Department Directory

Faculty

Faculty, Alphabetically

Carolyn Adler, PhD

Associate Professor

Marc Antonyak

Associate Research Professor

Adam Boyko, PhD

Associate Professor

Richard Cerione, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Arts and Science in Chemistry

Paula Cohen, PhD

Professor of Genetics

Director, Cornell Reproductive Sciences Center (CoRe)

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Veterinary Medicine

Ruth Collins, PhD

Associate Professor

Charles Danko, PhD

Associate Professor in Life Science and Technology

Arunika Das, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor

Mandi de Mestre, BVSc (hons) PhD, PGCAP, MRCVS

Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor in Equine Medicine

Keila Dhondt, DVM

Senior Lecturer

Anushka Dongre, PhD

Assistant Professor

Gerald Duhamel, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Professor of Anatomic Pathology

Jacquelyn Evans, PhD

Assistant Professor

Marnie FitzMaurice, VMD, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Assistant Dean for Veterinary Curriculum

Andrea Flesken-Nikitin, PhD

Assistant Research Professor

Brandon P. Hedrick, PhD

Assistant Professor

Karen Hirsch, DVM

Assistant Professor of Practice

Gunther Hollopeter, PhD

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Studies, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Saki Ichikawa, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Antonia Jameson Jordan, DVM, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Director of Undergraduate Physiology

Toshi Kawate, PhD

Associate Professor

Jongmin Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor

Michael Kotlikoff, VMD, PhD

Professor

President of Cornell University

Natasza Kurpios, PhD

Professor

David Lin, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurobiology Coordinator, CityU Hong Kong Joint PhD Program

Kelly Lyboldt, DVM

Associate Professor of Practice

Course Leader, Foundation Course III (Function and Dysfunction)

Paul Maza, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor of Practice

Allison Miller, DVM, CVA, CCRP, DACVSMR

Senior Lecturer, Section of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Diplomate – American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Alexander Nikitin, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology

Linda Nowak, PhD

Associate Professor

Connor Emmet Owens

Instructor

Bill Ryerson, PhD

Senior Lecturer in Anatomy

Course Leader, Foundation Course I (The Animal Body)

Richa Sardana, PhD

Assistant Professor

John Schimenti, PhD

James Law Professor of Genetics

Rafael Senos, DVM, MA, MSc, DSc (PhD)

Senior Lecturer - Veterinary Anatomy

Praveen Sethupathy, PhD

Professor of Physiological Genomics

Department Chair

Carolyn Sevier, PhD

Associate Professor

Glenn E. Simmons Jr., PhD

Assistant Professor

Alexander J. Travis, VMD, PhD

Chair, Department of Public and Ecosystem Health

Director, Cornell Public Health

Professor of Reproductive Biology

Gregory Weiland, PhD

Associate Professor

Robert Weiss, PhD

Professor of Molecular Genetics

Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School

Andrew White, PhD

Associate Professor

Andrew Yen, PhD

Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Adjuncts and Retired Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Jenn Asher, DVM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Beth Bennett, DVM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Bryant Blank, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Pierre Comizzoli, DVM, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
Brian Crane, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Erin Daugherity, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lora Ellenson, MD, Adjunct Professor
Scott Emr, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Todd Evans, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Erica Feldman, DVM, DACLAM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kelly Hume, DVM, DACVIM, Adjunct Associate Professor
Heather Huson, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
Andrew Miller, DVM, DACVP, Adjunct Associate Professor
Noah Mishkin, DVM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Moore, DVM, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Heidi Stuhlmann, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Meng Wang, MD, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jerrold Ward, DVM, Adjunct Professor

