The Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics has a long tradition of excellence in research and teaching and of developing leaders in the scientific community.
Learn in state-of-the-art facilities at one of the first institutions in the country to establish biophysics as an independent discipline.
Choose from the Master’s in Biophysical Chemistry and Design for Biotechnology or one of three PhD programs: the Program in Molecular Biophysics; Program in Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics; or the Jenkins Biophysics Program.
Our faculty specialize in solving biological problems using a combination of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science.
PhD candidate Adip Jhaveri, from the Jenkins Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled “Understanding the Biophysical Principles that Drive Efficient Protein Self-Assembly”. Dr. Margaret Johnson, […]
Yaojun Zhang and Xiongyi Huang among 126 scholars selected for prestigious fellowship Two Johns Hopkins assistant professors, biophysicist Yaojun “Jun” Zhang, and chemist Xiongyi Huang have been named 2025 Sloan […]
11 February, 2025 – PhD candidate Zhongtian (Lucas) Shen, from the Jenkins Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled “A Partially Exposed Intermediate of OmpLA Illuminates […]