Faculty

Professors

• Dario C. Altieri, M.D.
  • President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Director, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment &Metastasis Program
  • Robert and Penny Fox Distinguished Professor
• Hildegund C.J. Ertl, M.D.
  • Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
• Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc.
  • Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Director, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center
• Chengyu Liang, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Professor and Program Co-Leader, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D.
  • Professor and Program Leader, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Director, Center for Chemical Biology & Translational Medicine
  • Hilary Koprowski, M.D., Endowed Professor
• Qin Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil.
  • Vice President, Scientific Operations
  • Director, HIV-1 Immunopathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
  • Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
  • Associate Director for Shared Resources, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Herbert Kean, M.D., Family Professor
  • Scientific Director, Humanized Models of Disease Facility
• Maureen E. Murphy, Ph.D.
  • Deputy Director, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Ira Brind Professor and Program Leader, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
  • Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
• Kazuko Nishikura, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Joseph Salvino, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Louise C. Showe, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Associate Director, Center for Systems and Computational Biology
• Bin Tian, Ph.D.
  • Professor and Program Co-Leader, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Co-director, Center for Systems & Computational Biology
• David B. Weiner, Ph.D.
  • Executive Vice President
  • Director, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
  • Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research
  • Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Associate Professors

• Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center; Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Daniel Kulp, Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
• Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Kristy Shuda McGuire, Ph.D.
  • Dean, Biomedical Studies
  • Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Yulia Nefedova, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Italo Tempera, Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Associate Director for Cancer Research Career Enhancement, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Associate Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Member, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center
• David Zuzga, Ph.D.
  • Associate Dean, Biomedical Studies
  • Associate Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Assistant Professors

• Noam Auslander, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Qing Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Amelia Escolano, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
• Aaron R. Goldman, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Andrew Kossenkov, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center; Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
• Jesper Pallesen, MBA, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
• Ami Patel, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
• Zachary Schug, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Rahul S. Shinde, D.V.M., Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
• Hsin-Yao Tang, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Scientific Director, Proteomics & Metabolomics Facility
• Nan Zhang, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Caspar Wistar Fellows

• Daniel Claiborne, Ph.D.
  • Caspar Wistar Fellow, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
  • Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
  • Scientific Director, Histotechnology Facility

Professors Emeriti

• Clayton Buck, Ph.D.
• Roger M. Burnett, Ph.D.
• Walter Gerhard, M.D.
• Jan Erikson, Ph.D.
• Dorothee Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc.
• Russel E. Kaufman, M.D.
  • President Emeritus
• Elliot Levine, Ph.D.
• Stanley Plotkin, M.D.
• David W. Speicher, Ph.D.
• Zofia Wroblewska, M.D.
• William H. Wunner, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty

• Steven M. Albelda, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Richard K. Assoian, Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Shelley L. Berger, Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Timothy M. Block, Ph.D.
  • Drexel University
• Gerd A. Bloebel, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Anthony J. Capobianco, Ph.D.
  • University of Miami
• José R. Conejo-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Dennis E. Discher, Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Cesare Furlanello, Ph.D.
  • Centre for Scientific and Technological Research, Trento, Italy
• Phyllis A. Gimotty, Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Mark I. Greene, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Thanos D. Halazonetis, D.D.S., Ph.D.
  • University of Geneva
• Katherine A. High, M.D.
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Spark Therapeutics
• Jay R. Kostman, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia FIGHT
• Ronen Mamorstein, Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Steven B. McMahon, Ph.D.
  • Thomas Jefferson University
• Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D.
  • Associate Director for Translational Research, The Wistar Institute Cancer Center
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, ChristianaCare Health System
• George C. Prendergast, Ph.D.
  • Lankenau Institute of Medical Research
• Ulrich Rodeck, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Thomas Jefferson University
• Alexander Roesch, M.D.
  • The Saarland University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
• Anil K. Rustgi, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Thomas D. Stamato, Ph.D.
  • Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
• Pablo Tebas, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Xiaowei Xu, M.D., Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania

Adjunct Associate Professors

• Ravi K. Amaravadi, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Michael R. Betts, Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Horace M. Delisser, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Ronny Drapkin, M.D., Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• K. Ann Jeglum, V.M.D.
  • Veterinary Oncology Services and Research Center
• F. Bradley Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Karam C. Mounzer, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia FIGHT
• Donald M. O’Rourke, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Julia C. Tchou, M.D., Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Zhi Wei, Ph.D.
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology

Adjunct Assistant Professors

• Devraj Basu, M.D., Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• Rumela Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania
• David S. Garlick, D.V.M.
  • Histo-Scientific Research Laboratories
• Fiona Simpkins, M.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania

Adjunct/Affiliate Appointments

• Joseph J. Bennett, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Mark E. Borowsky, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Mark G. Cadungog, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Michael J. Guarino, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Neil G. Hockstein, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Stephanie Jean, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Jamil Khatri, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Christopher Koprowski, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Gregory A. Masters, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Christopher R. Mitchell, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Eric Montgomery, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Charles R. Mulligan, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Brian T. Nam, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Gary B. Witkin, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
• Robert L. Witt, M.D.
  • Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute