Department Directory

Faculty

Faculty, Alphabetically

Adam Boyko, PhD

Associate Professor

Director of Undergraduate Physiology

Paula Cohen, PhD

Professor of Genetics

Director, Cornell Reproductive Sciences Center (CoRe)

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

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

Antonia Jameson Jordan, DVM, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Jongmin Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor

Michael Kotlikoff, VMD, PhD

Professor

President, Cornell University

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

Bill Ryerson, PhD

Senior Lecturer in Anatomy

Course Leader, Foundation Course I (The Animal Body)

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

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

Robert Weiss, PhD

Professor of Molecular Genetics

Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School

Andrew White, PhD

Associate Professor

Andrew Yen, PhD

Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Research Professionals, Adjuncts and Retired

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
Erin Daugherity, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lora Ellenson, MD, 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
Glenn Jackson, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, Adjunct Assistant 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

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
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 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
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
Xinbao Ding, PhD, Research Associate
Jessica Hayward, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Tegan Horan, PhD, Research Associate (Cohen Lab)
Noor Kazim, PhD, Research Associate (Yen Lab)
Jelena Zoran Lujic, PhD, Research Associate
Kristin Murphy, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Michael Shanahan, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Bo Shui, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Ian Wolff, PhD, Research Associate (Cohen Lab)

Postdoctoral Associates

Shawna Cook, PhD (Evans Lab)
Sharmila Ghosh, PhD (de Mestre Lab)
Yetunde Kayode, PhD (Simmons Lab)
Jyoti Lama, PhD (Cohen Lab/Danko Lab)
Mumingjiang Munisha, PhD (Schimenti Lab)
Andrew Orkney, PhD (Hedrick Lab)
Cat Pereira, PhD (Weiss Lab)
Shebl Ali Salem, PhD (de Mestre Lab)
Alexx Shumway, PhD (Sethupathy Lab)
Vertika Singh, PhD (Schimenti Lab)
Melissa Anne White, PhD (Travis Lab)

Research Support Staff

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

Lab and Technical Staff

Nicole Andre, Technician III (Simmons Lab)
Erin Brown, Technician III (Kim Lab)
Shiney Chandraganti, Technician III (Dongre Lab)
Emlyn Clark, Technician IV (Gross Lab)
Haley DeJager, Technician III (Das Lab)
Alexander Drake, Technician III (Cohen Lab/Sethupathy Lab)
Anna Green, Research Intern (Hedrick Lab)
Marco Hiller, Equipment Technician V
Mozammal Hossain, Technician III (Nikitin Lab)
Kelsey Jones, Technician IV (Weiss Lab)
Jocelyn Kim, Technician I (Simmons Lab)
Michael O'Hare, Technician IV (Gross Lab)
Nuno Tiago Fidalgo Tavares, Intern (Weiss Lab)
Kerry Schimenti, Service Technician (Temporary) (Schimenti Lab)

Residents and Graduates 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
Arly Camila Armas Jimenez	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Jacquelyn Evans
Kimaya Bakhle	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Anushka Dongre
Rachel Bradley	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Paula Cohen
Stephen Bredin	Natural Resources and the Environment	Brandon Hedrick
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
Saloni Dhopte	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Paula Cohen and Charles Danko
Leanne Donahue	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Andrew White
Chiamaka Ezeh	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Praveen Sethupathy and Zeribe Nwosu
Yingshan Fang	Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology	Jacquelyn Evans
Brian Feng	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Anushka Dongre
Jingyi Gao	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	John Schimenti
Caroline Audrey Erlinghagen Goldstein	Animal Science	Brandon Hedrick
William Hooker	Geological Sciences	Brandon Hedrick
Chia-Hsin Hsu	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Andrew White
Hongjiang Liu	Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology	Jongmin Kim
Michelle Liu	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Bob Weiss
Anna McKane	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Arunika Das and Mandi de Mestre
Sunita Nepal	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Praveen Sethupathy
Matalin Pirtz	Biomedical Engineering	Alexander Nikitin, Ben Cosgrove
Coulter Ralston	Biomedical Engineering	Alexander Nikitin, Ben Cosgrove
Helen Scanlon	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Jongmin Kim, Paula Cohen
Jessica Schneider	Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology	Jacquelyn Evans
Andreas Stephanou	Genetics, Genomics & Development	Praveen Sethupathy and Iwijn De Vlaminck
Jonathon Thomalla	Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology	John Schimenti, Mariana Wolfner
Jenna Ward	Biomedical and Biological Sciences	Mandi de Mestre

Other Members of the Department

Administrative Staff

Jane Lee, Administrative Manager
Bonnie Hockenberry, Financial Manager
Toni Hoskins, Administrative Assistant and Education Program Coordinator
Heather Muniz, Assistant to the Chair, Stem Cell Program Administrative Support
Jennifer Patterson, Vet Curriculum Support (Block I & III), Telecomm Coordinator, Safety Coordinator
Anya Samiljan, Conference/Academic Program Coordinator
Anne Schuyler, Financial/Sponsored Award Administrator
Carolynn Steele-Law, Research Administration Coordinator