Faculty

The Gerstner Sloan Kettering faculty brings together outstanding scientists and engineers working at the forefront of biomedical research and cancer engineering. Browse our list of Faculty and learn more about each faculty member’s area of investigation.

Faculty members who do not serve as dissertation mentors but who make contributions to the education of our students by teaching or serving as clinical mentors are appointed as Gerstner Sloan Kettering Special Contributing Faculty.

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140 Faculty Members found
The Omar Abdel-Wahab Lab
Molecular Pharmacology Program
Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD
Professor
Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab studies the functional genomics of hematopoietic malignancies.
  • MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Cell Biology Program
Maria Akhmanova, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Akhmanova laboratory studies cell invasion and migration through tissues, and how it is controlled by surrounding tissue cells.
  • PhD, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Chemical Biology Program
Heeseon An, PhD
Assistant Professor
Heeseon An’s lab studies protein degradation in health and disease using chemical, biological, and proteomics tools.
  • BS and MS, Chemistry, Seoul National University
  • PhD, Chemistry, Northwestern University
  • Postdoc, Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
The Antonescu Lab
Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
Cristina R. Antonescu, MD
Professor
The Antonsecu lab focuses on translocation-associated sarcoma pathogenesis and generating in vitro models.
  • MD, Carol Davila Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Molecular Biology Program
Naama Aviram, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Aviram Lab investigates the molecular mechanisms that protect microorganisms from their own pathogenic invaders.
  • PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science (2017)
  • Postdoc, The Rockefeller University (2024)
The Daniel Bachovchin Lab Group Photo
Chemical Biology Program
Daniel Bachovchin, PhD
Professor
Chemical biologist Daniel Bachovchin designs selective inhibitors to study enzymes and pathways in cancer and immune system signaling.
  • PhD, The Scripps Research Institute
  • AB, Harvard College
The Vinod Balachandran Lab
Immuno-Oncology Program
Vinod Balachandran, MD
Associate Professor
Surgeon scientist Vinod Balachandran develops novel immunotherapies for pancreatic cancer.
  • MD, State University of New York at Stony Brook
The Baylies Lab
Developmental Biology Program
Mary Baylies, PhD
Professor
The Baylies laboratory studies the mechanisms that form and maintain muscle both during normal development and in disease.
  • PhD, The Rockefeller University
Researchers in the Berger laboratory
Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
Michael F. Berger, PhD
Professor
Researcher Michael Berger focuses on massively parallel sequencing of tumor DNA for biomarker discovery and clinical diagnostics.
  • PhD, Harvard University
The Adrienne Boire Lab
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
Adrienne A. Boire, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Physician-scientist Adrienne Boire studies metastasis to the central nervous system.
  • PhD, Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL