Matthew G. Niepielko, Ph.D.

• Ph.D., Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University
• M.S., Biology, Rutgers University
• B.S., Major: Biology, Minor: Environmental Studies, Stockton University

• STEM: 1700, Living Systems I 
• STME: 2399, Probabilistic Methods Lab
• STME: 5120, Introduction to Bioinformatics 
• STME: 5918, Bioinformatics and Clinical Application

Dr. Matthew G. Niepielko is an Assistant Professor of Computational Biology and coordinator for the Group Summer Scholars Research Program for high school students. His laboratory investigates the molecular mechanisms that regulate animal development and fertility using different species of Drosophila (fruit flies) as a model system. The Niepielko Lab currently explores how germ cell mRNA composition alters animal fertility and how changes in gene expression drives evolution.

Dr. Niepielko received his Ph.D. in Computational and Integrative Biology from Rutgers University in 2014. In 2016, he received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service from the National Institutes of Health to complete his postdoctoral training at Princeton University. In 2021, he was awarded an Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) from the National Institutes of Health to support research activities at Kean University. In 2023, Dr. Niepielko was awarded the Faculty Early Career Development Program Award (CAREER Award) that will fund his research and his STEM education program, New Jersey's Research Alliance for Inclusive STEM Education (NJ-RAISE), for five years.