Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG) Academic Department

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The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MB&G) shares a leading role in research and teaching in modern biology at Cornell University. The research and teaching interests of the faculty include fundamental, as well as medically relevant, problems in molecular biology, genetics, genomics, population genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, development and macromolecular structure.

The department has a state-of-the-art facility with individual laboratories and core research facilities. Students are encouraged to carry out independent research projects under faculty supervision. MB&G faculty play key roles in life sciences initiatives that involve genomics and cell and molecular biology.

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faculty administrative position
- Kemphues, Kenneth J, Department Chairperson
faculty position
- Alani, Eric, Professor
- Aquadro, Charles F, Professor
- Barbash, Daniel A., Associate Professor
- Bretscher, Anthony Paul, Professor
- Brown, William J, Professor
- Clark, Andrew G., Professor
- Emr, Scott David, Professor
- Feigenson, Gerald W, Professor
- Fox, Thomas D., Professor
- Fromme, Joseph Chris, Assistant Professor
- Garcia-Garcia, Maria J, Assistant Professor
- Goldberg, Michael Lewis, Professor
- Grimson, Andrew, Assistant Professor
- Hanson, Maureen R, Professor
- Henry, Susan A., Professor
- Hinkle, Peter, Professor
- Huffaker, Tim Clark, Professor
- Ke, Ailong, Associate Professor
- Kemphues, Kenneth J, Professor
- Lee, Siu Sylvia, Associate Professor
- Ley, Ruth E., Assistant Adjunct Professor
- Lis, John T, Professor
- Liu, Jun Kelly, Associate Professor
- Mao, Yuxin, Assistant Professor
- Nicholson, Linda K, Professor
- Pleiss, Jeffrey A., Assistant Professor
- Richards, Eric, Adjunct Professor
- Roberts, Jeffrey Warren, Professor
- Schimenti, John C., Professor
- Searle, Angela E., Adjunct Professor
- Shalloway, David I, Professor
- Smolka, Marcus B, Assistant Professor
- Tumbar, Tudorita, Associate Professor
- Tye, Bik-Kwoon, Professor
- Vogt, Volker M, Professor
- Wilson, David B., Professor
- Wolfner, Mariana Federica, Professor
- Zheng, Xinmin, Visiting Professor
non-faculty academic position
- Aregullin, Manuel A., Senior Research Associate
- Arguello, Jacob Roman, Postdoctoral Associate
- Avila, Frank W., Research Associate
- Ayroles, Julien F., Visiting Fellow
- Bell, David S., Visiting Fellow
- Bentolila, Stephane, Senior Research Associate
- Blankenship, Jim, Senior Lecturer
- Blekhman, Ran, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Burwell, Lindsay S., Research Associate
- Calvo, Rita Ann, Senior Courtesy Lecturer
- Chang, Yu-Fang, Research Associate
- Chow, Clement Y, Research Associate
- Connallon, Timothy, Research Associate
- Core, Leighton James, Postdoctoral Associate
- Cowley, Timothy J., Postdoctoral Associate
- Di Vietro, Luigi, Visiting Fellow
- Duran, Ivan, Postdoctoral Associate
- Findlay, Geoffrey D., Postdoctoral Fellow
- Gaspar, Maria L., Senior Research Associate
- Geissler, Rene, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Germain, Arnaud, Postdoctoral Associate
- Ghai, Vikas (Vik), Postdoctoral Associate
- Giloteaux, Ludovic, Postdoctoral Associate
- Goetz, Alexandra, Postdoctoral Associate
- Gottipati, Srikanth, Postdoctoral Associate
- Hameed, Uzma, Visiting Fellow
- Hu, Fenghua, Research Scientist
- Huffaker, Tim Clark, Dept Chairperson Assoc
- Huo, Yanwu, Postdoctoral Associate
- Jain, Prachi, Postdoctoral Associate
- Jesch, Stephen A., Senior Research Associate
- Jones, Erin A., Postdoctoral Associate
- Jonkers, Iris H., Postdoctoral Fellow
- Kelleher, Erin S., Postdoctoral Fellow
- Levine, Susan M., Visiting Fellow
- Li, Yinyu, Visiting Fellow
- Li, Yinyu, Visiting Scientist
- Liu, Xiaoqiu, Research Associate
- Meisel, Richard P, Postdoctoral Associate
- Morton, Diane G, Senior Research Associate
- Nam, Ki Hyun, Postdoctoral Associate
- Nivison, Helen Thom, Senior Lecturer
- Ozer, Abdullah, Research Associate
- Pagano, John M., Postdoctoral Fellow
- Pu, Min-Tie, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Raj, Srilakshmi, Postdoctoral Associate
- Rogacheva, Maria V., Postdoctoral Associate
- Ruth, David C., Visiting Scientist
- Sada_Nishimura, Aiko, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Schwarz, Erich Marquard, Senior Research Associate
- Shtessel, Ludmila L., Postdoctoral Associate
- Suh, ManHee, Senior Research Associate
- Tumbar, Remy, Research Scientist
- Ulmer, Barbel Maria, Postdoctoral Associate
- Unckless, Robert Lewis, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Van Hout, Cristopher, Postdoctoral Associate
- Wang, Xiujuan, Postdoctoral Associate
- Wang, Xu, Research Associate
- Williams, Byron, Research Associate
emeritus position
- Calvo, Joseph M, Prof Emeritus
- MacIntyre, Ross Joseph, Prof Emeritus
- MacIntyre, Ross Joseph, Prof Emeritus
non-academic position
- Bauer DuMont, Vanessa L, Research Support Specialist I
- Buehner, Norene A., Research Support Specialist I
- Butler, Christine A, Research Support Specialist I
- Clark, Richard, Facilities Manager I
- Ding, Fran, Research Support Specialist II
- Dunford, Anne Marie, Administrator VI
- Ervay, Catherine Ann, Finance Specialist II
- Fogarty, Elizabeth A., Research Support Specialist I
- Ji, Shuqing, Research Support Specialist I
- Nero, Debra, Teaching Support Specialist IV
- Resnick, Ross J., Research Support Specialist I
- Werner, Janis Kay, Research Support Specialist I
- Wolverton, Ronald, Technical Services Supervisor II
Scheitz, Cornelia Johanna Franziska

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Ghai, Vikas (Vik) Cornell Academic Staff