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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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133 Faculty Members found
Developmental Biology Program
The Eric Lai Lab
Eric C. Lai, PhD
Professor
The Lai laboratory integrates genetics, biochemistry, and genomewide approaches to study diverse regulatory networks during patterning and behavior.
  • BA, Harvard College
  • PhD, University of California, San Diego
Computational & Systems Biology Program
Caleb Lareau, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Lareau Lab synthesizes computational and experimental genomics methods to study how immune cells in our bodies adapt, expand, differentiate, and evolve over an individual’s lifetime.
  • PhD, Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
Developmental Biology Program
Joo-Hyeon Lee, PhD
Associate Professor
The Lee laboratory studies the mechanisms governing homeostatic turnover and reparative programs in stem cells, with a focus on elucidating how tissue perturbations lead to lung disease.
  • PhD, Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology
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
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The Levine Lab
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
Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
The Jason Lewis Lab Group
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)
Immunology Program
The Ming Li Lab
Ming Li, PhD
Professor
Immunologist Ming Li studies mechanisms of immune regulation, and their relevance to diseases including cancer.
  • PhD, Columbia University
Chemical Biology Program
The Yueming Li Lab
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
Structural Biology Program
The Lima Lab
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
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The Piro Lito Lab
Piro Lito, MD, PhD
Professor
Physician-scientist Piro Lito studies oncoproteins that drive cancer cell growth.
  • MD, PhD, Michigan State University