2020
Titus Munson Coan Prize, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
ALEXANDER NECTOW, MD PhD
Principal Investigator
Academic Appointments
Columbia University, Department of Medicine • New York, NY
Department of Medicine • New York, NY
Principal Investigator, Nectow Lab
2019 – Present
Princeton University, Princeton Neuroscience Institute • Princeton, NJ
CV Starr Fellow, Associate Research Scholar
Principal Investigator, Nectow Lab
2016 – 2019
Education & Training
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons • New York, NY
MD, 3-Year PhD-MD Program
2017 – 2020
The Rockefeller University, Molecular Genetics • New York, NY
PhD, Neuroscience, Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey Friedman
2011 – 2015
Tufts University, School of Engineering • Medford, MA
BS, Engineering Science, Magna Cum Laude
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Prof. David Kaplan
2007 – 2011
Biography
Alexander R. Nectow is a clinician-scientist and a Principal Investigator on the faculty of Columbia University’s Department of Medicine. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering, respectively, from Tufts University in 2011. He earned his PhD from Rockefeller University in 2015, during which he developed novel molecular profiling technologies and identified the dorsal raphe nucleus as a key node regulating food intake. Shortly after completing his PhD, Alex started his laboratory as a CV Starr Fellow at Princeton University’s Princeton Neuroscience Institute in 2016. At Princeton, Alex's group identified a novel mechanism through which the brainstem regulates thermogenesis. During this time, Alex also began to pursue an MD at Columbia University. Alex joined the faculty of Columbia University’s Department of Medicine in 2019, shortly before completing his MD in 2020.
Alex has been recognized with a number of honors and awards, such as The Rockefeller University’s David Rockefeller Fellowship, Princeton University’s CV Starr Fellowship, Columbia University's Titus Munson Coan Prize, and the American Diabetes Association’s Innovative Basic Science Award and Pathway to Stop Diabetes Accelerator Award. He was also recently a NARSAD Young Investigator.
Awards & Honors
2018 – 2022
Pathway to Stop Diabetes Accelerator Award, American Diabetes Association
2018 – 2021
Innovative Basic Science Award, Core Program, American Diabetes Association
2017 – 2019
Investigator, Foundation for Prader-Willi Research
2017 – 2019
NARSAD Young Investigator, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
2016 – 2019
Innovation Fund Award, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University
2016 – 2019
CV Starr Fellowship, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University
2016 – 2017
Clinical and Translational Science Award, Shapiro-Silverberg Fund, The Rockefeller
2016
Pilot Award, Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund, The Rockefeller University
2016
Salk Helmsley Fellowship, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (declined)