Team
Ching-On (On) Wong, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
MS Program Coordinator
Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University – Newark
Email: chingon.wong@rutgers.edu
Postdoctoral: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
PhD (Physiology): The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BSc (Biochemistry): The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jagannatham Naidu Bhupana, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (Molecular and Cell Biology): Academia Sinica, Taiwan
MSc (Animal Biotechnology): University of Hyderabad, India
BSc (Biological Sciences): University of Hyderabad, India
Naidu completed his PhD training at Academia Sinica, a top research institute in Taiwan. He has years of experience in neuroscience research using cell and rodent models. With a recent publication on mitochondrial dynamics, he expands his horizon to study cell metabolism, organellar signaling, and protein trafficking in our lab.
Mohamed Asik Rajmohamed, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (Zoology): Bharathidasan University, India
MSc (Zoology): University of Madras, India
BSc (Zoology): Bharathidasan University, India
Asik joined our lab in 2024. He is working on bioenergetics using human iPSC-derived brain cells.
PhD Students
Angelid Pabon (PhD candidate; G-RISE trainee)
Yan (Ashley) Tong
Anwar Nakhla
MS Students
Alyssa Kenny
Postbaccalaureates and Undergraduates
Christina Mansour
Rushi Makadia
Amy Bernard
Kamila Nieves
Alumni
Anita Jackson (MS student; 2021-2023)
Benjamin (Ben) Bechand (Visiting Research Scholar; 2023)
Andy Ho-Hang Leung (Postdoc; 2021-2023)
Ayikkara Drishya Nair (PhD student; 2022)
Malak Mosleh (Biology Major; 2022)
Aya Gomaa (MS student; 2021-2022)
Kayla Monterrosa (Rowan University; Rutgers Summer Undergraduate Research Institute 2022)
Yohana Da Silva (Biology Major; 2021-2022)
Sophia Stanley (Work-study; Nursing Major; 2021)
Evonny Portilla (Work-study; Biology Major; 2020)