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.
Brown, Anthony
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Stem Cells
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
Chen, Shuibing
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Stem Cells
Dow, Lukas
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Stem Cells
Evans, Todd
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
- Development
- Cellular Signaling and Regulation
- Stem Cells
Finley, Lydia
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Stem Cells
Greenblatt, Matthew
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Stem Cells
- Development
- Omics
Hadjantonakis, Anna-Katerina
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Development
- Stem Cells
- Cancer Biology
Huangfu, Danwei
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Embryogenesis
- Stem Cells
Joyner, Alexandra
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Development
- Stem Cells
- Neurodevelopment
- Cancer Biology
Lowe, Scott
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Stem Cells
- Omics
Massague, Joan
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Stem Cells
Mittal, Vivek
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Stem Cells
Overholtzer, Michael
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Stem Cells
Paik, Ji-Hye
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Stem Cells
Rafii, Shahin
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cellular Signaling and Regulation
- Stem Cells
- Systems Physiology
- Vascular Biology
Seandel, Marco
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Stem Cells
- Vascular Biology
Stuhlmann, Heidi
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
- Development
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
- Stem Cells
Vierbuchen, Thomas
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Differentiation
- Stem Cells
- Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction