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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 […]


Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research Announces AY 2026 PURA Recipients

The Thomas C. Jenkins Dept. of Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University is pleased to announce that Meranda Wang and Alex Flynn, two students majoring in Biophysics, are part of the […]


Edgar Manriquez-Sandoval Defends Thesis

November 21, 2025 – PhD candidate Edgar Manriquez-Sandoval, from the PMB Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled: “Protein Refoldability is Tuned by Selective Pressures Across […]


Sam Canner Defends Thesis

October 3, 2025 – PhD candidate Samuel Canner from the PMB Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled “The Protein Sugar Interactive”. Congratulations, Dr. Canner!


Brian Camley Promoted to Associate Professor

The Jenkins Biophysics department is delighted to announce that Brian Camley had been promoted to Associate Professor!  Brian joined the department along with the Department of Physics and Astronomy in […]


Dr. Wilson Sun Defends Thesis

July 10, 2025 – PhD candidate Wilson Sun from the Jenkins Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled “DEAD-box RNA Chaperone and Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Coordinate […]


Dr. Cyril Cook Defends Thesis

June 13, 2025 – PhD candidate Cyril Cook from the PMB Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, successfully defended his thesis entitled “A Bivalent Interaction Through an Intrinsically Disordered Linker […]


Karen Fleming named AAAS fellow

Karen Fleming, in the Department of Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University, has been elected 2024 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest scientific society in the […]