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Our Scientists

With a focus on team science, Wistar’s principal investigators work both independently and in collaboration with their colleagues at Wistar and beyond. Our scientists strive to gain critical knowledge about disease mechanisms, with the goal of finding new ways to diagnose and treat illness.
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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

Hildegund C.J. Ertl, M.D.

Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center

Amelia Escolano, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center

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 

 

Daniel Kulp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center

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

Ami Patel, Ph.D.

Caspar Wistar Fellow, Vaccine & Immunotherapy 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.

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