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.
Lue, Neal
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Chromosome Structure and Function
- DNA Repair/Replication
Maciejowski, John
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Chromosome Structure and Function
- Cancer Biology
Petrini, John
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- DNA Repair/Replication
- Chromosome Structure and Function
Shen, Wen
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cancer Biology
- Tumor Immunology
- Chromosome Structure and Function
Tyler, Jessica
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
- Cell Cycle
- Chromosome Structure and Function
- DNA Repair/Replication
Whitehouse, Iestyn
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Chromosome Structure and Function
- Transcription
Zhao, Xiaolan
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
- Chromosome Structure and Function
- DNA Repair/Replication
- Post-translational Modifications