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Rising Star Radar

Early-career professors with active funding or breakout citation growth, fast-growing output, and rising influence in their co-authorship network — surfaced before traditional rankings notice them.

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5 Rising Stars in Cancer Research

Jingjing Li

University of California, San Francisco · Assistant Professor(heuristic)

Rising StarActive GrantThis professor has at least one active NSF or NIH grant on public record. It does not mean they have an open position or are recruiting students right now.

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Active NSF funding on record, Rising Star in Cancer Research

Active grants are a starting point, not proof of an opening. Confirm recruiting and funding with the professor, current students, and your written offer.

Career:
6 yrs
Active grants:
2
Pub growth:
+900% YoY
Centrality:
+0% YoY

Lee Lichtenstein

Broad Institute · Associate Professor(heuristic)

Rising StarActive GrantThis professor has at least one active NSF or NIH grant on public record. It does not mean they have an open position or are recruiting students right now.

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Active NIH funding on record, Rising Star in Cancer Research

Active grants are a starting point, not proof of an opening. Confirm recruiting and funding with the professor, current students, and your written offer.

Career:
14 yrs
Active grants:
1
Pub growth:
+133% YoY
Centrality:
+0% YoY

Zechen Chong

University of Alabama at Birmingham · Associate Professor(heuristic)

Rising StarActive GrantThis professor has at least one active NSF or NIH grant on public record. It does not mean they have an open position or are recruiting students right now.

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Active NIH funding on record, Rising Star in Cancer Research

Active grants are a starting point, not proof of an opening. Confirm recruiting and funding with the professor, current students, and your written offer.

Career:
14 yrs
Active grants:
1
Pub growth:
+100% YoY
Centrality:
+0% YoY

Howard Colman

University of Utah · Associate Professor(heuristic)

Rising StarActive GrantThis professor has at least one active NSF or NIH grant on public record. It does not mean they have an open position or are recruiting students right now.

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Active NIH funding on record, Rising Star in Cancer Research

Active grants are a starting point, not proof of an opening. Confirm recruiting and funding with the professor, current students, and your written offer.

Career:
8 yrs
Active grants:
1
Pub growth:
+0% YoY
Centrality:
+0% YoY

Travis Zack

City College of San Francisco · Associate Professor(heuristic)

Rising Star

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Rising Star in Cancer Research

Career:
14 yrs
Citation growth:
+430% YoY
Pub growth:
+236% YoY
Centrality:
+0% YoY