Graduate Faculty Roster

Bio-Organic Chemistry

Faculty Member Research Description Students

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Tadhg Begley, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Mechanistic enzymology, biosynthetic pathways

Amrita Hazra

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Sean Brady , Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Genetically Encoded Small Molecules

Jacob Banik

Ryan King

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Gabriela Chiosis, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Design of novel chemotherapeutics
Kamalika Moulick

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Samuel Danishefsky, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Syntheses of antitumor and anti-infective natural products
 

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Bruce Ganem, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Synthetic organic chemistry
 

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David Gin, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

New synthetic methods for carbohydrates and bioactive alkaloids

Yuan Shi

 

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Howard Hang , Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Development of new chemical tools for studying protein lipidation and glycosilation
Guillaume Charron

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Tarun Kapoor, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Chemistry and cell biology

Ulf Peters

Lei Tan

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Hening Lin , Ph.D.
Cornell University

Enzyme-catalyzed post-translational modifications

 

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Tom Muir, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Synthetic protein chemistry

Elizabeth George

Disan Davis

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Jon Njardarson, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Synthetic organic chemistry and natural product chemistry

Jason Morton

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Anthony Sauve, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Chemistry of ADP-ribosyltransferases and NAD

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Derek Tan, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Diversity-oriented synthesis and rational drug design

Justin Cisar

Renato Bauer

Jacqueline Wurst

Christopher Stratton

Biological Chemistry & Biochemistry

Faculty Member Research Description Students

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C. David Allis, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Histone methylation and the histone code
 

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Jochen Buck, M.D./Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Biology of soluble adenylyl cyclases
 

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Rick Cerione, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction
Mary Kate McBrayer

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Lorraine Gudas, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Retinoid pharmacology
 

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Morgan Huse, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Chemical Biology of lymphocyte signalling
 

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Samie Jaffrey, M.D.
Weill Medical College

Neuronal signal transduction and chemical biology
 

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Yueming Li, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Biology of transmembrane proteases
 

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Timothy McGraw, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Biology of glucose transporter biology and type II diabetes

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Anant Menon, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Trafficking of membrane lipids; protein lipidation and glycosylation
Sumana Sanyal

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Luis Quadri, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Biosynthetic pathways of bacterial virulence factors

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Neal Rosen, M.D./Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Develop mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for cancer
 

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Stewart Shuman, M.D./Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Nucleic acid metabolism
Niroshika Monerawila Keppetipola
Ruchi Jain

Biophysical Chemistry

Faculty Member Research Description Students

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Olaf Andersen, M.D.
Weill Medical College

Molecular mechanisms of ion channels
 

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Barbara Baird, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Structure and function of transmembrane receptor signaling
Ethan Chiang

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Scott Blanchard, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Single-molecule studies protein synthesis
Richa Dave

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Brian Crane, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Electron transfer and redox sensing in biological systems
Heather King (co-mentored with Michael Young (The Rockefeller University)
Brian Zoltowski

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Seth Darst, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Structural aspects of transcription
 

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Steve Ealick, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Protein structural biology
Jarrod French

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David Eliezer, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Biological role of non-native protein structure
Nicholas Harbison

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Jonathan Goldberg, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Structural studies of vesicle transport and DNA Repair
 

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Chris Lima, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Structural basis of protein sumoylation and RNA stability
Firaz Mohideen
Jaclyn Greimann

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Min Lu, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Biophysical mechanisms of viral entry and membrane fusion
 

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Fred Maxfield, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Biophysical chemistry of membrane traffic
 

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Dimitar Nikolov, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Structural biology of signaling in the nervous system
Nikhil Singla

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Dinshaw Patel, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Structural biology of nucleic acids and nucleic acid binding proteins
 

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Nikola Pavletich, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Structural biology of the cell cycle
 

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Timothy Ryan, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Physical chemistry of the synapse
 

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Erec Stebbins, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Structural microbiology
 

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Tom Sakmar, M.D.
The Rockefeller University

Molecular mechanisms of transmembrane signaling
Sourabh Banerjee
Neeraj Kapoor

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Hao Wu, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College

Structural biology of cell death signaling
Qian Yin

Bio-Analytical Chemistry

Faculty Member Research Description Students

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Brian Chait, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Mass spectrometery and gaseous ion chemistry

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Paul Tempst, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute

Targeted proteomics
 

Computational Chemistry & Biology

Faculty Member Research Description Students

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Stanislas Leibler, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Physical processes in living systems
Doeke Hekstra