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OUR TEAM

The Center for NeuroMetabolism brings together the founding labs of Drs. Pang and Rossi into a dynamic and rapidly growing community of over 20 trainees, supported by dedicated administrative infrastructure.

Faculty

Zhiping Pang, MD, PhD

Director, Center for NeuroMetabolism

Professor

Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, RWJMS, Rutgers University


The Pang lab seeks to understand synaptic mechanisms of neuromodulation. 

Mark Rossi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, RWJMS, Rutgers University


The Rossi lab studies subcortical circuit control of feeding and energy balance.

Administrative Team

Dina Popova, PhD

Program Manager

Rebecca Boley, MPH

Program Assistant 

Qinying Chen, PhD

Grant Specialist

Jason Itzkowitz, MPH

Business Administrator

Trainees

Kuldeep Shrivastava, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Rossi lab

Sol Diaz Leon Guerrero, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Pang lab

Jorge Luis, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Rossi lab

Junlong Li, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Pang lab

Yi Lu, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Rossi lab

Swathi Chodisetty, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Pang lab

Annie Ly, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Rossi lab

Andrew Boreland, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Pang lab

Xindi Li, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Rossi lab

Jorge Luis, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Rossi lab

Prathana Gowda

PhD candidate, Pang lab

Jiao (Cecilia) Chen

PhD student, Pang lab

Cathryn MacGregor

PhD candidate, Pang lab

Anna Saber

Research technician, Pang lab

Luke Barglow, MSc

Research technician, Pang lab

Elizabeth Peker

Research technician, Pang lab

Vibha Kandpal

Research technician, Rossi lab

Tanya Soumine

Undergraduate student, Pang lab

Jenyvib Tenorio

Undergraduate student, Rossi lab

Michael Yang

Undergraduate student, Pang lab

Rohan Rao

Undergraduate student, Pang lab

Rafael Diaz Granados Jimenez

Undergraduate student, Pang lab

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