Faculty Member Directory
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Niroshana Anandasabapathy
Associate Professor
Dermatology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Immunity, Immunotherapy, T Cells, Tumor Immunology, Tumor-Associated Immune Response
![Doug Antczak](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2VQLDFMecaNl918_DougAntczak2014.png)
Doug Antczak
Professor
Baker Institute for Animal Health, Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Antibody, Cell Biology, Genetics / Genomics, Horse, Immune Regulation, Immunogenetics, Mhc, Placenta, Pregnancy, T Cells, T Lymphocytes, Trophoblast
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David Artis
Director, Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Michael Kors Professor of Immunology; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology,
Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests:
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Avery August
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Allergic Asthma, Gene Regulation, Immune Cell Activation, Immune Response, Immunoengineering, Inflammation, Signaling, T Cell Activation, T Cell Differentiation, T Cells, Tyrosine Kinases
![Franck Barat](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Frank-Barrat.png)
Franck Barrat
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Dendritic Cells, Fibrosis, Human Health, Ifn, Immune Regulation, Immune-Mediated Disease, Immunity, Inflammation, Innate Receptors, Lupus, Signaling, TLR
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Julie Magarian Blander
Professor
Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Antigen Presentation, Apoptosis, B Cell, Cancer, Immune Response, Immunity, Infection, Inflammation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Innate Immunity, T Cells, TLR
![Cornell University seal](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/themes/cornell_base_2017/images/seal-150x150.png)
Saikat Boliar
Research Associate
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: B Cell, Hiv / Aids, Hiv-1, Immunopathogenesis, Latency/Persistence, Macrophages, T Cells
![Andrew Brandmaier](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/andrew-brandmaier.png)
Andrew Brandmaier
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy, Effector Function, Immunotherapy, Radiation, T Cells
![Ilana Brito](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IlanaBrito-1.png)
Ilana Brito
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: Antimicrobial Resistance, Genetics / Genomics, Host-Microbe Interaction, Human Health, Infectious Disease, Inflammation, Microbiome, Virus/Virology
![Nicolas Buchon](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_UiktMGOuCHT7dZf_buchon-nicolas.png)
Nicolas Buchon
Professor
Entomology
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Bacteria, Gene Regulation, Genetics / Genomics, Gut Microbiome, Host-Microbe Interaction, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Innate Immunity, Microbiome, Microbiota, Mucosal Immunology, Pathogenesis, Stem Cells
![Yung-Fu Chang](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_3mku1sZTeueGK4q_Chang_6033B.jpg)
Yung-Fu Chang
Professor
Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Adjuvants, Microbial Pathogenesis, Proteome, Vaccine Developent, Vaccines
![Jonathan Cheetham](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Cheetham-Medium.png)
Jonathan Cheetham
Associate Professor
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Immune Modulation, Immunoengineering, Macrophages, Peripheral Nerve Repair
![Soon Hon Cheong](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_3pf1WCVGh1utNrQ_SoonHonCheong.png)
Soon Hon Cheong
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Antimicrobial Resistance, Immunity, Infection, Microbiome, Neonatal, Pregnancy, Reproduction
![C.C. Chu](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2rUVNj0bA49zlAe_Chu-in-NAI-v2-12-20-18.png)
C. C. Chu
Rebecca Q. Morgan '60 Professor
Biomedical Engineering field, and Fiber Sci and Apparel Design Dept.
