Faculty
Weill Cornell Graduate School appoints faculty to each of the degree programs. Our PhD faculty also hold Weill Cornell Medical College appointments or an appointment with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. WCGS has appointed over 300 exceptional professors to the faculty. Our faculty continue to engage in cutting-edge research and work alongside our students, mentoring and directing their education. Many of our faculty are members of our two affiliated Tri-Institutional Programs: Computational Biology & Medicine and Chemical Biology.
Faculty Honors
Graduate School faculty are leaders in their respective fields. Many of our faculty receive prestigious honors and awards for their teaching and research.
Kafsack, Bjorn
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Gene Expression
Kapoor, Tarun
Karim, Salim S.
Adjunct Professor
Program of Study:
Kaushal, Rainu
Professor
Program of Study:
Keeney, Scott
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- DNA Repair/Replication
Kentsis, Alex
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Drug Discovery and Development
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Omics
Kern, Lisa
Keshari, Kayvan
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Molecular Tools and Therapeutics
Ketterling, Jeff
Kharas, Michael
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Pharmacology
- Stem Cell Pharmacology
Khelashvili, George
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Membranes and Membrane Proteins
- Mathematical and Computational Modeling
Khurana, Ekta
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Bioinformatics
- Cancer Biology
- Mathematical and Computational Modeling
Kim, Ji-Sun
Kingham, T. Peter
Kirkman, Laura
Kjaer, Klaus
Kleaveland, Benjamin
Assistant Professor
Koff, Andrew
Kolesnick, Richard
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cellular Signaling and Regulation
- Radiobiology
Kosofsky, Barry
Koutcher, Jason
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Imaging
- Cancer Biology
Krencik, Robert
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Krogh-Madsen, Trine
Associate Professor
Krumsiek, Jan
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Kuceyeski, Amy