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: 4/30/12)
Bio-Organic Chemistry
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Sean Brady , Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Genetically encoded small molecules |
Jacob Banik (graduated) Debjani Chakraborty Hala Iqbal |
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Shiubing Chen, Ph.D Weill Cornell Medical College Stem cell and chemical biology |
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Gabriela Chiosis, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Design of novel chemotherapeutics |
Kamalika Moulick (graduated) |
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Samuel Danishefsky, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Syntheses of antitumor and anti-infective natural products |
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David Gin, Ph.D. (In Memory 1967-2011) Sloan-Kettering Institute New synthetic methods for carbohydrates and bioactive alkaloids The TPCB faculty, staff and students note with sadness the untimely death of our esteemed colleague David Y. Gin, a brilliant and talented chemist who joined the Sloan-Kettering Institute in 2006. He was a gentle, kind, good-humored, and remarkable human being who will be sorely missed. We extend our deepest sympathies to David's family and friends. |
Yuan Shi Rashad Karimov Zeinul-Gabiden Kazhkenov Nathaniel Park |
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Howard Hang , Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Development of new chemical tools for studying protein lipidation and glycosilation |
Guillaume Charron Paul Dossa David Iaea Xiaoqiu Yuan |
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Tarun Kapoor, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Chemistry and cell biology |
Alejandro Dottore Ulf Peters (graduated) Lei Tan |
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Minkui Luo, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Protein post-translational modification and inhibitor design |
Gil Blum Ian Bothwell Han Guo |
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Anthony Sauve, Ph.D. Weill Cornell 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 (graduated) Sirkka Moilanen (graduated) Renato Bauer Jacqueline Wurst Christopher Stratton |
Biological Chemistry & Biochemistry
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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 Cornell Medical College Biology of soluble adenylyl cyclases |
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Lorraine Gudas, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Retinoid pharmacology |
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Morgan Huse, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Chemical Biology of lymphocyte signalling |
Thinh Nguyen Duc |
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Samie Jaffrey, M.D. Weill Cornell 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 Cornell Medical College Biology of glucose transporter biology and type II diabetes |
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Anant Menon, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Trafficking of membrane lipids; protein lipidation and glycosylation |
Sumana Sanyal (graduated) |
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Neal Rosen, M.D./Ph.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Develop mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for cancer |
Nen Cao |
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Stewart Shuman, M.D./Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Nucleic acid metabolism |
Niroshika Monerawila Keppetipola (graduated) J.K. Nandakumar (graduated) Ruchi Jain (graduated) Poulami Samai Anupam Chakravarty Ushati Das |
Bio-Analytical Chemistry
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Brian Chait, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Mass spectrometery and gaseous ion chemistry |
Jeff DeGrasse (graduated) Roman Subbotin |
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Paul Tempst, Ph.D. Sloan-Kettering Institute Targeted proteomics |
Computational Chemistry & Biology
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Stanislas Leibler, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Physical processes in living systems |
Doeke Hekstra (graduated) |
Biophysical Chemistry
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Olaf Andersen, M.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Molecular mechanisms of ion channels |
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Scott Blanchard, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Single-molecule studies protein synthesis |
Richa Dave (graduated) Carlos Rico |
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Seth Darst, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University Structural aspects of transcription |
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David Eliezer, Ph.D. Weill Cornell 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 |
Jaclyn Greimann (graduated) Firaz Mohideen (graduated) J.K. Nandakumar (graduated) |
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Fred Maxfield, Ph.D. Weill Cornell 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 (graduated) |
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Crina Nimigean, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Ion channel structure and mechanism |
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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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Alexandros Pertsinidis, Ph.D Sloan-Kettering Institute Single-Molecule and Single-Cell studies of Gene Regulation |
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Timothy Ryan, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Physical chemistry of the synapse |
Vidhya Rangaraju |
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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 (graduated) Amy Grunbeck Neeraj Kapoor (graduated) Carlos Rico He Tian |
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Hao Wu, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College Structural biology of cell death signaling |
Alvin Lu Lina Yi Qian Yin (graduated) |