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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Engineering at Boston University

Boston, MA

Funding
$33.5M
$33,456,970
Awards
69
FY2025 NIH awards in Engineering
Principal investigators
69
47 lead a grant here, 22 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Engineering row of the Boston University page.

Leads a grant in this department

47 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Ji-Xin Cheng

    Leads 5 awards · $4,899,895

    • 2R35GM136223-06Department: NIH department code
      Unveiling Hidden Signatures in Life by Vibrational Photothermal Microscopy
      $2,811,668
      award amount
    • 5R01EB035429-02Department: NIH department code
      Super-sensitive vibrational imaging by synergic development of instruments and probes

      Principal investigators: Ji-Xin Cheng (contact PI), Daniela Buccella, Wei Min

      $603,846
      award amount
    • 5R01AI141439-07Department: NIH department code
      Rapid AST through Metabolic Imaging at Single Cell Level
      $572,402
      award amount
    • 5R01EB032391-04Department: NIH department code
      High-content High-speed Chemical Imaging of Metabolic Reprogramming by Integration of Advanced Instrumentation and Data Science
      $504,866
      award amount
    • 5R33CA287046-02Department: NIH department code
      Bio-orthogonal Mid-Infrared Photothermal Imaging of Cancer Metabolism
      $407,113
      award amount

  2. Ahmad Samir Khalil

    Leads 5 awards · $4,245,709

    • 4R01AI171100-04Department: NIH department code
      Programmable benchtop bioreactors for scalable eco-evolutionary dynamics of the human microbiome

      Principal investigators: Ahmad Samir Khalil (contact PI), Seth Rakoff-Nahoum

      $1,607,516
      award amount
    • 5R01EB027793-07Department: NIH department code
      ePACE: automation platforms for adaptable and scalable continuous evolution of biomolecules with therapeutic potential

      Principal investigators: Ahmad Samir Khalil (contact PI), David R Liu

      $815,764
      award amount
    • 5R01EB029483-06Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic circuit technologies for precision control and signal processing in mammalian cells
      $744,685
      award amount
    • 1R01EB038005-01Department: NIH department code
      A self-amplifying RNA-based synthetic nanobody platform for next-generation therapeutics

      Principal investigators: Ahmad Samir Khalil (contact PI), Florian Douam, Mark W. Grinstaff

      $651,384
      award amount
    • 1T32GM154655-01Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (SB2) Predoctoral Training Program

      Principal investigators: Ahmad Samir Khalil (contact PI), Christopher S Chen

      $426,360
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01EB033821-03, led by Christopher S Chen.

  3. Jerome Mertz

    Leads 1 award · $1,926,960

    • 1R01GM160992-01Department: NIH department code
      Robust high-throughput superresolution imaging with speckle illumination
      $1,926,960
      award amount

  4. Darren Michael Roblyer

    Leads 3 awards · $1,804,054

    • 1R01HL177304-01A1Department: NIH department code
      High speed and wearable speckle contrast optical spectroscopy for cuffless blood pressure measurements
      $649,678
      award amount
    • 1R01EB037660-01Department: NIH department code
      Handheld Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging using Spiral Illumination for Skin Imaging

      Principal investigators: Darren Michael Roblyer (contact PI), Andreea Monica Bujor

      $619,926
      award amount
    • 5T32GM145455-04Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Quantitative Biology & Physiology (QBP)
      $534,450
      award amount

  5. Wilson Wong

    Leads 3 awards · $1,597,786

    • 5R01DK132576-04Department: NIH department code
      Precise targeting of T1D specific T cells using CAR and peptide-MHC chimeric antigen ligands

      Principal investigators: Wilson Wong (contact PI), Curtis Lisante Cetrulo, Michael Birnbaum, Sally Choate Kent

      $764,333
      award amount
    • 5R01EB036085-02Department: NIH department code
      Engineering recombinase circuits for cellular diagnostic devices
      $509,894
      award amount
    • 5U01CA265713-05Department: NIH department code
      Precise tumor targeting with logic CAR circuits

