Team
Ching-On (On) Wong, PhD
Principle 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.
Andy Ho-Hang Leung, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (Molecular and Cell Biology): The University of Hong Kong
BSc (Food and Nutritional Science): The University of Hong Kong
Andy joined our lab in 2021. Building on his expertise in oxidative stress and lipid metabolism, he utilizes Drosophila genetics to study ROS homeostasis, lipid metabolism, and bioenergetics in the context of neurodegeneration.
PhD Students
Angelid Pabon
Ayikkara Drishya Nair
MS Students
Anita Jackson
Aya Gomaa
Undergraduates
Christina Mansour
Malak Mosleh
Anwar Nakhla
Ashvini Patel
Alumni
Yohana Da Silva (Biology Major)
Sophia Stanley (Work-study; Nursing Major)
Evonny Portilla (Work-study; Biology Major)