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
Computational & Systems Biology Program
Christina Leslie, PhD
Professor
Computational biologist Christina Leslie focuses on developing machine learning algorithms for computational and systems biology.
  • PhD, University of California, Berkeley
The Levine Lab
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
Ross L. Levine, MD
Professor
Mechanisms of genetic and epigenetic cooperativity which drive myeloid transformation; Elucidating and modeling evolution from hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells to clonal hematopoiesis and then to myeloid malignancies; Identification and credentialing novel therapeutic dependencies in myeloid malignancies
  • MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Jason Lewis Lab Group
Molecular Pharmacology Program
Jason S. Lewis, PhD
Professor
Radiochemist Jason Lewis develops molecular imaging agents for the imaging and therapy of cancer.
  • PhD, The University of Kent (UK)
The Ming Li Lab
Immunology Program
Ming Li, PhD
Professor
Immunologist Ming Li studies mechanisms of immune regulation, and their relevance to diseases including cancer.
  • PhD, Columbia University
The Yueming Li Lab
Chemical Biology Program
Yueming Li, PhD
Professor
Dr. Yueming Li studies disease mechanism of Cancer and Alzheimer’s, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics for clinical use.
  • PhD, University of California Berkeley
The Lima Lab
Structural Biology Program
Christopher D. Lima, PhD
Professor
The Lima laboratory studies mechanisms underlying RNA processing as well as post-translational protein modification by ubiquitin-like proteins.
  • PhD, Northwestern University
The Piro Lito Lab
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
Piro Lito, MD, PhD
Professor
The Lito lab investigates the properties of oncoproteins that drive cancer cell growth, with a focus on cancers driven by RAS mutations.
  • MD, PhD, Michigan State University
Pictured: Stephen Long laboratory
Structural Biology Program
Stephen B. Long, PhD
Professor
The Long laboratory investigates the molecular mechanisms of ion channels and enzymatic membrane proteins and seeks to use these discoveries to benefit humanity.
  • BA, Physics, Amherst College, 1994
  • PhD, Biochemistry, Duke University, 2001
  • Postdoc, Rockefeller University, 2007
Scott Lowe Lab
Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Professor
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Minkui Luo Lab
Chemical Biology Program
Minkui Luo, PhD
Professor
Chemical Biologist Minkui Luo develops cutting-edge tools, technologies and concepts to annotate functions of protein-posttranslational modifications and designs inhibitors for cancer therapies.
  • BS, Fudan University
  • PhD, Princeton University