Courtesy Faculty

Kelly Weigand, DVM, Courtesy Lecturer

Emeritus and Retired Faculty

Klaus Beyenbach, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Barry Cooper, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Robert Corradino, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Robin Davisson, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Cornelia Farnum, DVM, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Joanne Fortune, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Physiology
John Hermanson, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Anatomy
Maurine Linder, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Ellis Loew, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Physiology
Nancy Lorr, PhD, Lecturer in Physiology, Retired
Vicki Meyers-Wallen, VMD, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics and Reproduction, Retired
Linda Mizer, DVM, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Emeritus
Peter Nathanielsz, MD, PhD, ScD, FRCOG, Professor Emeritus
Drew Noden, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Embryology and Animal Development
Robert Oswald, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Robert Phemister, DVM, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Andrea Quaroni, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Richard Rawson, DVM, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Retired
Mark Roberson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Physiology
Wayne Schwark, DVM, MSc, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Geoffrey W. Sharp, PhD, DSc, Professor Emeritus
Paul Soloway, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics
Susan Suarez, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences
Brian Summers, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Daniel Tapper, VMD, PhD, Professor Emeritus
John Wootton, PhD, Professor Emeritus

Research Staff

Research Professionals

Mercedes Carro, PhD, Research Associate (Cohen Lab)
Xinbao Ding, PhD, Research Associate (Schimenti Lab)
Makoto Endo, Research Associate (Cerione Lab)
Kai Su Greene, Research Associate (Cerione Lab)
Jessica Hayward, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Tegan Horan, PhD, Research Associate (Cohen Lab)
William Katt, Senior Research Associate (Cerione Lab)
Noor Kazim, PhD, Research Associate (Yen Lab)
Jelena Zoran Lujic, PhD, Research Associate (Cohen Lab)
Shawn Milano, Research Associate (Cerione Lab)
Kristin Murphy, PhD, Senior Research Associate (Cohen Lab)
Elena Panizza, Research Associate (Cerione Lab)
Michael Shanahan, PhD, Senior Research Associate (Sethupathy Lab)
Bo Shui, PhD, Senior Research Associate (Sethupathy Lab)
Kristin Wilson, Senior Research Associate (Cerione Lab)
Ian Wolff, PhD, Research Associate (Cohen Lab)

Research Support Staff

Christian Abratte, Research Support Specialist (Schimenti Lab)
Christopher Ashe, Research Support Specialist (Nikitin Lab)
Ky'ara Carr, Temporary Research Support Specialist (Cohen Lab)
Wilhelm Elmore, Teaching Support Specialist
Robert Munroe, Research Support Specialist (Schimenti Lab)
Rishi Puri, Research Support Specialist (PATh Core)
Eileen Shu, Research Support Specialist (Cohen Lab)

Lab and Technical Staff

Nicole Andre, Technician (Simmons Lab)
Erin Brown, Technician (Kim Lab)
Rachel Buchanan, Technician (Kurpios Lab)
Shiney Chandraganti, Technician (Dongre Lab)
Emlyn Clark, Technician (Gross Lab)
Haley DeJager, Technician (Das Lab)
Alexander Drake, Technician (Cohen Lab/Sethupathy Lab)
Anna Green, Research Intern (Hedrick Lab)
Marco Hiller, Equipment Technician
Mozammal Hossain, Technician (Nikitin Lab)
Kelsey Jones, Technician (Weiss Lab)
Rie Kawate, Technician (Kawate Lab)
Jocelyn Kim, Technician (Simmons Lab)
Heather Marsh, Technician (Sevier Lab)
Michael O'Hare, Technician (Gross Lab)
Kathyn Rojas, Technician (Cerione Lab)
Nuno Tiago Fidalgo Tavares, Intern (Weiss Lab)
Kerry Schimenti, Service Technician (Temporary) (Schimenti Lab)

Postdoctoral Associates

Trisha Bhattacharya, PhD (Ichikawa Lab)
Shawna Cook, PhD (Evans Lab)
Sharmila Ghosh, PhD (de Mestre Lab)
Liqing "Libby" Huang, PhD (Kurpios Lab)
Yetunde Kayode, PhD (Simmons Lab)
Jyoti Lama, PhD (Cohen Lab/Danko Lab)
Sumanth Mosale, PhD (Sardana Lab)
Mumingjiang Munisha, PhD (Schimenti Lab)
Andrew Orkney, PhD (Hedrick Lab)
Cat Pereira, PhD (Weiss Lab)
Shebl Ali Salem, PhD (de Mestre Lab)
Rebecca Schmitt, PhD (Cerione Lab)
Hye Min Seo, PhD (Kawate Lab)
Alexx Shumway, PhD (Sethupathy Lab)
Vertika Singh, PhD (Schimenti Lab)
Kan Ujiie, PhD (Ichikawa Lab)
Melissa Anne White, PhD (Travis Lab)
Matt Zanotelli, PhD (Cerione Lab)

