Larry F Abbott, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics (in Biological Sciences)
William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience
Email: lfabbott@columbia.edu

Research: Mathematical modeling and analysis of neurons and neural network

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences (in the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute)
Email: ia2458@columbia.edu

Research:Genes and neural circuits for pain and touch behavior

Christoph Anacker, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)
Email: ca2635@cumc.columbia.edu
Lab website: http://www.anackerlab.com/
Research: effect of stress on neural circuits and effect of neural circuit deficits on susceptibility to psychiatric disorders

Qais Al-Awqati, MB, ChB
Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Professor of Nephrology and Hypertension
Robert F Loeb Professor of Medicine
Email: qa1@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: Epithelial differentiation and protein targeting, molecular mechanisms of kidney organogenesis

Scott Banta, PhD
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Email: sbanta@columbia.edu

Research: protein engineering, synthetic biology, biotechnology

Manu Ben-Johny, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Email: mbj2124@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: molecular function, regulation and cardiac and neurological physiology of voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels

Jahar Bhattacharya, MD, DPhil
Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Professor of Medicine
Email: jb39@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: Molecular physiology of lung immunity

Julie Canman, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Email: jcc2210@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: Molecular mechanisms of cell division

Bridget Carragher, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Email: bcarr@nysbc.org

Research: Automating and streamlining cryo electron microscopy (cryoEM) and cryo electron tomography (cryoET)

Nadeen Chahine, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (in Orthopedic Surgery)
Email: noc7@columbia.edu

Research: biomechanics and mechanobiology of cells and tissues of the musculoskeletal system in degeneration and inflammation

Oliver Clarke, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics (in Anesthesiology and the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research)
Email: oc2188@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: structural characterization of membrane proteins mediating and modulating intracellular calcium release

Henry M Colecraft, PhD
John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
Professor of Pharmacology
Email: hc2405@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: ion channel regulation and disease

Jeanine D’Armiento, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine in Anesthesiology
Director of the Center for Molecular Pulmonary Disease in Anesthesiology and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Email: jmd12@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: mechanisms of lung injury and repair in COPD and ARDs

Joriene De Nooij, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology)
Email: sd382@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: sensory neuron biology, proprioception, peripheral neuropathy, stem cells

Sabrina Diano, PhD
Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition (in Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics and in the Institute of Human Nutrition)
Director, Institute of Human Nutrition
Email: sabrina.diano@columbia.edu

Research: Brain mechanisms regulating energy and glucose homeostasis using interdisciplinary approaches, including molecular biology, anatomy, biochemistry, behavior, electrophysiology, and chemogenetics, in rodent models

Jane Dodd, PhD
Professor of Cellular Physiology and Biophysics
Professor of Neuroscience
Email: jd18@columbia.edu

Research: Cell Specification and Differentiation, Axon Pathfinding and Synaptogenesis, Circuit Development

Dietrich Egli, PhD
Assistant Professor of Developmental Cell Biology (in Pediatrics)
Email: de2220@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: cell differentiation, pancreas, cell cycle, genome stability, reprogramming

Qing Fan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Email: qf13@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: structural biology of G protein-coupled receptors

Ali Gharavi, M.D.
Jay Meltzer Professor of Nephrology and Hypertension (in Medicine)
Email: ag2239@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: genetics of kidney failure in humans and murine models; precision medicine for adult constitutional disorders

Joseph Gogos, MD, PhD
Professor of Cellular Physiology and Biophysics
Professor of Neuroscience
Email: jag90@columbia.edu

Research: genetic and neural origins of psychiatric disorders, neuropsychiatric therapeutics

James Goldman, MD,PhD
Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in Psychiatry)
Email: jeg5@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: development, function and pathology of CNS glial cells

Ruben Gonzalez, PhD
Professor of Chemistry
Email: rlg2118@columbia.edu

Research: structural dynamics of the mRNA translation machinery, mechanism and regulation of protein synthesis

Wesley Grueber, PhD
Professor of Cellular Physiology and Biophysics
Professor of Neuroscience
Email: wg2135@columbia.edu

Research: molecular control of neuronal circuit assembly, maintenance and function

Chi-Min Ho, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Email: ch3516@columbia.edu

Research: mechanics of membrane protein complexes mediated host-pathogen interactions in malaria parasites using cyro-EM, cryo-ET and CRISPR gene editing

Rene Hen, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology (in Psychiatry)
Professor of Neuroscience
Email: rh95@cumc.columbia.edu

Wayne Hendrickson, PhD
University Professor
Violin Family Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Email: wayne@convex.hhmi.columbia.edu

Research: methods development for protein crystallography and structure determination of membrane proteins and other challenging target

John Hunt, PhD
Professor of Biological Sciences
Email: jfh21@columbia.edu

Research: biophysical studies of complex molecular mechanisms, structure and pharmacology of human CFTR, synonymous codon usage

Jonathan Javitch, MD, PhD
Lieber Professor of Experimental Therapeutics (in Psychiatry)
Professor of Pharmacology (in the Center for Molecular Recognition and in Physiology and Cellular Biophysics)
Email: jaj2@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: structure, function and regulation of neurotransmitter receptors and transporters from single molecules to behavior and therapeutics

Arthur Karlin, PhD
Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
Higgins Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Professor of Neurology
Email: ak12@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: intra- and inter-cellular signaling involving receptors, channels and transporters, and mathematical modeling

Robert Kass, PhD
Hosack Professor of Pharmacology
Alumni Professor of Pharmacology (in Neuroscience)
Email: rsk20@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: ion channel mutations in cardiovascular disorders

