Faculty list in Alphabetical Order

The Field of Biophysics encompasses many Departments across the Cornell campus. Here is a list of Core Faculty in the Field of Biophysics:

  • Barbara A. Baird/David Holowka:  Structure and molecular mechanisms of cell surface immunoreceptors; protein chemistry.
  • Richard A. Cerione:  Signal transsduction; protein structure; drug design.
  • Peng Chen:  Single-molecule spectroscopy, metallochaperone protein interaction, metalloregulator-DNA interaction, nanoparticle catalysis.
  • Harold Craighead:  Nanostructures, biotechnology; DNA analysis: biosensors; molecular motors.
  • Brian Crane/Alexandrine Bilwes:  Bioinorganic catalysis; protein structure; electron transfer; light and redox sensing.
  • Steven Ealick:  Enzyme and inhibitor structures; X-ray crystallography; molecular modeling.
  • Gerald W. Feigenson:  Biological membranes and membrane proteins; fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy; membrane phase behavior.. 
  • Jack Freed:  Electron spin resonance; dynamic structure of membranes; protein structure and dynamics..
  • Sol Gruner:  Structure and properties of soft matter; biomaterials; X-ray instrumentation and methods.
  • George P. Hess:  Neurotransmitter function and new chemical kinetic techniques; laser pulse photolysis.
  • Ailong Ke:  Structure and function studies of RNA and RNA-protein complexes.
  • Michael Kotlikoff:  Muscle biology, mouse genetics, molecular imaging, ion channels.
  • Manfred Lindau: Mechanisms of exocytosis and endocytosis. 
  • Linda Nicholson:  Multidimensional NMR studies of the biological basis of protein regulation.
  • Robert Oswald:  Ion channel receptor/ligand interactions; NMR and molecular dynamics.
  • Thomas G. Owens:  Excited state transfer reactions; time-resolved spectroscopy and computer simulation.
  • Lois Pollack: Folding and conformational changes of proteins and nucleic acids.
  • Harold A. Scherag: Protein folding, experiments and theory.
  • David I. Shalloway:  Computational protein folding and dynamics; algorithms for structure-based drug design.
  • Holger Sondermann:  Regulation in cellular transduction; structural biology; enzyme kinetics; biochemistry.
  • Robert E. Thorne:  materials physics problems in structural genomics; disorder and disordering mechanisms in protein crystals; radiation damage and its mitigation; cryopreservation techniques; development of new hardware; synchrotron-based imaging and diffraction; atomic force microscopy; light scattering; nanofabrication.
  • Michelle Wang:  Molecular motors; mechanics of gene expression; RNA polymerase; biopolymers.
  • Watt W. Webb:  Membrane biophysics; ion channels; receptor signaling mechanisms; physical optics.

Biophysics Faculty located in New York City

  • Harel Weinstein, Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
    Weill Medical College, NYC
  • Chris Sander, Head of Computational Biology Center
    Sloan-Kettering Institute, NYC

Faculty affiliated with Biophysics