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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
Cell Biology Program
Pictured: The Niethammer Lab
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
Structural Biology Program
Dimitar Nikolov Lab Group
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 in the nervous system.
  • PhD, The Rockefeller University
Computational & Systems Biology Program
Thomas Norman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Systems biologist Thomas Norman develops new computational and functional genomics approaches for studying how genes interact to realize complex phenotypes.
  • PhD, Harvard University
Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
Kenneth Offit Lab
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
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 resistant 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
Cell Biology Program
Pictured: Overholtzer Lab
Michael Overholtzer, PhD
Professor
Cell biologist Michael Overholtzer studies the mechanisms of tumor initiation and progression, cell adhesion, and cell death.
  • PhD, Princeton University
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
The Elli Papaemmanuil Lab
Elli Papaemmanouil, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular geneticist Elli Elli Papaemmanouil performs systematic interrogations of well-annotated clinical trial cohorts in leukemia and cancer to explore how the compound genetic and clonal architecture in patients' leukemias and tumors dictate clinical phenotype, disease progression, and clinical outcomes.
  • PhD – University of London, London, England, UK
Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
The Luis Parada Lab
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
Structural Biology Program
Nikola Pavletich Lab Group
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