21 faculty and 11 courses in Biology at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
- Farzan Nadim, Professor, Chair h-index 37
Oscillations in the central nervous system Rhythmic motor activity and its neuromodulation Neurobiology of reward and addiction Journal Article Xinping Li, Omar Itani, Dirk M. Bucher, Horacio G. Rotstein, Farzan Nadim. 2023. "Distinct Mecha
Notable: “Neuromodulation of neurons and synapses” (2014) · 358 citations
- Eric Fortune, Associate Professor h-index 33
Mechanisms of Animal Behavior Journal Article Horacio G. Rotstein, David Sant, Alfred Amendolara, Eric S. Fortune. 2023. "LSTM-Based Recurrent Neural Network Provides Effective Short Term Flu Forecasting." BMC Publich Health , vol. 23 , pp.
Notable: “Short-term synaptic plasticity as a temporal filter” (2001) · 397 citations
- Simon Garnier, Professor h-index 32
Collective Behavior and Intelligence, Swarm Intelligence, Swarm Robotics, Social Behaviors Journal Article Simon J. Garnier, Moussa\"\id, Mehdi. 2022. "We the swarm---Methodological, theoretical, and societal (r)evolutions in collectiv
Notable: “The Walking Behaviour of Pedestrian Social Groups and Its Impact on Crowd Dynamics” (2010) · 1,102 citations
- Gareth Russell, Associate Professor, Associate Chair h-index 29
Applied Spatio-Temporal Population Dynamics — Movement Ecology — Statistical Methods for Conservation — Community Dynamics Incorporating Evolution — Automated Monitoring — The Ecology and Management of Non-Natural Ecosystems In Progress Act
Notable: “The Future of Biodiversity” (1995) · 2,138 citations
- Jorge Golowasch, Professor, Research Director h-index 27
Neuroscience: mechanisms that control the stability of neuronal activity, analytical and quantitative analysis of electrical properties of neurons and networks, neuromodulation, circadian activity, glia-neuron interactions. Journal Article
Notable: “Global Structure, Robustness, and Modulation of Neuronal Models” (2001) · 395 citations
- Dirk Bucher, Professor h-index 25
Neuroscience: central pattern generation, neuromodulation, neural coding Journal Article Xinping Li, Omar Itani, Dirk M. Bucher, Horacio G. Rotstein, Farzan Nadim. 2023. "Distinct Mechanisms Underlie Electrical Coupling Resonance and Its In
Notable: “Central pattern generators and the control of rhythmic movements” (2001) · 1,250 citations
- Brooke Flammang, Associate Professor h-index 23
Notable: “A robotic fish caudal fin: effects of stiffness and motor program on locomotor performance” (2011) · 219 citations
- Daniel Bunker, Associate Professor h-index 22
Global change poses a strong challenge to ecologists, environmental scientists, and conservation biologists: even as our natural and managed ecosystems become more stressed by the forces of global change, humans require that they produce bo
Notable: “TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access” (2019) · 2,082 citations
- Daphne Soares, Associate Professor h-index 21
Neural adaptation to extreme environments: Evolution through natural selection has shaped nervous systems to generate behaviors. However, there are very few opportunities to study neural circuit evolution where the ancestral and derived for
Notable: “Evolution of a Behavioral Shift Mediated by Superficial Neuromasts Helps Cavefish Find Food in Darkness” (2010) · 290 citations
- Phillip Barden, Associate Professor, Graduate Director h-index 19
Evolutionary biology, paleontology, ecology, functional morphology, systematics, biological imaging, genomics. Journal Article Gianpiero Fiorentino, Rodolfo Probst, Adrian Richter, Evan P Economo, Phillip M. Barden. 2025. "A fossil-informed
Notable: “The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches” (2021) · 376 citations
- Mary Konsolaki, Senior University Lecturer h-index 15
Notable: “Dissecting the pathological effects of human Aβ40 and Aβ42 in Drosophila : A potential model for Alzheimer's disease” (2004) · 486 citations
- Xiaonan Tai, Assistant Professor h-index 14
Ecohydrology, Forest mortality and disturbance, Hydrologic and ecosystem modeling, Remote Sensing, GIS Journal Article Xiaonan Tai, Le Wang. "Develop an Ensemble Support Vector Data Description method for improving invasive tamarisk mapping
Notable: “The impact of rising CO 2 and acclimation on the response of US forests to global warming” (2019) · 142 citations
- Michael Nelson, University Lecturer h-index 14
Notable: “Short-cycle structured intermittent treatment of chronic HIV infection with highly active antiretroviral therapy: Effects on virologic, immunologic, and toxicity parameters” (2001) · 156 citations
- Allison Edgar, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Recent reconfiguration of an ancient developmental gene regulatory network in Heliocidaris sea urchins” (2022) · 35 citations
- Kristen Severi, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Larval zebrafish swim to move around their environment, find food, and escape from predators. We are interested in the neural circuits in the brain and spinal cord which control that locomotion. Larval zebrafish can be genetically manipulat
Notable: “Genetically encoded calcium indicators for multi-color neural activity imaging and combination with optogenetics” (2013) · 752 citations
- Julia Hyland Bruno, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Notable: “Acoustic sequences in non‐human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus” (2014) · 346 citations
- Caroline Devan, Senior University Lecturer h-index 2
Urban Ecology, Conservation Biology, Animal Behavior Journal Article Caroline Marie Devan, Daniel E. Bunker, Adania Flemming, Mary Konsolaki, Alex Krohn, Liz Shea, Christine sosiak, Elizabeth Waring, Cecily Bronson, Janice L Krumm, Carly Jo
Notable: “The importance of rare species: a trait‐based assessment of rare species contributions to functional diversity and possible ecosystem function in tall‐grass prairies” (2013) · 189 citations
- Maria Stanko, Senior University Lecturer h-index 1
Dr. Stanko is a community ecologist interested broadly in how interactions among species are related to diversity and community stability. Her current research is on communities of plants and pollinators, mostly bees, in old field and urban
Notable: “Structure and dynamics of a highly-invaded plant-pollinator network” (2011) · 1 citations
- Darshan Desai, Director, Pre-Health Program
- Horacio Rotstein, Professor
Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience, Dynamical Systems, Mathematical and Computational Biology and Chemistry, Systems Biology Journal Article Horacio G. Rotstein, David Sant, Alfred Amendolara, Eric S. Fortune. 2023. "LSTM-Based Rec
- John Yarotsky, Senior University Lecturer
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.