College of Human Ecology - Ithaca
Interests: Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Inflammation, Macrophages, Wound Healing
![Ted Clark](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ted_clark.png)
Ted Clark
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Adaptive Immunity, Host-Parasite Interaction, Membrane Fusion, Therapeutic Antibody Discovery, Vaccine Developent, Vaccines
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Cristina Clement
Assistant Research Professor
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests:
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Paula Cohen
Professor and Associate Vice Provost for LIfe Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Germ Cells, Meiosis, Stem Cells
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Nicholas Collins
Assistant Professor of Immunology in Medicine
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests:
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Michael Corley
Assistant Professor
Medicine
- New York City
Interests: DNA Methylation, Epigenetics, Gene Regulation, Infection
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Charles Danko
Robert N Noyce Assistant Professor
Baker Institute for Animal Health
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Cancer, Gene Regulation, Genetics / Genomics, T Cells
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Melissa Davis
Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer Disparities, Genetics / Genomics, Immune Response, International, Molecular Epidemiology, Tumor Subtypes, Tumor-Associated Immune Response
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Miguel de Mulder Rougvie
Assistant Professor of Virology Research in Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Endogenous Retroviruses, Hiv / Aids, Hiv-1
![Matthew DeLisa](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_1rcqB3zaSQKmczL_DeLisa.png)
Matthew DeLisa
William L. Lewis Professor of Engineering
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: Antibody Engineering, Glycobiology, Glycoimmunology, Immunoengineering, Vaccine Developent, Vaccines
![Sandra Demaria](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_ub3pfjVJMlAIjCx_Demaria-Sandra-2015.png)
Sandra Demaria
Professor
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Anti-Tumor T Cell Repertoire, Cancer Immunotherapy, Combinations Of Radiotherapy & Immune Checkpoint Blockade, Mechanistic Links Between DNA Damage Response & Tumor Immunogencity
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Mariana Diel de Amorim
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Fertility, Gene Regulation, Horse, Inflammation, Placenta, Pregnancy
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Anushka Dongre
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Cancer - Breast, Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, Immune checkpoint blockade, Immunosuppression, T Cells, Tumor Microenvironment
![Kate Dupnik](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-1.15.17-PM.png)
Kate Dupnik
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Host-Pathogen Response, Mycobacteria, Transcriptome
![Sabine Ehrt](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_3WAQRWTlxmnRXb3_Ehrt-S-1568x1568.png)
Sabine Ehrt
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Host-Pathogen Interaction, Infection, Molecular Microbiology, Pathogenesis
![Olivier Elemento](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_114UoqMnaFqNsUC_Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-9.46.13-AM.png)
Olivier Elemento
Director Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
The Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Clinical Data, Gene Regulation, Genetics / Genomics
![Julia Felippe](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_aawflgDYaONlOwN_Julia-Felippe.png)
Julia Felippe
Professor
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: B Cell, Gene Regulation, Immunoglobulin, Regenerative Medicine, Vaccines
![Cedric Feschotte](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_24iUg7ajWxB6Wq3_0B3F685E-8B10-4D99-BA9F-D8E6EFF49794.png)
Cedric Feschotte
Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Endogenous Retroviruses, Evolutionary Genomics, Gene Regulation, Innate Immunity, Transposable Elements
![Julia Finkelstein](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2AXrCvQ3CT4zUce_Portrait_jlf288.png)
Julia Finkelstein
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Nutrition
Nutritional Sciences
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, College of Human Ecology - Ithaca
Interests: Infection, Inflammation, Maternal & Child Health, Nutrition, Pregnancy
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Andrew Flyak
Assistant Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests:
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Sylvia Formenti
Professor
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Brain, Cancer, Cancer - Breast, Cancer - Lung, Clinical Data, Immune Checkpoint, Immunotherapy, Radiation
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Deborah Fowell
Director, Cornell Center for Immunology; Chair and Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ithaca
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: In Vivo Imaging, Inflammation, T Cells
![Lorenzo Galluzzi](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_3iKISykaXEoudcC_LG-at-AACR-1.png)
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology Research in Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Apoptosis, Autophagy, Cancer - Breast, Nutritional Interventions, Tumor Immunology
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Martin Gilbert
Senior Research Associate
Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Distemper, Wildlife
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David Gludish
Senior Research Associate
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Hematopoietic Progenitors, Hiv / Aids, Lung, Lung Progenitor Cells, Macrophage, Myeloid, SARS-CoV2, Stem Cells
![Rob Goggs](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_tKblw9V8nQS2ESt_Goggs-mugshot-2-1568x1568.png)
Rob Goggs
Assistant Professor of Emergency & Critical Care
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Antimicrobial Resistance, Biomarkers, Hemolytic Anemia, Microbiome, Thrombocytopenia
