Faculty
Clinical Associate Professor; Teaching Laboratory Director
Dorothy Schiff Professor of Genomics
Research Interests: Plant-pathogen dynamics, evolutionary genetics, coevolution, microbial ecology
Professor of Biology; Faculty Director of the Cellular Analysis Core
Research Interests: Developmental and evolutionary genomics of plants. The origin and genetic programming of cell types.
Professor of Biology and Neural Science; Chair, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Behavioral genetics / Neurobiology / Circadian rhythms
Professor of Biology and Computer Science
Research Interests: Systems Biology and Protein Modeling
Professor of Biology
Research Interests: DNA damage induced by environmental and endogenous carcinogens, mutagenesis and repair
Silver Professor; Professor of Biology; Faculty Director of Genomic Sequencing
Research Interests: Comparative genomics of eukaryotic microbes (protists); genomics and global public health.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Multicellular organization in health and disease. Cell biology. Cancer and developmental biology. Social behaviors in cells.
Clinical Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Chromatin, Transcription, DNA damage and repair
Professor of Biology
Research Interests: transcription, migration, heart, head muscles, actin dynamics, vesicle trafficking, cell polarity, cell-cell communication, asymmetric cell divisions.
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor; Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Plant Systems Biology and Evolutionary Genomics
Silver Professor; Professor of Biology and Neural Science
Research Interests: Genetic and Mechanistic approaches to development. From the early embryo to the Drosophila visual system.
Associate Professor of Biology; Assistant Director, Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests: Comparative and functional genomics of endospore-forming bacteria.
Associate Professor of Biology; Faculty Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Research Interests: Developmental Genomics, Epigenetics, Chromatin
Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Evolution of development, molecular systematics, and developmental genetics of the male tail in nematodes related to C. elegans.
Clinical Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Nutrition and immunity, nutrigenomics, metabolism, mendelian randomization
Professor of Biology; Faculty Director of Bioinformatics; Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Science
Research Interests: Genomics of adaptive evolution, growth-rate regulation and post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Professor of Biology; NYU-AD Faculty Director of Bioinformatics
Research Interests: Developmental systems biology.
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Chromosome structure and checkpoint regulation in meiosis
Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Functions of natural genome and epigenome variation in gene expression regulation, computational analysis of cis-regulatory elements and gene regulatory neworks
Clinical Professor of Biology; Coordinator of Computational Studies
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Functional Genomics, Comparative Genomics.
Clinical Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies; Program Adviser Environmental Studies
Research Interests: The use of GIS, remote sensing and modeling to explore spatial and temporal variability in ecosystems
Clinical Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Gene function and mechanisms of gene regulation during Drosophila development.
Professor of Biology and Physics
Research Interests: Computational biology, evolution, and biological physics
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Stem cell biology, cell fate differentiation, developmental neuroscience
Professor of Mathematics and Biology
Research Interests: Cell motility, cell division, dynamics of cytoskeleton
Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Structural biology; biochemistry; bioinformatics; gene expression; DNA replication; science education and communication
Professor of Biology; Director, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
Research Interests: Genomics, genetics and evolution of early C. elegans development.
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Evolutionary constraints, evolution of gene regulatory networks
Silver Professor; Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Plant Evolutionary Genomics
Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Earth history, evolution, causes of mass extinctions, volcanology
Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Evolutionary and molecular causes of heritable variation in animals
Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding cell-scale biophysics in bacteria, plants
Professor of Biology; Director, Masters Program
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms underlying early development in Drosophila
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Bioengineering, Genomics, Neuroscience, Cancer Biology, Systems Biology
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Single cell genomics, transcriptional regulation, computational biology
Clinical Professor of Biology
Community Ecology, Food Web Ecology, Subterranean Ecosystems (Natural and manmade)
Collegiate Professor; Professor of Biology
Research Interests: The interaction of mammalian RNA polymerases with damaged sites in expressed genes
Professor of Biology; Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Research Interests: evolutionary systems biology; robustness and evolution of complex traits
Associate Professor of Biology; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests: Mechanisms and regulation of DNA replication; epigenetics; RNA processing
Clinical Professor of Biology; Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies; Head of Image Analysis Facility
Research Interests: Gap junctions; characterization of gap junction proteins in spermatogenesis
Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Biology PhD Program
Research Interests: mass spectrometry, quantitative proteomics, dynamical systems, translation regulation, stress response, protein evolution
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Neuroplasticity of the brain regulated by neuronal serotonin and glial S-100 protein
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Research Interests: The evolution and genetics of cave fish with an emphasis on understanding the molecular and developmental bases of adaptation and the "eyeless" condition
Emerita Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Viral infection of the CNS; the role of innate immunity in the host response; viral oncolysis; olfaction associated behaviors; translational medicine.
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Spatial control of gene transcription during early Drosophila development
Emeritus Professor of Biology & Environmental Studies
Research Interests: Environmental challenges to global prosperity, metapatterns and principles of form and function in systems, CO2 and global change, the role of life in Earth dynamics
Assistant Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: Algal-bacterial interactions, marine microbial ecology, metabolomics
Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: Evolutionary genomics; Transposable elements; Evolutionary biogeography
Assistant Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: Sleep and circadian regulation in depression; Optogenetics; Electrophysiology
Assistant Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: Gene-environment interactions; Systems genetics of disease; Single-cell genomics
Assistant Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: population genetics, microbiome, genetic heritage
Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: functional organization of the cell nucleus; transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression during differentiation and development; nuclear actin and myosin
Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: Epigenetics; Development; Liver disease
Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Research Interests: Systems and synthetic biology. Metabolic modeling. Algal-based biofuels.
Assistant Professor of Biology, NYU Shanghai
Research Interests: Comparative genomics, genome evolution, system and synthetic biology
Assistant Professor of Biology, NYU Shanghai
Research Interests: Spindle assembly checkpoint kinases, chromosome segregation and mitosis, anti-mitotic cancer drug screen, single cell-image analysis