Dr Karen Schindler

Dr. Karen Schindler is a Professor in the Department of Genetics at Rutgers University, New Jersey. She received a B.S. in Biology from Loyola University, Maryland and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology at Thomas Jefferson University. She then completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Richard Schultz at the University of Pennsylvania. Her laboratory 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 co-EIC of Reproduction.

Please contact her at ks804@hginj.rutgers.edu