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Andrea Gramatica
Instructor of Immunology in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Hiv / Aids, T Cells
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Andrew Grimson
Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - Ithaca
Interests:
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Cassie Guarino
Extension Associate
Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Antibody, Biomarkers, Infectious Disease, Luminex, Serolgy
![CJ Guo](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_263wlIXzMRlI8Ne_IMG_1394-1568x1568.png)
CJ Guo
Assistant Professor of Immunology in Medicine
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Host-Microbe Interaction, Microbiome, Microbiota
![Monica Guzman](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2VdzJFNHL5FtSBo_06_02_16guzman1lg.png)
Monica Guzman
Associate Professor of Pharmacology in Medicine
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Cancer - Leukemia
![Holowka](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_30tQYsrgZZG9jHl_DHolowka.png)
Dave Holowka
Senior Scientist
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
College of Arts & Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Cell Signaling, Cell Trafficking, Fluorescence Methods, Imaging, Membrane Structure & Function
![Fenghua Hu](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_ezL4riWuYzknPPj_Fenghua.png)
Fenghua Hu
Assistant Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Aging, Autophagy, Brain, Cell Biology, Microglia Mediated Inflammation, Neurodegeneration
![Weishan Huang](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_6KG4zQ7Tg2rkRWN_Photo_WH_web_ready.png)
Weishan Huang
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Allergic Asthma, Immune Checkpoint, Immune Memory, Inflammation, Regulatory Lymphocytes
![Kelly Hume](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_cBbcrl0u6SjpGDv_IMG_2832-crop-acvim.png)
Kelly Hume
Associate Professor
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Biomarkers, Cancer, Chemosensitivity, DNA Damage Responses, Drug Repurposing
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Iliyan Iliev
Associate Professor
Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Host-Microbe Interaction, Host-Microbiome Interaction, Innate Immunity, Microbiome, Microbiota, Tumor Immunology
![Lionel Ivashkiv](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_31LOmdDR7NMjr09_Ivashiv-HSS-hi-res.png)
Lionel Ivashkiv
Professor
Medicine
Hospital for Special Surgery - New York City
Interests: Cytokines, Epigenomics, Macrophages, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Signaling
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Shaoyi Jiang
Robert S. Langer ’70 Family and Friends Professor
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Engineering, Gene Delivery, Immune Modulation, Immune-modulating Materials, Immunoengineering
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Liz Johnson
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, College of Human Ecology - Ithaca
Interests: Diet, Genetics / Genomics, Gut Microbiome, Host-Microbiome Interaction, Lipidomics, Microbiome, Molecular Microbiology, Sphingolipids
![Steven Josefowicz](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_3I9pE7AKfsau9TI_josefowicz.png)
Steven Josefowicz
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Adaptive Immunity, Cancer - Melanoma, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, H3.3, Histones, Inflammation, Signal Transduction, T Cells
![Josephine Kang](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_1BPpPcwe3uS5UsB_headshot.png)
Josephine Kang
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Cancer - Prostate, Combination Treatments, Combinations Of Radiotherapy & Immune Checkpoint Blockade, Immunotherapy, Microbiome, Radiation
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Katie Kelly
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Brain, Myocarditis
![Cornell University seal](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/themes/cornell_base_2017/images/seal-150x150.png)
Ekta Khurana
Assistant Professor of Computational Genomics
Meyer Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Computational Biology, Genetics / Genomics
![Dan Klessig](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-1.19.51-PM.png)
Dan Klessig
Professor
Boyce Thompson Institute
Boyce Thompson Institute - Ithaca
Interests: Salicylic Acid
![Gary Koretzky](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DR.-GARY-KORETZKY_by-JohnAbbott_070-e1581552093217.png)
Gary Koretzky
Professor
Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical - Ithaca, New York City
Interests: Adapter Proteins, Cancer Immunotherapy, Immune Development, Signal Transduction, T Cells
![Jan Lammerding](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2TGYxea9zr6CPLP_Photo-Lammerding.png)
Jan Lammerding
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: Biomaterials, Cancer, Cell Migration, Drug Delivery, Engineering, Imaging, Mechanobiology, Nucleus
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Colleen Lau
Assistant Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Adaptive Immunity, Cytokines, Epigenetics, Immune Memory, Innate Immunity, Lymphocytes, Natural Killer Cells, T Cells
![Brian Lazzaro](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lazzaro-web.png)
Brian Lazzaro
Professor
Entomology
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Bacteria, Evolutionary Genomics, Genetics / Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interaction
![Cynthia Leifer](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/leifer-headshot-2017_1.png)
Cynthia Leifer
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Immunoengineering, Infection, Inflammation, Innate Immunity, Vaccines
![Manigandan Lejeune](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-1.46.59-PM.png)
Manigandan Lejeune
Director Clinical Parasitology
Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Biodiversity, Diagnostic Parasitology, Host-Parasite Interaction, Wildlife
![Hening Lin](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_31sYIUZrERxpHyu_H_Lin_11.png)
Hening Lin
Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