      Principal investigators: Wilson Wong (contact PI), Mark W. Grinstaff, Yolonda L Colson

      $323,559
      award amount

  6. Yanhang Katherine Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,286,094

    • 5R01AG075876-04Department: NIH department code
      Cerebrovascular Remodeling and Neurodegenerative Changes in Alzheimer's Disease

      Principal investigators: Yanhang Katherine Zhang (contact PI), Joseph Zaia, Thor Stein

      $756,063
      award amount
    • 5R01HL098028-12Department: NIH department code
      Multi-Scale Integration of Extracellular Matrix Mechanics in Vascular Remodeling
      $530,031
      award amount

  7. David A Boas

    Leads 3 awards · $1,281,341

    • 5R01NS127156-04Department: NIH department code
      Neurophotonic Advances for Mechanistic Investigation of the Role of Capillary Dysfunction in Stroke Recovery
      $656,212
      award amount
    • 5UG3EB036035-02Department: NIH department code
      Expanding Inclusion of All Subjects for Ultra-High Density Wearable fNIRS in the Everyday World
      $372,328
      award amount
    • 5T32NS136080-02Department: NIH department code
      Graduate Training at the Interface of Neuroscience, Optical Engineering and Data Science

      Principal investigators: David A Boas (contact PI), Jerry L Chen, Michelle Yen-Ling Sander

      $252,801
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5UG3EB034710-03, led by Xiaojun Cheng.

  8. Xue Han

    Leads 2 awards · $1,259,566

    • 1R01NS139524-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and network mechanisms of epilepsy and neuromodulation

      Principal investigators: Xue Han (contact PI), Catherine J Chu, Mark Alan Kramer

      $657,958
      award amount
    • 4R01NS129520-02Department: NIH department code
      Optical Voltage Imaging Analysis of the Cellular and Network Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation
      $601,608
      award amount

  9. Christopher S Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,179,545

    • 1R01HL175072-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Structure, function, and mechanobiology of a compression-sensitive cell-cell junction
      $644,180
      award amount
    • 5R01EB033821-03Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic vascularization and regeneration in engineered tissues

      Principal investigators: Christopher S Chen (contact PI), Ahmad Samir Khalil, Sangeeta N. Bhatia

      $535,365
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32GM154655-01, led by Ahmad Samir Khalil.

  10. Michael B Albro

    Leads 2 awards · $1,176,156

    • 5R01AR078299-04Department: NIH department code
      A Bio-inspired Latent TGF-beta Conjugated Scaffold for Patient-specific Cartilage Regeneration
      $608,459
      award amount
    • 5R01AR081393-04Department: NIH department code
      Arthroscopic Raman Monitoring of Cartilage Content for PTOA Diagnosis and Chondroregenerative Treatment Response

      Principal investigators: Michael B Albro (contact PI), Brian D Snyder

      $567,697
      award amount

  11. Archana Venkataraman

    Leads 2 awards · $1,117,900

    • 1R01DC022565-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Machine Learning Methods for Predicting Post-Stroke Aphasia and Language Recovery

      Principal investigators: Archana Venkataraman (contact PI), Swathi Kiran

      $679,182
      award amount
    • 5R01HD108790-03Department: NIH department code
      A Modular Framework for Data-Driven Neurogenetics to Predict Complex and Multidimensional Autistic Phenotypes
      $438,718
      award amount

  12. Hadi Tavakoli Nia

    Leads 1 award · $990,000

    • 4DP2HL168562-02Department: NIH department code
      Probing functioning lung at the cellular resolution in health and disease
      $990,000
      award amount

  13. Anna Devor

    Leads 1 award · $749,227

    • 1S10OD038353-01Department: NIH department code
      Three-Photon Microscope for Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging
      $749,227
      award amount

