Daniel Berry, PhD
Principal Investigator
Dan is the Andre Bensadoun Associate Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. He leads a research program focused on defining the cellular and tissue-level mechanisms that govern adipose tissue function in obesity and aging, with particular emphasis on how disruption of vascular progenitor niches contributes to metabolic disease.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Environmental Science from State University of New York at Cortland and completed a PhD in Molecular Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University. He performed postdoctoral training in Developmental Biology and Endocrinology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he developed genetic and lineage-based approaches to study metabolic tissue development and disease.
Current Lab Members
Derek Lee, BS MS
Graduate Student, Molecular Nutrition
Derek graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human biology, health and society (HBHS) from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. He received a Masters degree in molecular nutrition at Cornell University. Derek is interested in understanding the role of Zinc trafficking in white adipose tissue biology.