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Campuses Closed on Sunday, January 19, and Monday, January 20, Due to Weather

Due to the winter weather forecast, all classes and activities at Kean’s main campus in Union, Kean Ocean and Kean Skylands are canceled on Sunday, January 19, and Monday, January 20. Normal operations are expected to resume on Tuesday, January 21. Only personnel who are essential during weather emergencies should report to work as required on Sunday and Monday. Employees with questions about their status should consult their supervisors. Keanu’s Kitchen will be open for on-campus residents from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday and 9 a.m. to midnight on Monday.

Matthew G. Niepielko, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Program Coordinator, GSSRP
Office Location
STM Bldg | Rm 5-18C
Email
mniepiel@kean.edu
Phone
(908) 737-7231
Learn more
Niepielko Lab Website
Matthew Niepelko

Education

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

Courses Taught

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

Research Interests

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.