Biophysics | Johns Hopkins University

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.

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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.

PhD Programs

Choose from the Program in Molecular Biophysics; Program in Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics; or the Jenkins Biophysics Program.

Professor Margaret Johnson (right) with graduate student

Faculty

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

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January 11, 2021

5 Biophysics Majors in 2020-2021 receive the PURA award

Chelsey Chen, Daniel Habib, Elizabeth Mensah, Harshit Bhasin, and Joseph Yoniles were awarded the prestigious PURA award. PURA is the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award established in 1993 to encourage Hopkins undergraduate students to engage in […]

December 9, 2020

When Hands-on Learning Isn’t an Option

Before COVID-19, Jaime Sorenson, biophysics lecturer, had long wanted to create videos of some basic biophysics techniques so that students would be able to learn at their own pace, re-watching […]

November 11, 2020

Praise for an Outstanding Biophysicist, Our Chair, Doug Barrick

Prof. Doug Barrick will receive the Biophysics Society, Emily M. Gray Award for his “masterpiece textbook” on Biomolecular Thermodynamics. He is one of ten biophysicists who will be honored at […]

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