Dean

Activities

• Recruits prospective graduate students and develops initiatives to promote successful transition from undergraduate to graduate to career
• Oversees SGS fellowships for incoming PhD students, including Dean's Fellowships to Broaden Participation, SUPER-Grad, and Masters/PhD Bridge
• Manages external fellowships that promote diversity in STEM, including the National GEM Consortium and supplements to faculty NSF and NIH grants
• Directs RISE at Rutgers (Research Intensive Summer Experience), a pathway program for high-achieving undergraduates planning graduate education
• Leads SGS participation in multi-institutional consortia with shared focus on inclusion and equity, including the the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the National Name Exchange, the NSF Northeast AGEP
• Directs mentor-training programs for students and faculty
• Supports education, outreach, and broader impact sections of faculty training and research grants
• Serves as SGS Equity Advisor and provides strategic direction

Research

Use of human and mouse genetics to understand the biological basis of human disorders such as autism and neural tube defects (NTDs)