Our scientists

The Rockefeller University Scientist

Rockefeller scientists ask questions that push the very boundaries of human knowledge.

Directory of Scientists

AllEmeritus facultyHeads of laboratoriesIndependent fellowsResearch affiliatesTri-institutional professorsVisiting professors
AllBiochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, and Structural BiologyCancer BiologyCell BiologyGenetics and GenomicsImmunology, Virology, and MicrobiologyMechanisms of Human DiseaseNeurosciences and BehaviorOrganismal Biology and EvolutionPhysical, Mathematical, and Computational BiologyStem Cells, Development, Regeneration, and Aging
 
Jue Chen and Anthony Palillo talking in lab

Heads of Laboratories

Rockefeller is organized around 74 individual faculty members, each of whom run their own independent laboratory.

Research Affiliates
Non-tenured scientists who conduct notable research
Tri-Institutional & Adjunct Professors
Colleagues who have primary appointments elsewhere
Independent Fellows
Early-career scientists, pursuing investigations of their own design
Postdoctoral Trainees
Post-graduate scientists continuing their training in a Rockefeller lab
Emeritus Faculty
Retired Rockefeller faculty members who maintain ties to the community

Our Legacy of Scientists

Rockefeller invented the modern bioscience institute and has spent the last 123 years perfecting it.

History of Rockefeller

Established in 1901, the Rockefeller Institute for Biomedical Research was a revolutionary concept of the time: an institute dedicated to conducting research into the underlying causes of disease.

Awards and Prizes

Our record of achievement is in a league of its own: 26 Nobel Prizes, 26 Lasker Awards, and 20 National Medals of Science. Nearly 50 percent are members or foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences.
Charles M. Rice

Charles M. Rice

PROFESSOR
Science is a very dynamic enterprise; nothing stays the same for long. But Rockefeller's people are fantastic in supporting that. It all fits together to make this a wonderful place to do science.

Faculty Recruitment

Our open faculty searches run twice a year, in the spring and fall. We look to recruit the best, brightest, and most innovative scientists in the world, regardless of field.

Clinical Research

Rockefeller has a strong tradition of translational science—nearly half of the university’s laboratories conduct studies on human subjects. The exceptional resources at The Rockefeller University Hospital allow our scientists to conduct clinical research that would be difficult to do anywhere else.

Faculty in their Own Words

Some of our newest faculty members discuss what makes Rockefeller such a fertile environment for their scientific inquiry.

Recent Scientific Publications

A Novel Case ofIFNAR1 Deficiency Identified a Common Canonical Splice...
DOCK2 Deficiency and GATA2 Haploinsufficiency Can Underlie Critical Coronavir...
No Association Between HLH-associated Gene Variants and Life-Threatening COVI...

Recent Awards and Honors

News

DNA transcription is a tightly choreographed event. A new study reveals how it is choreographed.

A first-of-its-kind platform reveals how the molecular machine that turns DNA into RNA controls the speed of transcription.

Your memories are governed by hidden timers inside your brain

Neuroscientists have long posited that memory functions like an on/off switch—either your brain remembers something or it doesn’t. Priya Rajasethupathy’s team discovered why the truth is more complicated.

How the brain decides what to remember

New research reveals a cascade of molecular timers unfolding across the hippocampus, thalamus, and cortex determine whether short-term impressions consolidate into long-term memory, with implications for memory-related diseases.

More on Events & Lectures

Academic Lectures & Events

Academic lectures, symposia, and events provide an opportunity for Rockefeller scientists to share their research and celebrate the achievements of faculty and colleagues from outside the Rockefeller community.Programs include the Monday Lecture Series, the Friday Lecture Series, the Special Seminar Series, and more.