| James Patrick Allison | Immunotherapy | | | | |
| IM Bennani-Baiti | Cancer, Epigenetics, Gene regulation, Cancer biomarkers, Cancer therapy | | | | |
| Gong Chen | synthetic methodologies | | 2005 | 2008 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Zhucheng Chen | | | 2003 | 2008 | Nikola P. Pavletich (grad student) |
| Don M. Coltart | | | | | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Samuel J. Danishefsky | synthetic organic chemistry | | | | |
| Kishore Gangangari | | | | | Thomas Reiner (research assistant) |
| Pu Gao | | | 2011 | 2016 | Dinshaw J. Patel (post-doc) |
| David W. Golde | colony-stimulating factors | | | | |
| Kelly Elizabeth Henry | | | 2015 | 2020 | Jason S. Lewis (post-doc) |
| Hongda Huang | | | 2011 | 2016 | Dinshaw J. Patel (post-doc) |
| Jerard Hurwitz | eukaryotic DNA replication | | | | |
| Karthik S. Iyer | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | | 2009 | 2012 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Alex Kentsis | Cancer biology, rational therapy, drug design | | | | |
| Kostas Kostarelos | nanomedicine, drug delivery, liposome, carbon nanotube, graphene, gene therapy, regenerative medicine | Department of Medical Physics | | 2001 | George Sgouros (post-doc) |
| Isaac J. Krauss | Organic Synthesis, Chemical Biology, Glycobiology, Transition-metal-catalyzed reactions | | 2003 | 2008 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Michael Krout | | Chemistry | 2009 | 2012 | David Y. Gin (post-doc) |
| Tristan H. Lambert | organic synthesis | | 2004 | 2006 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Kenneth O. Lloyd | | | | | |
| Christine Mayr | mRNA metabolism in cancer | | | | |
| James A. McNew | Biochemistry | | 1995 | 2000 | James E. Rothman (post-doc) |
| Jung-Hyun Min | medicinal enzymology | | | | Nikola P. Pavletich (post-doc) |
| Pavel Nagorny | Total Synthesis, Chemical Glycobiology | | 2007 | 2010 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Jon Tryggvi Njardarson | | | 2001 | 2004 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| William Pao | Oncology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry | | | | |
| Nikola P. Pavletich | Cancer Biology, Structural Biology | | | | |
| Sophie Poty | | | | | Thomas Reiner (post-doc) |
| Mark Ptashne | Cell Signaling; Gene Regulation; Stem Cell Biology | | | | |
| Chanan R. Reitblat | | | 2011 | 2011 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (research assistant) |
| Ora M. Rosen | human insulin receptor | | | | |
| James E. Rothman | Secretion, membrane fusion | | | | |
| Seth M. Rubin | Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Regulation and Cancer | | | | Nikola P. Pavletich (post-doc) |
| Dalibor Sames | organic synthesis | | 1996 | 1998 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Peter H. Seeberger | synthesis of oligosaccharide ligands of biological importance | | | 1997 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| George Sgouros | | | | | |
| Shiying Shang | | | 2008 | 2011 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc), Derek S. Tan (grad student) |
| Yigong Shi | structural and molecular mechanisms involved in tumorigenesis | | 1996 | 1997 | Nikola P. Pavletich (post-doc) |
| Erik J. Sorensen | complex chemical synthesis | | 1995 | 1997 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Jennifer L. Stockdill | Organic Chemistry | | 2009 | 2012 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Zhongping Tan | Chemical Glycobiology | | 2005 | 2011 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Craig B. Thompson | | | | | |
| Luiz Rodolpho Raja Gabaglia Travassos | Eukaryotic Cells Immunology, Cancer Immuno- and Biochemotherapy, Fungi Immunobiology | | 1978 | 1980 | Kenneth O. Lloyd (research scientist) |
| Qian Wan | | | 2004 | 2007 | Samuel J. Danishefsky (post-doc) |
| Sidney W. Whiteheart | Cell Biology, Biochemistry | | | 1994 | James E. Rothman (post-doc) |
| Ning Zheng | Ubquitin | | 1997 | | Nikola P. Pavletich (post-doc) |