News & Announcements Archive

Dr. Adip Jhaveri Defends Thesis

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 named Sloan Research Fellow

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 […]

Dr. Zhongtian Shen Defends Thesis

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 […]

Two Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Sophomores Named Inaugural Ethan M. Posner Fellows

Krieger School sophomores Sareen Muthyala and Natalie Bernstein have been named Johns Hopkins’ inaugural Ethan M. Poser Fellows. The fellowship, designed to support independent student research with the potential to […]

Dr. Jimin Kang defends Thesis

23 January, 2025 – PhD candidate Jimin Kang, from the Jenkins Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled “Sharp Amplification of PCR-challenging Nucleic Acid Templates”. Congratulations, […]

Yuan He joins Johns Hopkins University as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor

Yuan He joins Johns Hopkins University as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor

He explores how flaws in the transcription and DNA repair pathways contribute to cancer predisposition and accelerated aging He joins The Johns Hopkins University as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of […]

Dr. Indrajit Badvaram Defends Thesis

The Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics is pleased to announce that Dr. Indrajit Badvaram of the Camley Lab successfully defended his thesis: Physics of Membrane Curvature Sensing by Proteins. […]

Dr. Ting-Wei Liao Defends Thesis

The Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics is pleased to announce that Dr. Ting-Wei Liao has successfully defended his thesis entitled: Exploring the Functional Kinetics of Biological Machines. Congratulations, Ting-Wei!

Cyril Cook Wins Award at 2024 Gordon Research Conference

Congratulations to PMB Student Cyril Cook, for receiving 1st place for his poster entitled Assembly Thermodynamics of a Bivalent Heterotrimer in the Notch Signaling Pathway, at the July 2024 Gordon Research Conference for […]

We’re Hiring a Tenure Track/Tenure Professor

As part of a strategic investment for a transformative expansion of the faculty of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Biophysics at Johns Hopkins is poised for significant growth […]