  14. Kayhan Batmanghelich

    Leads 1 award · $685,572

    • 2R01HL141813-07Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Multi-Modal Data and Biomechanics in COPD: Toward Robust and Interpretable Biomarkers for Disease Subtyping and Progression
      $685,572
      award amount

  15. Chen Yang

    Leads 2 awards · $673,150

    • 1R21NS145121-01Department: NIH department code
      Close-Loop Deep Brain Optoacoustic Stimulation at Sub-millimeter Precision
      $465,500
      award amount
    • 5R21EY035437-03Department: NIH department code
      Massively Parallel Optoacoustic Retinal Stimulation at Micrometer-Resolution
      $207,650
      award amount

  16. Elise F Morgan

    Leads 2 awards · $640,641

    • 5R01AG073671-04Department: NIH department code
      Tailoring of cellular mechanical microenvironments to rescue age-related impairments in bone regeneration
      $605,631
      award amount
    • 3R01AR054620-15S1Department: NIH department code
      3-D Visualization and Prediction of Vertebral Fractures
      $35,010
      award amount

  17. Timothy Mark O'Shea

    Leads 2 awards · $618,750

    • 5R35GM154942-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulating parenchymal repair in wound healing
      $412,500
      award amount
    • 5R21NS133525-02Department: NIH department code
      Nanotherapeutics for Targeted Glial Cell Drug Delivery
      $206,250
      award amount

  18. Roberto Paiella

    Leads 1 award · $613,124

    • 1R21EB036774-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative Phase Imaging Meta-Sensors for Noninvasive Real-Time Capillaroscopy
      $613,124
      award amount

  19. Tommaso Ranzani

    Leads 1 award · $564,148

    • 1R01EB035574-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Intracardiac beating heart tricuspid valve repair via robotics.
      $564,148
      award amount

  20. Irving J. Bigio

    Leads 1 award · $547,874

    • 5R01AG075727-04Department: NIH department code
      Optimization and validation of quantitative birefringence microscopy for assessment of myelin pathologies associated with cognitive impairments and motor deficits in young and old aging monkey brain
      $547,874
      award amount

  21. Sandor Vajda

    Leads 1 award · $546,150

    • 5R35GM118078-10Department: NIH department code
      Analysis and Prediction of Molecular Interactions
      $546,150
      award amount

  22. Mary J. Dunlop

    Leads 1 award · $485,088

    • 2R01AI102922-11A1Department: NIH department code
      Cell-to-cell heterogeneity and the emergence of antibiotic resistance
      $485,088
      award amount

  23. John Tuan Ngo

    Leads 1 award · $449,625

    • 2R35GM128859-06Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Approaches for Probing Cell Mechanotransduction in Health and Disease
      $449,625
      award amount

  24. Brianne Kathryn Connizzo

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R35GM151127-03Department: NIH department code
      Innate and Hormone-Mediated Sex Differences in Extracellular Matrix Remodeling
      $412,500
      award amount

  25. Michael Nicholas Economo

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R01NS121409-04Department: NIH department code
      Linking Motor Cortex Activity and Movement in the Mouse Orofacial System
      $412,500
      award amount

  26. Michelle H Teplensky

    Leads 1 award · $408,750

    • 1R35GM157326-01Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing Nanoscale Presentation to Elucidate the Impact of Therapeutic Packaging on Innate Immunity
      $408,750
      award amount

  27. Lei Tian

    Leads 1 award · $371,250

    • 5R01NS126596-04Department: NIH department code
      Computational Miniature Mesoscope for Cortex-wide, Cellular resolution Ca2+ Imaging in Freely Behaving Mice
      $371,250
      award amount

  28. Xiaojun Cheng

    Leads 1 award · $361,013

    • 5UG3EB034710-03Department: NIH department code
      A transformative method for functional brain imaging with Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy

      Principal investigators: Xiaojun Cheng (contact PI), David A Boas

      $361,013
      award amount

  29. Sheila Russo

    Leads 1 award · $327,070

    • 5R01EB034286-03Department: NIH department code
      Extending Reach, Accuracy, and Therapeutic Capabilities: A Soft Robot for Peripheral Early-Stage Lung Cancer
      $327,070
      award amount

