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.
Rafii, Shahin
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cellular Signaling and Regulation
- Stem Cells
- Systems Physiology
- Vascular Biology
Rajadhyaksha, Anjali
Ratan, Rajiv
Razlighi, Ray
Associate Professor
Reed, David
Reilly, Shannon
Remus, Dirk
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Genome Structure & Function, RNA Biology
Reznik, Eduard
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Integrative Cell and Systems Physiology
- Computational Biomedicine
- Computational and Systems Genomics
Rhee, Kyu
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Innate Immunity
- Microbial Pathogenesis
Rice, Charles
Rickman, David
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
Riegelhaupt, Paul
Risca, Viviana
Rizzuto, Gabrielle
Robbins, Laura
Robinson, Brian
Roehrl, Michael
Rogatsky, Inez
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Innate Immunity
- Autoimmunity
Rosen, Neal
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Cancer Pharmacology
- Drug Discovery and Development
Ross, M. Elizabeth
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Neurodevelopment
RoyChoudhury, Arindam
Rudensky, Alexander
Professor/Chair
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Autoimmunity
- Lymphocyte Biology
- Tumor Immunology
- Tissue Cells in Immunity
Rudin, Charles
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Cancer Pharmacology
- Drug Discovery and Development
- Molecular Pharmacology
Ruta, Vanessa
Ryan, Timothy
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Neurobiology
- Cellular Trafficking
- Molecular and Structural Biophysics