Affiliated Faculty
Faculty alignment with track has not been finalized so changes with track affiliation may occur before the program start in fall 2026.
Cell and Molecular Biology Track Affiliated Faculty
Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, PhD
- Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Associate Dean for Biomedical Graduate Education

Mustafa Aydogan, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development

Philippe Batut, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development and Reproductive

Luke E. Berchowitz, PhD
- Associate Professor of Genetics and Development (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and-the Aging Brain)

Dietrich M. Egli, PhD
- Associate Professor of Developmental Cell Biology (in Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Stephen P. Goff, PhD
- Higgins Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

Rebecca Anne Haeusler, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)

Ulrich Hengst, PhD
- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Peter D Kwong, PhD
- Richard J. Stock Professor of Medical Sciences (Infectious Diseases) (in Medicine)
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Laura Landweber, PhD
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Professor of Biological Sciences (Columbia University)

Ya-Cheng Liao, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Cathy Lee Mendelsohn, PhD
- Professor of Urological Sciences (in Urology) and Pathology & Cell Biology and Genetics & Development (in the Institute of Human Nutrition)

Vilas Menon, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer Disease and the Aging Brain)

Jaewon Min, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics)

David M. Owens, PhD
- Professor of Epithelial Cell Biology (in Dermatology and Pathology and Cell Biology)

Arthur G. Palmer III, PhD
- Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Laura Pasqualucci, MD
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics) at CUMC

Yueqing Peng, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology in the Institute for Genomic Medicine

Matthias Quick, PhD
- Professor of Neurobiology (in Psychiatry) and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at CUMC

Kapil V. Ramachandran, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology, in Neuroscience and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Lawrence S. Shapiro, PhD
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Professor of Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology and in the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center)

Michael L. Shelanski, MD, PhD
- Henry Taub Professor of Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (in Pathology and Cell Biology and in the Taub Institute)

Falak Sher, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences

Peter A Sims, PhD
- Associate Professor of Systems Biology (in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and in Systems Biology)

Megan Sykes, MD
- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Surgical Sciences (in Surgery)
- Michael J. Friedlander Professor of Medicine

Lorraine S. Symington, PhD
- Harold S. Ginsberg Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Genetics and Development

Alison M. Taylor, PhD
- Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center)

Akanksha Thawani, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Carol M. Troy, MD, PhD
- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Neurology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at the CUMC

Harris H. Wang, PhD
- Professor of Systems Biology, of Pathology and Cell Biology, and of Biomedical Engineering

Xuebing Wu, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine and in Systems Biology) (in the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research)

Shan Zha, MD, PhD
- James A Wolff Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Cell Biology and of Microbiology and Immunology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center)

Chaolin Zhang, PhD
- Associate Professor of Systems Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (in the Motor Neuron Center)

Xin Zhang, PhD
- Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology and in Pathology and Cell Biology)




























































