  30. Daniel Segre

    Leads 1 award · $321,270

    • 5T32GM150533-03Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

      Principal investigators: Daniel Segre (contact PI), Gary E. Benson, Thomas D Tullius

      $321,270
      award amount

  31. Liangliang Hao

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA237861-05Department: NIH department code
      Developing multiplexed microenvironmental sensors for precision diagnostics of cancer metastasis
      $249,000
      award amount

  32. Matthias Stangl

    Leads 1 award · $230,751

    • 5R00NS126715-04Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Representations Beyond the Self
      $230,751
      award amount

  33. Sean B. Andersson

    Leads 1 award · $216,675

    • 1R21GM157695-01Department: NIH department code
      High-speed, real-time feedback-driven single particle tracking with concurrent smFRET
      $216,675
      award amount

  34. Ian S Kinstlinger

    Leads 1 award · $166,752

    • 1K99HL177312-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic morphogenesis to recapitulate multicellular patterns for regenerative medicine
      $166,752
      award amount

  35. Maria Victoria Moya

    Leads 1 award · $126,414

    • 5K99NS139312-02Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the Molecular Determinants of Cell Type-Specific Connectivity
      $126,414
      award amount

  36. Aria Pearlman Morales

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30HL176145-02Department: NIH department code
      A Bio-orthogonal Targeting System for Precision Drug Delivery to Vascular Endothelium in Transplanted Organs
      $54,538
      award amount

  37. Linzheng Shi

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30HL168952-03Department: NIH department code
      Probing immunovascular mechanobiology in pneumonia-associated acute lung injury at the single capillary level
      $54,538
      award amount

  38. Jack Patrick Vincent

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 1F31NS141614-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Revealing cell type-specific connectivity motifs in orofacial premotor circuits
      $49,538
      award amount

  39. Madeline Loffredo

    Leads 1 award · $46,150

    • 1F31CA298728-01Department: NIH department code
      Disulfated polyamidosaccharide nanoparticles as a P-selectin targeting chemotherapeutic delivery system
      $46,150
      award amount

  40. Laboni Farha Hassan

    Leads 1 award · $43,138

    • 1F31NS145754-01Department: NIH department code
      Trehalose-based coacervates for biomolecular and cellular delivery to improve wound healing in spinal cord injury
      $43,138
      award amount

  41. Bradley Rauscher

    Leads 1 award · $42,389

    • 1F31NS145737-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Cerebral Blood flow by Intrinsic Neuromodulation in Wakefulness and Sleep
      $42,389
      award amount

  42. Kate Elizabeth Herrema

    Leads 1 award · $42,240

    • 1F31NS141509-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Biomaterial-directed patterning of xenografted brain organoids in-vivo
      $42,240
      award amount

  43. Aarohi Mahesh Mehendale

    Leads 1 award · $41,987

    • 1F31AR085975-01Department: NIH department code
      Handheld Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) to measure skin involvement in Scleroderma
      $41,987
      award amount

  44. Sarah C Adams

    Leads 1 award · $41,987

    • 5F31CA288157-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of a Tunable Protein Release Hydrogel for the Enhancement of CAR T cell Activity
      $41,987
      award amount

  45. Eric Dubois

    Leads 1 award · $41,766

    • 5F31NS135944-02Department: NIH department code
      Glycopolymer Biomaterials for Regulating Adaptive Reprogramming in Glia
      $41,766
      award amount

  46. Arun Kannoth Nambiar

    Leads 1 award · $41,235

    • 5F31CA295073-02Department: NIH department code
      Development and characterization of self-amplifying RNA Lipid Nanoparticles for potent and multiplex gene expression in solid tumors
      $41,235
      award amount

  47. Brandon David Williams

    Leads 1 award · $15,164

    • 5F31NS134309-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Neural Synchrony in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex
      $15,164
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.