.edu
Cecilia Gallardo

Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Zongliang Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow
(848) 445-6424
zlchen@waksman.rutgers.edu
Mary Galli

Research Assistant
marygalli@waksman.rutgers.edu
Julio Macias

Rotating Graduate Student
Jason Gregory

Graduate Student
Amina Chaudhry

rotating graduate student

Dr. Arvin Lagda

Director Core Facilities
848-445-2926
arvin.lagda@waksman.rutgers.edu

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
Elmira Kirichenko

Research Technician
(848) 445-3451
elmirak@waksman.rutgers.edu
Srividya Venkatramanan

Graduate Student
Katelyn Fleisch

Undergraduate Student
Tom Lehan

Undergraduate Student
Swathi Vasudevan

Undergraduate Student

Dr. Pal Maliga

Distinguished Professor
(848) 445-5329
maliga@waksman.rutgers.edu
Dr. Zora Svab

Research Associate
(848) 445-3198
Dr. Aki Matsuoka

Postdoctoral Fellow
(848) 445-5080
am2364@waksman.rutgers.edu
Lisa Lamanna

Graduate Student
Amanda Chen

Undergraduate Student
Julia Ferranti

Undergraduate Student
Mugdha Parulekar

Undergraduate Student
Alifya Quresh

Undergraduate Student

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 Student
htv9@waksman.rutgers.edu

Dr. Christopher Rongo

Professor
(848) 445-0955
crongo@waksman.rutgers.edu
Dr. Kishore Joshi

Assistant Research Professor
(848) 445-0954
kishore.joshi@rutgers.edu
Dr. Eunchan Park

Assistant Research Professor
(848) 445-0954
eunchan.park@rutgers.edu
Dr. Mehul Vora

Research Associate
(848) 445-0954
mehulv@waksman.rutgers.edu
Dr. Nathaly Salazar-Vasquez

Postdoctoral Fellow
(848) 445-0954
salazarv@waksman.rutgers.edu
Nanci Kane

Lab Manager
(848) 445-0954
nkane@waksman.rutgers.edu
Aparna Prashar

Undergraduate Student
Raphaella Ranjo

Undergraduate Student

Dr. Konstantin Severinov

Professor
(848) 445-6095
severik@waksman.rutgers.edu
Kirill Datsenko

Research Associate
Konstantin Kuznedelov

Research Associate
Vladimir Mekler

Research Associate
Ekaterina Semenova

Research Associate
(848) 445-6096
semenova@waksman.rutgers.edu
Ishita Jain

Graduate Student
Anna Shirieva

Graduate Student
Alexander Salibi

Undergraduate Student

Dr. Ruth Steward

Professor
(848) 445-3917
steward@waksman.rutgers.edu
Dr. Joseph Kramer

Assistant Research Professor
(848) 445-3918
kramerjo@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Dr. BN Singh

Research Associate
(848) 445-3918
singhb2@rutgers.edu
Neha Changela

Lab Researcher
Hiep Tran

Graduate Student

Dr. Srujana Samhita Yadavalli

Assistant Professor
(848) 445-0251
sam.yadavalli@rutgers.edu
Kyle Skalenko

Research Technician
Samuel Adeleye

Graduate student, MBS
McKenzie Burge

Graduate student, MBS
Sangeevan Vellappan

Graduate Student
Hifsa Abbasi

RU-IMSD Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Hannah Lake

Division of Life Sciences-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow