Dr Karen Schindler

Dr. Karen Schindler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics at Rutgers University, New Jersey where her lab investigates the mechanisms by which the Aurora protein kinases regulate chromosome segregation during meiosis, is probing the genetics of female infertility in humans, and is seeking to understand how Sirtuin 7 functions control reproductive longevity. Dr. Schindler was the recipient of 2018 SSR Virendra B. Mahesh New Investigator Award, the 2020 FASEB Excellence in Science Early Career Investigator Award and is currently the director of the Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis section of the Frontiers in Reproduction course. She is willing to discuss academic careers in the US, obtaining grants and work-life balance.

Please contact her at ks804@hginj.rutgers.edu