Stavroula Kousteni, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Member of Columbia Stem Cell Initiative
Member of Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Email: sk2836@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: functions of bone as an endocrine organ and regulator of hematological myeloid malignancies

Kam Leong, PhD
Samuel Y. Sheng Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Systems Biology)
Email: kwl2121@columbia.edu

Research: non-viral gene editing, iPSC-based disease modeling, biomaterials-mediated inflammation modulation

X Shawn Liu, PhD
The Joan and Paul Marks, MD ’49 Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Email: sl4738@columbia.edu

Research: development and application of genetic/genomic tools to decode the function of epigenome in physiology and diseases

Attila Losonczy, MD, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Email: al2856@columbia.edu

Research: dissecting neural underpinnings of time travel in time and space

Filippo Mancia, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Email: fm123@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: structural biology of integral membrane proteins

Andrew Marks, MD
Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Clyde ’56 and Helen Wu Professor of Molecular Cardiology (in Medicine)
Email: arm42@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: mechanisms regulating cardiac muscle contraction, and molecular triggers of cardiac arrhythmias and coronary artery restenosis post stent placement

Steven Marx, MD
Professor of Medicine (in Pharmacology)
Email: sm460@cumc.columbia.edu

Ann McDermott, PhD
Professor of Chemistry
Email: aem5@columbia.edu

Research: ion channels and function and dynamics of amyloid and biopolymer structure by solid state NMR

George Mentis, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in Neurology)
Email: gzm2002@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: development and function of spinal motor circuits and mechanisms of pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Jae-eun Miller, PhD
Associate Professor of Systems Neuroscience in Department of Psychiatry
Email: jkm2149@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: Neuronal circuit level mechanisms of memory storage and loss in Alzheimer’s disease using mouse models and in vivo imaging

Yalda Moayedi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery), Center for Translational Neurosciences Scholar
Email: ym2471@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: Roles of somatosensation in oral and upper airway functions including flavor perception, feeding, and speech; somatosensory dysfunction in peripheral neuropathy and neurological diseases

Anne Moscona, MD
Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Email: am939@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: viral entry and virus-host interaction, approaches from structural biology to in vivo systems

Allie Obermeyer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Email: aco2134@columbia.edu

Research: understanding and engineering protein phase separation

Edward Owusu-Ansah, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Email: eo2364@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: modeling mitochondrial stress signaling networks in drosophila

Franck Polleux, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Email: fp2304@columbia.edu

Research: cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying brain development, maintenance and evolution

Clinton Potter, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Email: cpotter@nysbc.org

Research: Methods development in cryo electron microscopy (cryoEM) and cryo electron tomography (cryoET)

Ning Qian, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Email: nq6@columbia.edu

Research: computational neuroscience and visual psychophysics

Matthias Quick, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)
Email: mq2102@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: structure, function and dynamics of Na+-coupled transporters with emphasis on neurotransmitter:sodium symporters

Kapil Ramachandran, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Columbia in the Taub Institute on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain
Email: kvr2113@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: A new mechanism of protein degradation in neurons that generate a new form of neuromodulation

Lawrence Shapiro, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Member of Aaron Diamond Research Center
Member of Columbia Mind, Brain and Behavior Institue
Email: lss8@columbia.edu

Research: structural biology of diverse recognition, including antibody-based immunity and adhesion proteins that wire the nervous system

Nikhil Sharma, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Systems Biology
Email: ns2151@columbia.edu
Lab website: http://www.nsharmalab.com/
Research: The structure and function of the peripheral nervous system

Steven Siegelbaum, PhD
Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D. Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Pharmacology
Email: sas8@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: neural circuits underlying learning, memory and neuropsychiatric diseases

Samuel Silverstein, MD
Emeritus John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Professor of Medicine
Email: scs3@cumc.columbia.edu
Research: Summer Research Program for Science Teachers

Alexander Sobolevsky, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Email: as4005@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: studying ion channel structure and function using different techniques such as cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography and electrophysiology

David Sulzer, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Pharmacology
Email: ds43@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: synaptic physiology, CNS diseases, dopamine, immunology and neuronal cell biology

Ira Tabas, PhD
Richard J. Stock Professor of Medicine (Immunology)
Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Email: iat1@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: mechanisms of advanced atherosclerosis, hepatic insulin resistance, NASH in obesity and other cardiometabolic disease

Alan Tall, MD
Tilden-Weger-Bieler Professor of Medicine
Email: art1@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: mechanisms of accelerated atherosclerosis and the role of inflammasomes in atherosclerosis and coronavirus-related pulmonary inflammation

Kimara Targoff, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: kl284@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: genetic regulation of cardiac development and regeneration

Nicholas Tatonetti, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Email: npt2105@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: observational data science for genomics and pharmacology

Richard Vallee, PhD
Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
Email: rv2025@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: role of microtubule motor proteins in neuronal migration, brain developmental disease, hereditary spastic paraplegia, and autophagy

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD
University Professor
The Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)
Email: gv2131@columbia.edu

Research: human tissue engineering for regenerative medicine, biological research and disease modeling

Hynek Wichterle, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Associate Professor of Neuroscience (in Neurology)
Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
Email: hw350@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: use pluripotent stem cells to study mammalian neural development, aging and disease

Woappi Yvon, PhD
Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Affiliate Faculty with Biomedical Engineering
Email: yw4042@cumc.columbia.edu
Research: Delineating cellular cooperation in wound healing and regeneration

Tingting Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmic Sciences (in Ophthalmology)
Email: ty2190@cumc.columbia.edu

Research: structure and function of ion channels in the eye and the pathological mechanism and treatment of their associated diseases