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.
Apostolou, Effie
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Chromatin Topology
Benezra, Robert
Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cell Differentiation
- Vascular Biology
Chen, Shuibing
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Epithelial Polarity
- Stem Cells
Chen, Yu
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Gene Expression
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Signaling
- Transcription
Chi, Ping
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Gene Expression
- Human Genetics
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Proteomics / Genomics
- Signal Transduction
- Signaling
- Transcription
Crystal, Ronald
Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Gene Expression
- Gene Therapy
- Human Genetics
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Stem Cells
- Angiogenesis
- Inflammation
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Proteomics / Genomics
Dahia, Chitra
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Development
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Signal Transduction
- Signaling
- Cell Differentiation
- Cytoskeleton and Morphogenesis
- Gene Expression
Dow, Lukas
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Inflammation
- Signaling
- Stem Cells
Evans, Todd
Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Angiogenesis
- Cardiovascular Development
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Gene Expression
- Stem Cells
Huangfu, Danwei
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Embryogenesis
- Stem Cells
Kentsis, Alex
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Bioinformatics
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Computational Modeling
- Development
- Drug Discovery and Development
- Gene Expression
- Human Genetics
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Proteomics / Genomics
- Signal Transduction
- Stem Cells
- Chemical Biology
- Molecular Pharmacology
Kim, Kitai
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Embryogenesis
- Proteomics / Genomics
- Stem Cells
- Transcription
Landau, Dan
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Bioinformatics
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Chromatin Topology
- Computational Modeling
- Gene Expression
- Human Genetics
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Proteomics / Genomics
- Evolutionary Biology
- Epigenomics
- Functional genomics
Massague, Joan
Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Metastasis
Mayr, Christine
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Stem Cells
- Non-coding RNA
Paik, Ji-Hye
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Gene Expression
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Stem Cells
- Transcription
- Signaling
Parada, Luis
Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Development
- Molecular Therapeutics
- Signaling
- Stem Cells
White, Richard
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Imaging
Zhao, Baohong
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Research Topics:
- Cell Differentiation
- Signal Transduction