Prof. Kayvan Keshari

Associate Member and Laboratory Head - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Kayvan R. Keshari received degrees in Biochemistry, Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and University of North Carolina, respectively, after which he completed postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in Biomedical imaging and Bioengineering under the supervision of Dr. John Kurhanewicz. He is currently an Associate Member (Associate Professor) and Laboratory Head at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, with appointments in both the Department of Radiology and the Molecular Pharmacology Program. He is a professor in the Gerstner Sloan Kettering School of Biomedical Sciences and in multiple departments at Cornell University including Chemical Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry. At MSK, Dr. Keshari’s lab focuses on the interrogation of metabolic processes and advanced multi-modality imaging. With changes in cancer metabolism as the driving force, the lab’s biochemical investigation is centered on oxidative stress and changes in redox, as well as the rates of biochemical reactions, which underlie fundamental cancer biology, drive aggressiveness and response to therapeutics. The long-term goal is to leverage these novel mechanisms to better understand disease and develop new therapeutic strategies.