Baran completed his doctorate studies at the University of California San Francisco where he focused on the hypothalamic regulation of appetite in the Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center. He complemented his graduate training with a postdoctoral fellowship focused on the peripheral control of lipid and glucose homeostasis at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, MA. Within three years, he rose to the ranks of Instructor in Medicine at HMS and Investigator at BWH. In 2016, he was recruited to Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) in New York, NY as an Assistant Professor where he established his independent research laboratory within Belfer Research Building. He is also a Faculty Member in Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medicine where he serves as the Director of the Biochemistry Course. Baran has been the recipient of several awards and is currently supported by funds from WCMC and the National Institutes of Health. He is a Review Board Member for the American Association for the Studies of Liver Disease (AASLD), Danish Diabetes Association (DDA) and Hepatology. Outside of the lab, Baran is a family man who loves to coach his 4 kids in little league, soccer and tennis. His guilty pleasures include high-fat/high-fructose diet and watching NCAAB, NFL and NHL games.