College of Arts & Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Cell Signaling, Cell Trafficking, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Post-Translational Modification
![John Loftus](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_pFtPdyn3QyfWpYl_2018-Photo-1-1568x1568.png)
John Loftus
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Aging, Biomarkers, Immune Regulation, Immune-Mediated Disease, Immunosenescence, Inflammation
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Randy Longman
Associate Professor
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests:
![Theresa Lu](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-1.48.37-PM.png)
Theresa Lu
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
HSS/WCM Microbiology and Immunology
Hospital for Special Surgery - New York City
Interests: Immune Cell-Stromal Interactions, Lupus, Lymph Nodes, Lymphatics, Scleroderma, Skin
![Cornell University seal](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/themes/cornell_base_2017/images/seal-150x150.png)
Minglin Ma
Assistant Professor
Biological & Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Biomaterials, Cell Therapy, Diabetes, Immune Modulation, Immune Regulation, Immunoengineering, Insulin, Organ Rejection
![Yuxin Mao](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_yvSyK2XlyeCHjs5_yuxin.png)
Yuxin Mao
Associate Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics
College of Arts & Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Cell Signaling, Cell Trafficking, Host-Microbe Interaction, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Host-Pathogen Response, Human Health, Infection, Innate Immunity, Macrophages, Structural Biology
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Ariel E. Marciscano
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy, Immunooncology, Immunotherapy, Radiation
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Christopher Mason
Associate Professor
Physiology and Biophysics
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Genetics / Genomics, Human Health, Transcription Factors, Transcriptome
![Cornell University seal](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/themes/cornell_base_2017/images/seal-150x150.png)
Irina Matei
Assistant Professor of Immunology Research in Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Exosomes/Exomeres, Inflammation, Tumor Immunology, Tumor Microenvironment, Tumor-Associated Immune Response
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Mandy McGeachy
Associate Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Autoimmunity, B Cell, Infection, Inflammation, Mucosal Immunology, Stromal Cells, Th17
![Saurabh Mehta](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_qKgHvuP9CxnjW7f_Image-4-11-19-at-11.04-AM.png)
Saurabh Mehta
Associate Professor
Nutritional Sciences
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, College of Human Ecology - Ithaca
Interests: Diagnostics, Human Health, Infectious Disease, International, Microbiome, micronutrients, Nutrition, Nutritional Immunology
![Ari Melnick](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2aaxIQLYHlTEYlb_2013-06_Tully_WeillCornell_AR-2710.png)
Ari Melnick
Professor
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: B Cell, Cancer, Cancer - Lymphomas, Chromatin, Epigenetics, Germinal Centers, Transcription Factors, Tumor Immunology
![Irene Min](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_yjwXOsC7I4rnX21_irm2226.png)
Irene Min
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology Research
Surgery
Hospital for Special Surgery - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Cancer - Endocrine, Cancer - Thyroid, CAR-T, Gene Regulation, Immunoengineering, T Cells
![Cornell University seal](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/themes/cornell_base_2017/images/seal-150x150.png)
Linda Mittel
Senrior Extension Associate
Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Horse, Host-Parasite Interaction
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Juan Miguel Mosquera
Associate Professor
Pathology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Biomarkers, Cancer, Cancer - Prostate, Gene Fusions, Immunooncology
![Carl Nathan](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_72hLzpFPfNHfBeh_Screen-Shot-2018-05-25-at-7.24.05-PM.png)
Carl Nathan
Professor and Chair
Microbiology & Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Antimicrobial Resistance, Drug Discovery, Immune Modulation, Infection, Macrophages, Mycobacteria, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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Lishomwa Ndhlovu
Professor
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests:
![Anthony Ong](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2c7XHUnHaOCcyCC_ado.HEportrait.png)
Anthony Ong
Professor
Human Development
College of Human Ecology - Ithaca
Interests: Aging, Emotions, Human Health, Relationships, Stress
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Virginia Pascual
Gale and Ira Drukier Director of Children's Health Research and Ronay Menschel Professor of Pediatrics
Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests:
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Robert Peck
Associate Professor
Center for Global Health
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Heart, Hypertension
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Alessandra Pernis
Senior Scientist
Autoimmunity
Hospital for Special Surgery - New York City
Interests: B Cell, Immune Cell Activation, Immune Response, Lupus, Lymphocytes, Pathogenesis, Signaling, T Cell Activation, T Cell Development, T Cell Differentiation, T Cells, Vascular
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David Putnam
Associate Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Samuel B. Eckert Professor in Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests:
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Yi Ren
Assistant Professor
Animal Science
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - Ithaca
Interests: Cancer - Ovarian, Endocrinology, Fertility, Germ Cells, Immunoengineering, Inflammation, Pregnancy, Reproduction, Signaling, Vascular
![Brian Rudd](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_1rvMRtSc3KdXX3B_Rudd-photo-2-1568x1568.png)
