Gerstein did a PhD co-supervised by Ruth Lynden-Bell at the University of Cambridge and Cyrus Chothia at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology on conformational change in proteins, graduating in 1993.
Gerstein completed his PhD under joint supervision with Ruth Lynden-Bell from the University of Cambridge and Cyrus Chothia from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, focusing on protein conformational changes. He graduated in 1993.