
Back Row: Joyce Ong, Jennifer Hoey, Dan Forrest, Michelle Stuart, Jude Kong, Malin Pinsky
Malin L. Pinsky (he/him)

Associate Professor
ENR 130
(848) 932-8242
malin.pinsky@rutgers.edu
@pinskylab
Google Scholar
GitHuborcid.org/0000-0002-8523-8952
Dan Forrest (he/him)

Data Science Technician
ENR 136A
daniel.forrest@rutgers.edu
Postdocs
Brendan Reid
(he/him)
Postdoctoral Associate
ENR 136A
nerdbrained@gmail.com
Alexa Fredston (she/her)
Postdoctoral Associate
ENR 136A
fredston@rutgers.edu
Graduate Students
Jaelyn Bos (she/her)
Ph.D. student, Ecology & Evolution
ENR 136A
jtb188@sebs.rutgers.edu
Kyra Fitz (she/her)
Ph.D. student, Ecology & Evolution
ENR 136A
kyra.fitz@rutgers.edu
Jeewantha Bandara
M.S. student, Ecology & Evolution
ENR 136A
jeewantha.bandara@rutgers.edu
Katrina Catalano (she/her)
Ph.D. candidate, Ecology & Evolution
ENR 136A
kat.catalano@rutgers.edu
Rene Clark (she/her)
Ph.D. candidate, Ecology & Evolution
ENR 136A
rclark848@gmail.com
Zoë Kitchel (she/her)

Ph.D. candidate, Ecology & Evolution
ENR 136A
zoe.kitchel@rutgers.edu
Undergraduates
Hannah Burke
Undergraduate in Music, Biomathematics, and the Honors College
Marial Malabag
Undergraduate in Biology
Connor Meenan
Undergraduate in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Guest Lab Members
- Jordan Holtswarth, NSF REU from U. Missouri, Summer 2016
- Tim Dencker, PhD Student from Technical University of Denmark’s National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU-Aqua), Spring 2018
- Amaia Astarloa Diaz, PhD student from AZTI Foundation in Pasaia, Spain and the University of Basque Country, Spring 2019
- Rondi Nordal, NSF REU from Western Washington University, Summer 2019
- Cassiel Padilla-Duran, Rutgers RISE from University of Puerto Rico, Summer 2019
Lab Alumni – Postdocs
- Adrian Stier, Postdoctoral Associate (co-advised with Daniel Schindler) (2016). Currently: Assistant Professor at University of California – Santa Barbara.
- Ryan Batt, Postdoctoral Associate (2014-2017). Currently: Data Engineer, Vanguard.
- Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Postdoctoral Associate (2016-2018). Currently: Postdoc, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Emily Moberg, Postdoctoral Associate (2016-2018). Currently: Staff Scientist, World Wildlife Fund.
- Tim Walsworth, Postdoctoral Associate (co-advised with Daniel Schindler) (2016-2018). Currently: Assistant Professor, Utah State University.
- James Morley, Postdoctoral Associate (2014-2018). Currently: Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
- Allison Dedrick, Postdoctoral Associate (2017-2019). Currently: Postdoc, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
- Becca Selden, Postdoctoral Associate (2015-2019). Currently: Assistant Professor, Wellesley College
- Jude Kong, Postdoctoral Associate (2019). Currently: Assistant Professor at York University in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- Lisa McManus, Postdoctoral Associate (2017-2020). Currently: Assistant Research Professor at the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (University of Hawai’i-Manoa)
- Ed Tekwa, Postdoctoral Associate (2016-2020). Currently: Hakai Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia
- Joyce Ong, Postdoctoral Associate (2017-2020). Currently: Assistant Professor,
The Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lab Alumni – Graduate Students
- Patrick Flanagan, MS in Oceanography (2017). Currently: Founder / Director at OLLIE – Ocean Learning Lab and Immersive Experience
- Jennifer Hoey, PhD in Ecology & Evolution (2020). Currently: Post-doctoral Researcher at UC Santa Cruz/NOAA SWFSC
Lab Alumni – Staff
- Michelle Stuart, Lab Manager (2014-2020). Currently: Application Developer in the Office of Research Analytics, Rutgers University.
- Mario Hernandez, B.S. Biological Sciences, lab technician (2014-2016). Currently: Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University.
Lab Alumni – Undergraduates
- Evan Kwityn, B.S. Marine Biology (2013)
- Afiqah Mizan, B.S. Biotechnology (2014)
- Rachel Berman, B.S. Biological Sciences and Chemistry (2015)
- Michael Weiss, B.S. Biological Sciences and Economics (2015-2016)
- Julianne McLaughlin, B.S. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (2015)
- Enmanuel Lomba, B.S. Biological Sciences and German (2016).
- Sarah Picon, B.S. Microbiology (2014-2016).
- Kalisse Horne, B.S. Animal Sciences, Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Program (2017-2018).
- Michael Dilorenzo, B.S. Marine Science (2017-2018).
- Cathrin Cruze, B.S. in Ecology, Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Program (2019).
- Anthony Darrow, B.S. in Ecology (2019)
- Marhuma Zaman, B.S. in Biology (2018-2019)
- Nolan Fehon, B.S. in Marine Science (2018-2019)
- Adam Yawdoszyn, B.S. in Ecology & the Honors College (2018-2019)
- Adriana Chumacero, B.S. in Ecology (2019-2020)
- Hailey Conrad, B.S. in Marine Science, Ecology & the Honors College (2019-2020)
- Greg Master, B.S. in Biotechnology & the Honors College (2019-2020)
- Ria Kobernuss, B.S. in Ecology (2019-2020)
- Hannah Burke, B.S. in Music, Biomathematics & the Honors College (2019-2020)