Christopher Lucchesi, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Urologic Surgery
Locations and Contact
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Lucchesi’s research group takes a multifaceted approach to address questions pertaining to bladder cancer development, progression, and drug resistance. His lab’s current research focus includes: (i) determining the effects of environmental exposures, such as pesticide and smoke exposure, on bladder cancer progression; (ii) development of innovative 3D tumor models, such as patient derived organoid-on-a-chip models, to advance our understand of bladder cancer development and to screen novel therapeutics; (iii) the identification of, and functional elucidation of, key cancer relevant protein-protein interactions that drive oncogenesis which can be therapeutically targeted.
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
B.S. Human Biology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego CA 2008
Other School
Ph.D. Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY 2016
Fellowship
Oncogenic Signals and Chromosome Biology, University of California Davis, Davis CA 2015-2018
Best Oral Presentation, 18th Annual Spotlight on Early Career Investigators, 2024,
UC Davis Academic Federation Excellence in Research Award, 2023,
Ph.D. with Distinction from SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2016,