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.
Benjamin (Ben) Bechand, PhD
Visiting Research Scholar
PhD (Chemistry): Columbia University
MS (Chemistry): SUNY Albany
BA (Biology): Skidmore College
Ben is interested in CNS metabolism and aging. He is working on a part-time research project using fly models.
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PhD Students
Angelid Pabon (G-RISE trainee)
MS Students
Anita Jackson
Undergraduates
Christina Mansour
Anwar Nakhla
Rushi Makadia
Alumni
Andy Ho-Hang Leung (Postdoc)
Ayikkara Drishya Nair
Malak Mosleh (Biology Major)
Aya Gomaa (MS)
Kayla Monterrosa (Rowan University; Rutgers Summer Undergraduate Research Institute)
Yohana Da Silva (Biology Major)
Sophia Stanley (Work-study; Nursing Major)
Evonny Portilla (Work-study; Biology Major)