Brent R. Stockwell

Sen. Brent Stockwell is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, Professor of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences, and Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology. He has been on the Columbia faculty for 20 years.

In a series of papers from 2003 to 2012, Professor Stockwell discovered a previously unrecognized form of cell death that he termed ferroptosis. He has received numerous awards, including being elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the Lenfest Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award, the Great Teacher of Columbia College Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates, and the Dean Peter Awn Commitment to the LGBTQ Community Faculty Award. He has been in the top one percent of highly cited researchers the last five years and was named as one of the 50 most influential life science individuals in New York. He has published more than 190 scientific articles and received more than 50 research grants for over $40 million.