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
Pictured: The Niethammer Lab
Cell Biology Program
Philipp Niethammer, PhD
Professor
Cell biologist Philipp Niethammer investigates tissue damage responses with advanced imaging approaches in zebrafish.
  • PhD, European Molecular Biology Laboratories & Hamburg University, Germany
Dimitar Nikolov Lab Group
Structural Biology Program
Dimitar B. Nikolov, PhD
Professor
The Nikolov laboratory focuses on the structural, biophysical, and biochemical characterization of the molecular mechanisms of cell-cell interactions and signal transduction across the plasma membrane.
  • PhD, The Rockefeller University
Computational & Systems Biology Program
Thomas Norman, PhD
Associate Professor
Systems biologist Thomas Norman develops new computational and functional genomics approaches for studying how genes interact to realize complex phenotypes.
  • PhD, Harvard University
Kenneth Offit Lab
Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
Kenneth Offit, MD
Professor
Cancer geneticist Kenneth Offit focuses on gene characterization; genetic and epidemiologic studies of cancer-predisposing alleles; and the therapeutic, prognostic, and psychosocial translation of these findings.
  • MD, Harvard Medical School
Cell Biology Program
Alban Ordureau, PhD
Assistant Professor
Alban Ordureau explores molecular signaling pathways that regulate cellular homeostasis, with a focus on the ubiquitin and autophagy systems.
  • PhD, MRC-PPU - University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
  • Post-doctoral training - Harvard Medical School, Boston
Immuno-Oncology Program
Juan C. Osorio, MD
Assistant Professor
The Osorio Lab studies the mechanisms of antibody-mediated immunity, with a focus on myeloid cell reprograming to advance cancer immunotherapies.
  • MD, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2011)
Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
Ricardo Otazo, PhD
Professor
The Ricardo Otazo lab develops novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for cancer applications including fast imaging, motion tolerant imaging, quantitative imaging of physical tissue parameters, and real-time MRI-guided radiotherapy using advances in MRI acquisition and computational models.
  • PhD, University of New Mexico
  • BSc, Catholic University, Asuncion, Paraguay
Pictured: Overholtzer Lab
Cell Biology Program
Michael Overholtzer, PhD
Professor
Cell biologist Michael Overholtzer studies the mechanisms of tumor initiation and progression, cell adhesion, and cell death.
  • PhD, Princeton University
The Luis Parada Lab
Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
Luis F. Parada, PhD
Professor
Developmental biologist Luis F. Parada uses genetically engineered mouse models to study neurofibromatosis, brain tumors, cancer stem cells, and tumor progression.
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nikola Pavletich Lab Group
Structural Biology Program
Nikola P. Pavletich, PhD
Professor
The Pavletich laboratory studies the structural biology of pathways that control cell growth and maintain the integrity of the genome.
  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University