SKI & MSK Faculty Recruitment Search

Job details About Us

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it.

MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursueour missionat MSK and around the globe.

Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) is recruiting faculty to help set the pace of biomedical science. Successful candidates will hold an appointment in one of SKI's research programs and may apply to up to two programs.

• Pursue basic and translational research in a highly collaborative scientific environment.
• Join a research community with 120 research laboratories housed in state-of-the-art buildings.
• Access 26 Core facilities offering cutting-edge scientific services.
• Contribute to a training environment that includes more than 900 pre- and postdoctoral trainees.
• Faculty appointments may include the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Stem Cell Biology;
Developmental Oncology;
Regenerative Medicine;
Machine Learning; 3D Single-Cell Analytics;
Biophysics & Imaging;
Organelle Biology;
Chromatin & Gene Regulation;
Genome Integrity and Functional Genomics;
Chemistry & Chemical Biology;
Metastasis & Tumor Microenvironment;
Immunity, Host-Microbial Interactions and Microbiomes;
Cancer Immunobiology;
Immuno-oncology;
Experimental Therapeutics;
Imaging and Bioengineering.

• Successful candidates will hold an appointment in one of SKI's research programs.
• Candidates may apply to up to two research programs.
• Application materials must be submitted through the SKI faculty search site by October 1, 2026.

• Cancer Biology & Genetics
  - Chair:
  Scott Lowe, PhD
• Cell Biology
  - Chair:
  Tobias Walther, PhD
• Chemical Biology
  - Chair:
  Derek Tan, PhD
• Computational & Systems Biology
  - Chair:
  Dana Pe'er, PhD
• Developmental Biology
  - Chair:
  Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, PhD
• Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
  - Chair:
  Charles Sawyers, MD
• Immunology
  - Chair:
  Alexander Rudensky, PhD
• Immuno-Oncology
  - Chair:
  Andy Minn, MD, PhD
• Molecular Biology
  - Chair:
  John Petrini, PhD
• Molecular Pharmacology
  - Chair:
  Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD
• Structural Biology
  - Chair:
  Christopher Lima, PhD

Salary Range $195,000-$260,000.

Starting pay for new hires typically falls within the range shown above, based on candidate qualifications and experience, as well as other variables. This range represents annual salary only and does not include any one-time payments that eligible candidates may be offered at the time of hire.

Final date to receive applications:
October 1, 2026.

At MSK, we believe in fair, competitive pay that reflects your job, experience, and skills.

MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.

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