Research
The Stem Cell Institute is home to numerous world-class scientists and highly interconnected research programs in a variety of areas of stem cell research, including in Pluripotent Stem Cells and Human Development, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Cancer Stem Cells, Endodermal Stem Cells, Neural Stem Cells, and others.
Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Teresa V. Bowman, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Keisuke Ito, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Scientific Resources of the Stem Cell Institute
Maria Marianovich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Satish K. Nandakumar, M.B.,B.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Arthur I. Skoultchi, Ph.D.
Judith and Burton P. Resnick Chair in Cell Biology
Britta Will, Ph.D.
Co-Leader, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology Program
Pluripotent Stem Cells and Human Development
Eric E. Bouhassira, Ph.D.
Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Ales Cvekl, Ph.D.
The Max Berger Chair in Ophthalmology
Meelad M. Dawlaty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
John M. Greally, D.Med., M.B.,B.Ch.,B.A.O., Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Genomics, Department of Genetics
Wei Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Jeffrey E. Pessin, Ph.D.
Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Professorial Chair in Diabetes Research
Carl L. Schildkraut, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Zijie Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Faculty, Department of Oncology
Jan Vijg, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Genetics
Stem Cells in Premalignant Conditions and Cancer
Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D.
Rose C. Falkenstein Chair in Cancer Research
Jinan Behnan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, The Leo M. Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery
Eugen Dhimolea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Evripidis Gavathiotis, Ph.D.
Co-Leader, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Therapeutics Program
Kira Gritsman, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Leader, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology Program
Wenjun Guo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Marina Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D.
Miriam Mandel Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research
Lindsay M. LaFave, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Rebeca San Martin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology
Aditi Shastri, M.B.,B.S.
Associate Professor, Department of Oncology
Maria S. Sosa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Ulrich G. Steidl, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Cell Biology
Kristy R. Stengel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Amit K. Verma, M.B.B.S.
Director, Division of Hemato-Oncology, Montefiore Department of Oncology
Endodermal Stem Cells
Leonard H. Augenlicht, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Oncology
Winfried Edelmann, Ph.D.
The Joseph and Gertrud Buchler Chair in Transgenic Medicine
Chandan Guha, M.B.,B.S., Ph.D.
Associate Director, Innovation/Tech Transfer, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sanjeev Gupta, M.B.,B.S., M.D.
The Eleazar & Feige Reicher Chair in Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine
Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury, M.B.,B.S.
Scientific Director, Gene Therapy Facility
Neural Stem Cells
Dongsheng Cai, M.D., Ph.D.
Young Men's Division Chair in Physiology
J. Tiago Goncalves, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Herbert M. Lachman, M.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Frank F. Soldner, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
E. Richard Stanley, Ph.D.
Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer Chair in Developmental Biology