Our Scientists
Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Dario C. Altieri, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Director, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Robert and Penny Fox Distinguished Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program
Noam Auslander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Qing Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Scientific Director, Imaging Facility
Daniel Claiborne, Ph.D.
Caspar Wistar Fellow, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Scientific Director, Histotechnology Facility
Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Aaron R. Goldman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc.
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Director, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center
Andrew Kossenkov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
Gene Expression & Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Scientific Director, Bioinformatics Facility
Chengyu Liang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Program Co-Leader, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D.
Hilary Koprowski, M.D., Endowed Professor and Program Leader, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Director, Center for Chemical Biology & Translational Medicine
Qin Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil.
Vice President, Scientific Operations
Associate Director for Shared Resources, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Herbert Kean, M.D., Family Professor; Director, HIV-1 Immunopathogenesis Laboratory and Leader, HIV Research Program, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
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 & Cellular Oncogenesis Program
Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
Yulia Nefedova, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Kazuko Nishikura, Ph.D.
Professor, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Joseph Salvino, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Scientific Director, Molecular Screening & Protein Expression Facility
Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Zachary Schug, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Rahul S. Shinde, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Louise C. Showe, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Associate Director, Center for Systems and Computational Biology
Scientific Director, Genomics
Hsin-Yao Tang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Scientific Director, Proteomics & Metabolomics Facility
Italo Tempera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Associate Director for Cancer Research Career Enhancement, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Bin Tian, Ph.D.
Professor and Program Co-Leader, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Co-director, Center for Systems & Computational Biology
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
Scientific Director, Animal Facility
David B. Weiner, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Director, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research, Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Nan Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Research & Discoveries
Our scientists focus on basic biomedical research related to cancer and infectious disease to discover ways of impacting human health.