
Molecular Pharmacology Program
The Daniel Heller Lab
Research

Cancer Nanomedicine Laboratory
We are a biomedical engineering laboratory that develops nanotechnologies to advance breakthroughs in the research, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer and allied diseases. We develop drug delivery technologies to target therapies to disease sites, advanced diagnostics to detect disease at earlier stages, and nanosensors to accelerate the discovery of new therapies. Please check out our recent innovations using the “View Lab Overview” button below…
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Inside My Lab: Daniel Heller


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Publications
M Kim, C Chen, P Wang, JJ Mulvey, Y Yang, C Wun, M Antman-Passig, H-B Luo, S Cho, K Long-Roche, LV Ramanathan, A Jagota, M Zheng, Y Wang, DA Heller*. “Machine-Learning-Based Detection of an Ovarian Cancer Disease Fingerprint from Serum via Quantum Defect-Modified Carbon Nanotube Arrays.” Nature Biomedical Engineering (2022). https://www.mskcc.org/news/sensor-sniffs-cancer-using-artificial-intelligence
Z Yaari, Y Yang, E Apfelbaum, C Cupo, A Settle, Q Cullen, W Cai, K Long Roche, DA Levine, M Fleisher, L Ramanathan, M Zheng, A Jagota, DA Heller*. ”A Perception-Based Machine-Perception Nanosensor Platform to Detect Cancer Biomarkers.” Science Advances 7 (2021) eabj0852. MSK News: https://www.mskcc.org/news/detect-ovarian-cancer-early-researchers-look-nanotechnology
People

Daniel A. Heller, PhD
- Biomedical engineer Daniel Heller is Head of the Cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory, which invents disruptive technologies to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and allied diseases.
- PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- [email protected]
- Email Address
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Members


- PhD in Engineering and Bioengineering
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- BS in Biochemistry from University of Delaware (2014)
- BS in Biology (Cell Molecular and Genetics) from University of Delaware (2014)
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- BS in Chemistry from The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ (2019)

- BSc in Biochemical Engineering
- MSc in Chemical Engineering
- PhD in Chemical Engineering
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Lab Head

Senior Research Scientist

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

CUNY Chemistry/Nanotechnology PhD Program Student

Tri-institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Scholar

Senior Research Technician

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Assistant Attending, Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Graduate Student

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Assistant Attending L1, Radiation Oncology

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

BCMB PhD Program Student

Lab Manager

PhD Pharmacology Program Weill Cornell, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Graduate Student (Weill Cornell Medicine; Pharmacology PhD Program)

Tri-institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology

Administrative Assistant

Postdoctoral Research Fellow



- BS in Biochemistry
- PhD, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University

- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013


Lab Alumni

Clinical Nurse

Research Technician

Graduate Student

Pharmacology PhD Program Student

Research Scholar

Research Technician

Research Fellow

Graduate Student

Research Scholar

Visiting Scientist

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow

Graduate Student

Graduate Student

Research Scholar

Assistant Professor

Research Fellow
Summer Undergraduate Research Student

Research Technician

Lab Affiliations
Achievements
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow (2021)
- Pharmacology Teaching and Mentoring Award, Weill Cornell Graduate School (2020)
- American Cancer Society Research Scholar (2018)
- NSF CAREER Award (2018)
- Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Innovators in Cancer Research (2017)
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- NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (2012)
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010)
- Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship (2006)
Lab News & Events
Accolades
Team Recognitions
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Congratulations to Naxhije Berisha - Tow Fellowship Awardee!
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Congratulations to Dr. Mijin Kim - Kravis WiSE Postdoctoral Fellowship Winner!
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Congratulations to Stephen Ruiz - awarded the MERIT Mandel Graduate Fellowship!
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Disclosures
Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.
MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.
Daniel A. Heller discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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Concarlo Holdings, LLC
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Goldilocks Therapeutics Inc.
Fiduciary Role/Position; Ownership / Equity Interests; Provision of Services (uncompensated) -
LipidSense, Inc.
Ownership / Equity Interests; Provision of Services (uncompensated)
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Mediphage Bioceuticals, Inc.
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Nanorobotics, Inc.
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Nirova BioSense, Inc.
Ownership / Equity Interests
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