Residents and Graduate Students

Residents

Christina Kerkenpass, CARE Resident
Dah Ihm Kim, CARE Resident
Meryem Outouil, CARE Resident

Graduate Students

Student	Dept/Field	Lab
Nicole Andre	Animal Science	N/A
Jostin Armada	Chemical Engineering	Gunther Hollopeter
Arly Camila Armas Jimenez	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Jacquelyn Evans
Kimaya Bakhle	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Anushka Dongre
Jade Bowerman	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richa Sardana
Rachel Bradley	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Paula Cohen
Stephen Bredin	Natural Resources and the Environment	Brandon Hedrick
Sarah Chan	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Toshi Kawate
Andy Yu-Wei Chang	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Bob Weiss
Anthony Max Chen	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Bob Weiss
Jingyi Chen	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Andrew White
Junda Chen	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Carolyn Sevier
Analise Coon	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Arunika Das
Katie Crowther	Biophysics	Toshi Kawate
Saul De La Pena	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Samuel Deck	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Isabel Delo	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Carolyn Adler
Saloni Dhopte	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Paula Cohen and Charles Danko
Leanne Donahue	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Andrew White
Erick Eguia	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richa Sardana
Jacqueline Ehrlich	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Toshi Kawate
Shun Enomoto	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Chiamaka Ezeh	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Praveen Sethupathy and Zeribe Nwosu
Yifan Fang	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Yingshan Fang	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Jacquelyn Evans
Brian Feng	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Anushka Dongre
Jingyi Gao	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	John Schimenti
Caroline Audrey Erlinghagen Goldstein	Animal Science	Brandon Hedrick
Cyrus Habas	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Gunther Hollopeter
Minyi He	Chemistry and Chemical Biology	Saki Ichikawa
Jessica Holecheck	Chemistry and Chemical Biology	Richard Cerione
Alexandra Hommer	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Carolyn Sevier
William Hooker	Geological Sciences	Brandon Hedrick
Chia-Hsin Hsu	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Andrew White
Yuhan Jiang	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Toshi Kawate
Lola Lang	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Saki Ichikawa
Yanlin Li	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Hongjiang Liu	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Jongmin Kim
Michelle Liu	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Bob Weiss
Yangyang Liu	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Jac Longstreth	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Anna McKane	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Arunika Das and Mandi de Mestre
Kayleigh Morrison	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Gunther Hollopeter
Sunita Nepal	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Praveen Sethupathy and Anushka Dongre
Jacob Neumann	Chemistry and Chemical Biology	Richard Cerione
Iana Nikorich	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Saki Ichikawa
Julia Picker	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Jongmin Kim
Matalin Pirtz	Biomedical Engineering	Alexander Nikitin and Ben Cosgrove
Coulter Ralston	Biomedical Engineering	Alexander Nikitin and Ben Cosgrove
Helen Scanlon	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Jongmin Kim and Paula Cohen
Jessica Schneider	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Jacquelyn Evans
Biswanath Shaw	Biophysics	Richard Cerione
Andreas Stephanou	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Praveen Sethupathy and Iwijn De Vlaminck
Justin Tapper	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Carolyn Adler
Jonathon Thomalla	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	John Schimenti and Mariana Wolfner
Fu-Yu Tsai	Genetics, Genomics and Development	Carolyn Adler
Yongsheng Wang	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology	Richard Cerione
Jenna Ward	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Mandi de Mestre
Julia Zhu	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Richa Sardana

Other Department Members

Administrative Staff

Bonnie Hockenberry, Finance Manager
Toni Hoskins, Administrative Assistant
Jane Lee, Administrative Manager
Heather Muniz, Assistant to the Chair
Jennifer Patterson, DVM Curriculum Coordinator
Anya Samiljan, Administrative Assistant
Anne Schuyler, Finance Manager
Carolynn Steele-Law, Research Administration Coordinator