Jorge Golowasch, Professor and co-Director of Undergraduate Studies within the Federated Department of Biological Sciences at NJIT and Rutgers–Newark, was recently appointed to the editorial board of Scientific Reports. As an Editor, Dr. Golowasch will assist in the peer review process ... Read More
Diana Martinez published part of her Ph.D. thesis work with Prof. Farzan Nadim in the high-profile journal ELife, in collaboration with postdoctoral fellow Haroon Anwar from the Nadim lab, Prof. Dirk Bucher from our Federated Deparment of Biological Sciences, and Prof. Amitabha Bose... Read More
As part of a ten-day series of impactful lectures with leading scientists from around the globe, Dr. Simon Garnier will be speaking at three separate events at this year's World Science Festival in New York City. Catch Dr. Garnier on Saturday, June 1st talking about Cool Jobs, Rethinking... Read More
Federated Department of Biological Sciences graduate student Audrey Biondi was recently awarded an 2019 Outstanding Student Award by NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA). Audrey is a member of the Fluid Locomotion Laboratory led by Dr. Brooke Flammang and studies the biomechanics... Read More
Dr. Simon Garnier, a faculty member in the Federated Department of Biological Sciences at NJIT, was recently quoted in a New York Times article discussing fictional portrayals of collective behavior. Dr. Garnier, who heads the Swarm Lab at NJIT, primarily researches the emergence of intelligent... Read More
Dr Anna Schneider is a member of the research team headed by our faculty members Farzan Nadim and Dirk Bucher. She completed her PhD at the University of Cologne, Germany, studying neural circuits controlling locomotion. The 2-year Research Fellowship by the German Research Foundation (DFG) was... Read More
This spring, seven Industrial Design and Biology undergraduates working with Department of Biological Sciences faculty received Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Student Seed Grants. Student seed grants are awarded on a competitive basis and provide support for student-driven projects... Read More
Under the guidance of Dirk Bucher and Farzan Nadim, both faculty in the department, Dr. Li used a small neural circuit in crabs for her dissertation work to show that the way two modulatory neuropeptides act together can be very different at different subcellular targets. Their combined effect... Read More
It is with great pleasure that we announce Professor Farzan Nadim as the 2018 receipient of NJIT's Excellence in Research Prize and Medal for his work as a Professor of Neurobiology and Director of the Institute of Brain and Neuroscience Research. The Excellence in Research Prize and Medal is... Read More
Increasing the conservation value of powerline corridors for wild bees through vegetation management
The journal Biodiversity and Conservation recently published a paper by current and former NJIT faculty and students on how to manage powerline corridors to enhance the number and diversity of native bees. Many people are aware that hive-living, non-native honeybees are in trouble, but... Read More