Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

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Undergraduate

Learn in state-of-the-art facilities at one of the first institutions in the country to establish biophysics as an independent discipline.

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Graduate Programs

Choose from the Master’s in Biophysical Chemistry and Design for Biotechnology or one of two PhD programs: the Program in Molecular Biophysics and the Program in Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics.

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Faculty

Our faculty specialize in solving biological problems using a combination of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science.

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News & Announcements

Soumya Prakash Behera Defends Thesis

May 8, 2026 – Congratulations to the Barrick Lab’s newest PhD, Soumya Prakash Behera, who successfully defended his doctoral thesis: “Determinants of Cooperativity in Protein Folding and Function: From Repeat-Protein Thermodynamics to […]

Faculty Hiring: Expanding Biophysics at Johns Hopkins

As part of a strategic investment for transformative expansion of Biophysics at Johns Hopkins, the Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics (https://biophysics.jhu.edu/) invites applications for tenure/tenure-track appointments in experimental and […]

Mankun Sang Defends Thesis

December 19, 2025 – PhD candidate Mankun Sang, from the Jenkins Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled: “Understanding the Role of Oligomerization and Spatial Organization […]