Academic and Instructional Staff

Joshua Caplan, BS, University Rochester; PhD, Portland State
Post-Doctoral Associate
Interests: Invasive plant ecology, especially below-ground processes and ecophysiology
Contact: ENR 128, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
jcaplan-at-aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9383

Karlo Hock, BSc, Zagreb (Croatia); PhD, Bowling Green State
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Interests: Sociobiology; modeling complex biological systems; behavioral ecology; evolutionary biology
Contact: ENR 139, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
hock-at-aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-9631 x12

Tovah Salcedo, BA, Smith College; PhD, University of Arizona
Post-doctoral Associate
Interests: Population genetics and genomics; antagonistic coevolution
Contact: Foran 106, 59 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
tsalcedo-at-aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-8165 x107

Suzanne Sukhdeo, BSc, British Columbia; MSc, McGill; PhD, Toronto
Instructor
Courses: Principles of Biology, Intro to Evolution of Animal Behavior, Intro to Ecology and Evolution
Interests: Nervous system; evolutionary biology; ecology of parasites
Contact: Bartlett Hall 217, 84 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
ssukhdeo-at-aesop.rutgers.edu
(732) 932-3760

Tom Virzi, BA, Richard Stockton College; PhD, Rutgers
Senior Research Analyst, Part-time Lecturer
Courses: Ornithology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology of the Jersey Shore, Field Techniques in Ecology and Natural Resources
Interests: Avian demography and conservation; effects of urbanization on American Oystercatcher; conservation of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
Contact: Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; tvirzi-at-rci.rutgers.edu; 732-859-7470