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.
Paik, Ji-Hye
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Stem Cells
Palmer, Lawrence
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Membranes and Membrane Proteins
- Cellular Signaling and Regulation
- Systems Physiology
Papaemmanuil, Elli
Parada, Luis
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
Park-Min, Kyung-Hyun
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
Pascual, Virginia
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Autoimmunity
Patel, Dinshaw
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Pathways
- Structure Maintenance Chromosome Complexes
- Epigenetics
- RNA-Mediated Processes
Pathak, Jyotishman
Professor
Program of Study:
Pavletich, Nikola
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cellular Signaling and Regulation
- Molecular and Structural Biophysics
Pe'er, Dana
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Mathematical and Computational Modeling
- Bioinformatics
Peng, Yifan
Permar, Sallie
Pernis, Alessandra
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Autoimmunity
- Lymphocyte Biology
Perry, Justin
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Autoimmunity
- Innate Immunity
- Tumor Immunology
Pertsinidis, Alexandros
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Single-molecule imaging
- Molecular and Structural Biophysics
Petrini, John
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Genome Structure & Function, RNA Biology
- Developmental Biology & Stem Cells
- Cell Biology, Metabolism & Signaling
- Cancer Biology
Phillips, Erica
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Pickel, Virginia
Piskounova, Elena
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
Pitt, Geoffrey
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Neurobiology
Platholi, Jimcy
Pleil, Kristen
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Neuropharmacology and Neuronal Signaling
- Addiction
Podolsky, Michael
Pollak, JP
Powell, Simon
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- DNA Repair/Replication
Pownall, Henry
Primiano, Michelle
Instructor
Prusky, Glen
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Neural Systems
- Molecular Tools and Therapeutics
Pugh, B. Franklin
Purpura, Keith
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Neural Networks