Reports



CCIB Timeline

Illustrated by Meredith Willmot

2007: CCIB is created as an interdisciplinary center with a PhD program

2010-2011: Dr. Andrey Grigoriev serves as Director of CCIB

2010: The inaugural graduate student class is admitted

2011-2014: Dr. Joseph Martin serves as Director and Dr. Benedetto Picolli is the first Graduate Program Director (GPD)

2014: The first PhD student graduates

2014-2015: Dr. Benedetto Picolli steps in as Director, and Nir Yakoby is the GPD

2015-2016: Dr. Desmond Lun is the Director, and Dr. Nir Yakoby continues as GPD

2016-2022: Dr. Nir Yakoby becomes the Director, and Dr. Grace Brannigan is the GPD

2019: The Joint Health Sciences Center (JHSC) becomes CCIB’s new home

2020: CCIB celebrates a 10 year anniversary!

2022: Dr. Grace Brannigan becomes the Director, and Dr. Eric Klein is the GPD


New Position

Dr. Anthony Geneva


New Staff

Imani Craig

Administrative Assistant

Someone Remarkable

Assistant Director/Department Administrator


New P.I.

Dr. Santanu Malakar

Department of Chemistry


New Postdocs

Dr. Jody Taft

Rutgers–Camden Chancellor’s Fellowship for Postdoctoral Studies

Dr. Qinxue Li


New Equipment

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)

Funded by Chemistry, CCIB, FASC, and the Rutgers–Camden Chancellor’s Office


CCIB Graduate Student Enrollment

Graph showing the increase in PhD and MS students

Increases in PhD and MS Enrollment from 2017-2024