Ph. D. Program in Chemical Biology

Faculty in the TPCB span several areas of chemical biology, including Bio-Organic, Biophysical, Analytical and Biological Chemistry

GRADUATE FACULTY ROSTER
(Updated: 1/14/13)

Bio-Organic Chemistry

FACULTY MEMBER	RESEARCH DESCRIPTION	STUDENTS
	Sean Brady , Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Genetically encoded small molecules	Jacob Banik (graduated) Debjani Chakraborty Hala Iqbal
	Shiubing Chen, Ph.D Weill Cornell Medical College Stem cell and chemical biology
	Gabriela Chiosis, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Design of novel chemotherapeutics	Kamalika Moulick (graduated)
	Samuel Danishefsky, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Syntheses of antitumor and anti-infective natural products
	Howard Hang , Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Development of new chemical tools for studying protein lipidation and glycosilation	Guillaume Charron (graduated) Paul Dossa Xiaoqiu Yuan
	Tarun Kapoor, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Chemistry and cell biology	Alejandro Dottore Ulf Peters (graduated) Lei Tan (graduated)
	Minkui Luo, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Protein post-translational modification and inhibitor design	Gil Blum Ian Bothwell Han Guo
	Anthony Sauve, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Chemistry of ADP-ribosyltransferases and NAD
	Derek Tan, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Diversity-oriented synthesis and rational drug design	Renato Bauer (graduated) Justin Cisar (graduated) Sirkka Moilanen (graduated) Christopher Stratton (graduated) Jacqueline Wurst (graduated)

Biological Chemistry & Biochemistry

FACULTY MEMBER	RESEARCH DESCRIPTION	STUDENTS
	C. David Allis, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Histone methylation and the histone code
	Jochen Buck, M.D./Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Biology of soluble adenylyl cyclases
	Lewis Cantley, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Biochemical pathways of cell growth and transformation
	Lorraine Gudas, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Retinoid pharmacology
	Morgan Huse, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Chemical Biology of lymphocyte signalling	Thinh Nguyen Duc
	Samie Jaffrey, M.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Neuronal signal transduction and chemical biology
	Yueming Li, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Biology of transmembrane proteases
	Luciano Marraffini , Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Bacteriology; mechanisms that prevent horizontal gene transfer
	Timothy McGraw, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Biology of glucose transporter biology and type II diabetes
	Anant Menon, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Trafficking of membrane lipids; protein lipidation and glycosylation	Sumana Sanyal (graduated)
	Gavril Pasternak , M.D./Ph.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Neuroscience; opioid receptors and pharmacology
	Neal Rosen, M.D./Ph.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for cancer	Nen Pagano
	Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Neurophysiology and behavior; innate and adaptive animal neural circuits
	David Scheinberg , M.D./Ph.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Molecular pharmacology & chemistry; targeted immunotherapies
	Stewart Shuman, M.D./Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Nucleic acid metabolism	Anupam Chakravarty Ushati Das Ruchi Jain (graduated) Niroshika Monerawila Keppetipola (graduated) J.K. Nandakumar (graduated) Poulami Samai (graduated)

Bio-Analytical Chemistry

FACULTY MEMBER	RESEARCH DESCRIPTION	STUDENTS
	Brian Chait, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Mass spectrometery and gaseous ion chemistry	Jeff DeGrasse (graduated) Roman Subbotin
	Daniel Heller, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Nanochemistry for molecular sensors and targeted therapeutics
	Paul Tempst, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Targeted proteomics

Computational Chemistry & Biology

FACULTY MEMBER	RESEARCH DESCRIPTION	STUDENTS
	Stanislas Leibler, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Physical processes in living systems	Doeke Hekstra (graduated)

Biophysical Chemistry

FACULTY MEMBER	RESEARCH DESCRIPTION	STUDENTS
	Olaf Andersen, M.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Molecular mechanisms of ion channels
	Scott Blanchard, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Single-molecule studies protein synthesis	Richa Dave (graduated) Angelica Ferguson Carlos Rico
	Seth Darst, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Structural aspects of transcription	Jesse Hauver
	David Eliezer, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Biological role of non-native protein structure	Nicholas Harbison (graduated)
	Jonathan Goldberg, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Structural studies of vesicle transport and DNA Repair
	Chris Lima, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Structural basis of protein sumoylation and RNA stability	Jaclyn Greimann (graduated) Firaz Mohideen (graduated) J.K. Nandakumar (graduated)
	Fred Maxfield, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Biophysical chemistry of membrane traffic	David Iaea
	Roderick MacKinnon, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Structure and function of ion channels and associated regulatory proteins
	Dimitar Nikolov, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Structural biology of signaling in the nervous system	Nikhil Singla (graduated)
	Crina Nimigean, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Ion channel structure and mechanism
	Dinshaw Patel, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Structural biology of nucleic acids and nucleic acid binding proteins
	Nikola Pavletich, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Structural biology of the cell cycle
	Alexandros Pertsinidis, Ph.D Sloan-Kettering Institute Single-Molecule and Single-Cell studies of Gene Regulation
	Timothy Ryan, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Physical chemistry of the synapse	Vidhya Rangaraju
	Erec Stebbins, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Structural microbiology
	Tom Sakmar, M.D. The Rockefeller University Molecular mechanisms of transmembrane signaling	Sourabh Banerjee (graduated) Amy Grunbeck Neeraj Kapoor (graduated) Carlos Rico He Tian