Marshall Hayes, Ph.D.

Marshall Hayes, Ph.D., has been affiliated with the NJCSTM since 2015 and has served a number of roles including full-time Lecturer of Research Methods, Research & Technology and Scientific Writing, as well as Program Coordinator of the Research First Initiative, STEM Education and U.S.-China Programs. Effective August 2021, he assumed the role of Executive Director of the Center for Clinical Laboratory Science and Pandemic Research (CLSPR), an interdisciplinary initiative at Kean that promotes education and research in clinical diagnostics, public health and pandemic research.

Marshall’s expertise is in molecular microbiology, global biogeochemistry and the spatiotemporal dynamics of disease. His research has focused on host-microbe interactions, molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, and long-term environmental health indicators. He holds a Ph.D. in Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences from Duke University (North Carolina, USA), and a B.A. in Geosciences and Environmental Studies from Williams College (Massachusetts, USA). He is a former Earth System Science Fellow of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a former International Research Fellow of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and a former Research Scientist in the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University (New York, USA).