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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139 Faculty Members found
The Daniel Heller Lab
Molecular Pharmacology Program
Daniel A. Heller, PhD
Professor
Biomedical engineer Daniel Heller is Head of the Cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory, which invents disruptive technologies to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and allied diseases.
  • PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hite Lab Group
Structural Biology Program
Richard Hite, PhD
Associate Professor
The Hite laboratory studies the mechanisms of ion and metabolite transport and the maintenance of genomic integrity.
  • BS, Emory University
  • PhD, Harvard University
Tobias Hohl Lab Group
Immuno-Oncology Program
Tobias M. Hohl, MD, PhD
Professor
Physician-scientist Tobias Hohl studies the molecular pathogenesis of human fungal pathogens and how the immune system responds to them.
  • MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  • PhD, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University
The Katharine Hsu Lab
Immuno-Oncology Program
Katharine C. Hsu, MD, PhD
Professor
Physician-scientist Katharine Hsu studies the biology of human natural killer cells and how they contribute to disease processes.
  • MD, PhD, Cornell University Medical College
The Danwei Huangfu Lab
Developmental Biology Program
Danwei Huangfu, PhD
Professor
The Huangfu laboratory uses human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) as a powerful genetic model to interrogate the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms underlying cell fate decisions in development and disease.
  • PhD, Cornell University, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences
  • BS, Fudan University
The Morgan Huse Lab
Immunology Program
Morgan Huse, PhD
Professor
Immunologist Morgan Huse studies the structure and function of immune cell-cell interactions.
  • PhD, The Rockefeller University
The Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue Lab
Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue, MD, PhD
Professor
Physician-scientist Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue studies the genomics and cell biology of pancreatic and other solid tumors as it relates to subclonal evolution, tumor progression, and metastasis.
  • MD, PhD, Boston University
Andrew Intlekofer Lab Group
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
Andrew M. Intlekofer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Physician-scientist Andrew Intlekofer investigates why cancer cells depend on specific pathways of nutrient metabolism.
  • MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA.
Prasad Jallepalli Lab Group
Molecular Biology Program
Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD
Professor
Molecular biologist Prasad Jallepalli studies the mechanisms that ensure accurate chromosome transmission in human cells.
  • MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Maria Jasin Lab Group
Developmental Biology Program
Maria Jasin, PhD
Professor
The Jasin laboratory focuses on double-strand break repair and genomic integrity in mammalian cells and the relationship to tumor suppression.
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology