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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Engineering at Boston University

Boston, MA

Funding
$24.5M
$24,455,463
Awards
56
FY2026 NIH awards in Engineering
Principal investigators
62
44 lead a grant here, 18 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

44 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. Ahmad Samir Khalil

    Leads 3 awards · $2,214,679

    • 1DP1EB041697-01Department: NIH department code
      Direct, large-scale perturbation and mapping of protein function in human cells
      $1,144,500
      award amount
    • 5R01EB038005-02Department: 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

      $638,842
      award amount
    • 5T32GM154655-02Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (SB2) Predoctoral Training Program

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

      $431,337
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01EB033821-04, led by Christopher S Chen.

  2. David A Boas

    Leads 3 awards · $1,723,227

    • 4UH3EB036035-03Department: NIH department code
      Expanding Inclusion of All Subjects for Ultra-High Density Wearable fNIRS in the Everyday World
      $827,351
      award amount
    • 5R01NS127156-05Department: NIH department code
      Neurophotonic Advances for Mechanistic Investigation of the Role of Capillary Dysfunction in Stroke Recovery
      $655,019
      award amount
    • 5T32NS136080-03Department: 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

      $240,857
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4UH3EB034710-04, led by Xiaojun Cheng; 1R25NS142968-01, led by Anna Devor.

  3. Darren Michael Roblyer

    Leads 3 awards · $1,675,946

    • 5R01HL177304-02Department: NIH department code
      High speed and wearable speckle contrast optical spectroscopy for cuffless blood pressure measurements
      $625,312
      award amount
    • 5R01EB037660-02Department: NIH department code
      Handheld Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging using Spiral Illumination for Skin Imaging

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

      $623,036
      award amount
    • 5T32GM145455-05Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Quantitative Biology & Physiology (QBP)
      $427,598
      award amount

  4. Ji-Xin Cheng

    Leads 3 awards · $1,570,282

    • 5R01EB035429-03Department: 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

      $590,765
      award amount
    • 5R01AI141439-08Department: NIH department code
      Rapid AST through Metabolic Imaging at Single Cell Level
      $572,402
      award amount
    • 5R33CA287046-03Department: NIH department code
      Bio-orthogonal Mid-Infrared Photothermal Imaging of Cancer Metabolism
      $407,115
      award amount

  5. Xue Han

    Leads 2 awards · $1,248,514

    • 5R01NS139524-02Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Network Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuromodulation

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

      $646,907
      award amount
    • 5R01NS129520-03Department: NIH department code
      Optical Voltage Imaging Analysis of the Cellular and Network Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation
      $601,607
      award amount

  6. Michael B Albro

    Leads 2 awards · $1,183,974

    • 5R01AR081393-05Department: 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

      $598,227
      award amount
    • 5R01AR078299-05Department: NIH department code
      A Bio-inspired Latent TGF-beta Conjugated Scaffold for Patient-specific Cartilage Regeneration
      $585,747
      award amount

  7. Archana Venkataraman

    Leads 2 awards · $1,151,751

    • 5R01DC022565-02Department: NIH department code
      Machine Learning Methods for Predicting Post-Stroke Aphasia and Language Recovery

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

      $665,175
      award amount
    • 5R01HD108790-04Department: NIH department code
      A Modular Framework for Data-Driven Neurogenetics to Predict Complex and Multidimensional Autistic Phenotypes
      $486,576
      award amount

  8. Christopher S Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $1,143,981

    • 5R01HL175072-02Department: NIH department code
      Structure, function, and mechanobiology of a compression-sensitive cell-cell junction
      $615,739
      award amount
    • 5R01EB033821-04Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic vascularization and regeneration in engineered tissues

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

      $528,242
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM154655-02, led by Ahmad Samir Khalil.

  9. Yanhang Katherine Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $752,572

    • 5R01AG075876-05Department: NIH department code
      Cerebrovascular Remodeling and Neurodegenerative Changes in Alzheimer's Disease

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

      $752,572
      award amount

  10. Hadi Tavakoli Nia

    Leads 1 award · $712,630

    • 1R01HL185414-01Department: NIH department code
      Functional Heterogeneity of Alveoli and the Early Response to Airborne Agents

      Principal investigators: Hadi Tavakoli Nia (contact PI), Joseph P Mizgerd

      $712,630
      award amount

  11. Erica Delores Pratt

    Leads 1 award · $641,300

    • 1R21EB037152-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Chemoproteomic probes for targeted profiling of oncogenic kinase activity
      $641,300
      award amount

  12. Kayhan Batmanghelich

    Leads 1 award · $639,871

    • 5R01HL141813-08Department: NIH department code
      Integrating Multi-Modal Data and Biomechanics in COPD: Toward Robust and Interpretable Biomarkers for Disease Subtyping and Progression
      $639,871
      award amount

  13. Sandor Vajda

    Leads 1 award · $622,281

    • 2R35GM118078-11Department: NIH department code
      Analysis and Prediction of Molecular Interactions
      $622,281
      award amount

  14. Elise F Morgan

    Leads 1 award · $615,648

    • 5R01AG073671-05Department: NIH department code
      Tailoring of cellular mechanical microenvironments to rescue age-related impairments in bone regeneration
      $615,648
      award amount

  15. Jerome Mertz

    Leads 1 award · $595,774

  16. Xiaojun Cheng

    Leads 1 award · $593,092

    • 4UH3EB034710-04Department: NIH department code
      A transformative method for functional brain imaging with Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy

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

      $593,092
      award amount

  17. Irving J. Bigio

    Leads 1 award · $559,055

    • 5R01AG075727-05Department: 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
      $559,055
      award amount

  18. Tommaso Ranzani

    Leads 1 award · $535,374

    • 5R01EB035574-02Department: NIH department code
      Intracardiac beating heart tricuspid valve repair via robotics.
      $535,374
      award amount

  19. Wilson Wong

    Leads 1 award · $509,893

    • 5R01EB036085-03Department: NIH department code
      Engineering recombinase circuits for cellular diagnostic devices
      $509,893
      award amount

  20. Mary J. Dunlop

    Leads 1 award · $482,395

    • 5R01AI102922-12Department: NIH department code
      Cell-to-cell heterogeneity and the emergence of antibiotic resistance
      $482,395
      award amount

  21. John Tuan Ngo

    Leads 1 award · $449,625

    • 5R35GM128859-07Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Approaches for Probing Cell Mechanotransduction in Health and Disease
      $449,625
      award amount

  22. Samagya Banskota

    Leads 1 award · $449,625

    • 1R35GM162861-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing targeted delivery of intracellular protein therapeutics
      $449,625
      award amount

  23. Brianne Kathryn Connizzo

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R35GM151127-04Department: NIH department code
      Innate and Hormone-Mediated Sex Differences in Extracellular Matrix Remodeling
      $412,500
      award amount

  24. Lei Tian

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R01NS126596-05Department: NIH department code
      Computational Miniature Mesoscope for Cortex-wide, Cellular resolution Ca2+ Imaging in Freely Behaving Mice
      $412,500
      award amount

  25. Michael Nicholas Economo

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R01NS121409-05Department: NIH department code
      Linking Motor Cortex Activity and Movement in the Mouse Orofacial System
      $412,500
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01NS147518-01, led by Jerome Mertz.

  26. Timothy Mark O'Shea

    Leads 1 award · $412,500

    • 5R35GM154942-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulating parenchymal repair in wound healing
      $412,500
      award amount

  27. Michelle H Teplensky

    Leads 1 award · $408,750

    • 5R35GM157326-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing Nanoscale Presentation to Elucidate the Impact of Therapeutic Packaging on Innate Immunity
      $408,750
      award amount

  28. Daniel Segre

    Leads 1 award · $325,003

    • 5T32GM150533-04Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

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

      $325,003
      award amount

  29. Sheila Russo

    Leads 1 award · $259,875

    • 5R01EB034286-04Department: NIH department code
      Extending Reach, Accuracy, and Therapeutic Capabilities: A Soft Robot for Peripheral Early-Stage Lung Cancer
      $259,875
      award amount

  30. Anna Devor

    Leads 1 award · $250,000

    • 1R25NS142968-01Department: NIH department code
      Neurovascular Imaging Across Scales in Animals and Humans

      Principal investigators: Anna Devor (contact PI), David A Boas, Thomas G Bifano

      $250,000
      award amount

  31. Miguel Jimenez

    Leads 1 award · $245,250

    • 1R21EB039771-01Department: NIH department code
      Long-Term Living Sensors: A Biohybrid Diffusion-Chemostat for Chronic Health Monitoring
      $245,250
      award amount

  32. Michelle Yen-Ling Sander

    Leads 1 award · $232,550

    • 1R21EB037861-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mid-Infrared Fiber Photothermal Imaging
      $232,550
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS136080-03, led by David A Boas.

  33. Sean B. Andersson

    Leads 1 award · $204,375

    • 5R21GM157695-02Department: NIH department code
      High-speed, real-time feedback-driven single particle tracking with concurrent smFRET
      $204,375
      award amount

  34. Matthias Stangl

    Leads 1 award · $193,311

    • 5R00NS126715-05Department: NIH department code
      Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Representations Beyond the Self
      $193,311
      award amount

  35. Ian S Kinstlinger

    Leads 1 award · $166,752

    • 5K99HL177312-02Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic morphogenesis to recapitulate multicellular patterns for regenerative medicine
      $166,752
      award amount

  36. James E Galagan

    Leads 1 award · $81,750

    • 1R03EB038582-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Hollow Microneedles for Interstitial Fluid Biosensing
      $81,750
      award amount

  37. Linzheng Shi

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HL168952-04Department: NIH department code
      Probing immunovascular mechanobiology in pneumonia-associated acute lung injury at the single capillary level
      $55,114
      award amount

  38. Jack Patrick Vincent

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS141614-02Department: NIH department code
      Revealing cell type-specific connectivity motifs in orofacial premotor circuits
      $50,114
      award amount

  39. Madeline Loffredo

    Leads 1 award · $46,726

    • 5F31CA298728-02Department: NIH department code
      Disulfated polyamidosaccharide nanoparticles as a P-selectin targeting chemotherapeutic delivery system
      $46,726
      award amount

  40. Laboni Farha Hassan

    Leads 1 award · $43,714

    • 5F31NS145754-02Department: NIH department code
      Trehalose-based coacervates for biomolecular and cellular delivery to improve wound healing in spinal cord injury
      $43,714
      award amount

  41. Kate Elizabeth Herrema

    Leads 1 award · $43,088

    • 5F31NS141509-02Department: NIH department code
      Biomaterial-directed patterning of xenografted brain organoids in-vivo
      $43,088
      award amount

  42. Bradley Rauscher

    Leads 1 award · $42,965

    • 5F31NS145737-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Cerebral Blood flow by Intrinsic Neuromodulation in Wakefulness and Sleep
      $42,965
      award amount

  43. Aarohi Mahesh Mehendale

    Leads 1 award · $42,826

    • 5F31AR085975-02Department: NIH department code
      Handheld Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) to measure skin involvement in Scleroderma
      $42,826
      award amount

  44. Arun Kannoth Nambiar

    Leads 1 award · $41,811

    • 5F31CA295073-03Department: NIH department code
      Development and characterization of self-amplifying RNA Lipid Nanoparticles for potent and multiplex gene expression in solid tumors
      $41,811
      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.