Mayor's Biography

Mayor Ronald Jubin Ph.D.

Dr. Jubin is a 27-year resident of the town of Watchung and a former Member of the Borough Council, he was appointed in December 2019. He is married to Karen and they are the parents of three children: Cheyne (23), Pierce (21) and Emma (13) with all children having attended Watchung borough schools. He has remained active in local community service volunteering in Bayberry school on science days and as a coach in little league baseball and basketball. He is a past member of the Watchung Board of Health since 2011, with prior roles as the Board Vice President as well as the borough representative to the Middlebrook Regional Health Commission.

Mayor Jubin was born in Plainfield, NJ and attended Union County College (A.A., Biology), Kean University (B.A., Biology), Seton Hall University (M.S., Microbiology) and Rutgers Medical School (Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics).

Dr. Jubin is passionate about health and wellness having dedicated his professional career to pharmaceutical sciences including important contributions to the successful development of lifesaving antiviral drug therapies. He values the importance of education having taught nursing and pre-medical students at Seton Hall and graduate students at Kean University. Currently he is Research Vice President at Prolong Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage NJ Biotech organization. In his free time, Ron enjoys nature hiking with his family, gardening and is a life-long tropical fish hobbyist.