Brian Rudd
Associate Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Adaptive Immunity, Aging, Immune Memory, Immune Response, Infection, Infectious Disease, Lymphocytes, Neonatal, T Cells
![Jane Salmon](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2sYoWL5ohRLlVGO_WCM-Jane-Salmon-2016-0045-1568x1568.png)
Jane Salmon
Professor
Rheumatology
Hospital for Special Surgery - New York City
Interests: Biomarkers, Heart, Immune-Mediated Disease, Inflammation, Innate Immunity, Lupus, Pregnancy, Structural Biology, Thrombosis
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Laura Santambrogio
Associate Director of Precision Immunology in the Englander Institute of Precision Medicine, Professor of Physiology, Biophysics and Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology, The Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Dendritic Cells, MHC-restricted antigen processing and presentation
![Chris Schaffer](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_1Qu1UVA7HZwhX95_chris_schaffer.png)
Chris Schaffer
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: In Vivo Imaging, Inflammation, Neurodegeneration, Nonlinear Microscopy, Vascular
![John Schementi](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_R8DLOveotDO09QB_John-Schimenti_0027-1.png)
John Schimenti
Professor
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Cancer, Cell Biology, DNA Repair, Genetics / Genomics, Genomic Instability, Immune Checkpoint, Inflammation, Reproduction
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Praveen Sethupathy
Professor of Physiological Genomics
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Gene Regulation, Genetics / Genomics, Infection - Enteric, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, microRNA, Paneth cells
![Wen Shen](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_2WC3h2AHM35Syhf_Shen_Photo-1-1568x1568.png)
Wen Shen
Associate Professor
Cell Biology in Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Cell Biology, Chromatin, Epigenomics, Genetics / Genomics, Immunity, Immunotherapy, Pten, Tumor Immunology
![Gennady Shvets](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_1hKg3NdKT8LzvUU_Gennady_Cornell_008_select.png)
Gennady Shvets
Professor
Applied & Engineering Physics
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: All-Optical Cytopathology, Cancer, Cell Signaling, Drug Screens, Engineering, Microfluidics, Multi-Drug Resistance, Signaling
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Glenn Simmons Jr.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests:
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Anja Sipka
Research Associate
Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Host-Pathogen Interaction, Host-Pathogen Response, Immune Modulation, Immune Regulation, Infection, Innate Immunity, Myeloid Cell Plasticity, Pregnancy
![Barry Sleckman](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_3nvg9EmJmkZDXSm_Sleckman-photo-1568x1568.png)
Barry Sleckman
Professor
Pathology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Antigen Receptor Gene Rearrangement, B Cell, DNA Damage Responses, Immune Regulation, Immune Response, Inflammation, Lymphocytes, Lymphoid Tumors, T Cell Development, T Cells, T Lymphocytes
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Selin Somersan-Karakaya
Assistant professor of Medicine
Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Dendritic Cells, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Host-Pathogen Response, Macrophages, Mycobacteria, Nitrosative Stress, Oxidative Stress
![Gregory Sonnenberg](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_SZULJeZJHTYupZ7_Sonnenberg_lg.png)
Gregory Sonnenberg
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology in Medicine
Medicine, Gastroenterologys
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Gut Microbiome, Human Health, Immunity, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Innate Immunity, Lymphatics, Microbiome, Microbiota, Mucosal Immunology, T Cells
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Lydia Tesfa
Director, Flow Cytometry Facility; Associate Research Professor
Cornell Institute of Biotechnology
Boyce Thompson Institute, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Human Ecology, College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Infectious Disease, T Cells
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Gerlinde Van de Walle
Associate Professor
Baker Institute for Animal Health
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Cancer, Cancer - Breast, Germ Cells, Host Range, Human Health, Pathogenesis, Stem Cells, Virus/Virology
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Claire Vanpouille-Box
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Cancer, Cancer - Breast, Cancer - Glioblastomas, Cell Signaling, Immune Checkpoint, Immune Response, Immunotherapy, Radiation, Signaling, Tgf-Beta Superfamily, Tumor Immunology
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Timothy Vartanian
Professor
Brain and Mind Research Institute, Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegeneration, TLR
![Yadong Wang](https://centerforimmunology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/R_1LTAHwyExBAsU6t_with-MModel-crop-1568x1568.png)
Yadong Wang
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: Biomaterials, Cancer, Drug Delivery, Engineering, Heart, Immunoengineering
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Andrew White
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Cancer, Cancer - Skin
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Chris Xu
Professor
Applied & Engineering Physics
College of Engineering - Ithaca
Interests: Brain, Diagnostics, Fluorescence Methods, Imaging, Lymph Nodes
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Andrew Yen
Professor
Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Cancer, Cell Biology, Cell Cycle Regulation, Cell Differentiation, Cell Signaling, Cell Therapy, Gene Regulation, Genetics / Genomics, Tumor Immunology
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Melody Zeng
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical - New York City
Interests: Diet, Gut Microbiome, Human Health, Maternal & Child Health, Microbiome, Neonatal, Placenta, Pregnancy