Chemistry at Harvard University

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Andrew G Myers

   Leads 2 awards · $1,572,803

   • 5R01AI187556-02Department: NIH department code

     Bactericidal antibiotics targeting lipoprotein transport in Gram-negative bacteria

     Principal investigators: Andrew G Myers (contact PI), Andrew Kruse

     $815,796

     award amount
   • 5R01AI168228-05Department: NIH department code

     Discovery through chemical synthesis of antibiotics effective against modern bacterial pathogens
     $757,007

     award amount

2. Daniel Kahne

   Leads 2 awards · $1,430,743

   • 5R01AI149778-23Department: NIH department code

     Antibiotics : Studies on the Biological Mechanisms of Antibiotics
     $761,164

     award amount
   • 5R01AI081059-18Department: NIH department code

     Outer Membrane Biogenesis: New Antibiotic Targets
     $669,579

     award amount

3. Emily Patricia Balskus

   Leads 2 awards · $1,295,476

   • 1R01DK145059-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering polyphenol metabolism by the human gut microbiome

     Principal investigators: Emily Patricia Balskus (contact PI), Marco Jost

     $832,101

     award amount
   • 1R21AI191619-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Discovery of antimicrobial metabolites from the human gut microbiota using high-throughput screening
     $463,375

     award amount

4. Brian Liau

   Leads 2 awards · $1,012,179

   • 5R01CA274437-04Department: NIH department code

     Chemical Genetic Approaches to Study Chromatin Complexes
     $563,456

     award amount
   • 5R35GM153476-03Department: NIH department code

     Integrating Chemical Genetic Approaches with Precision Genome Editing
     $448,723

     award amount

5. Eric N Jacobsen

   Leads 1 award · $914,773

   • 5R35GM149244-04Department: NIH department code

     Development, Elucidation, and Application of New Principles in Stereoselective Catalysis
     $914,773

     award amount

6. Xiaowei Zhuang

   Leads 1 award · $763,579

   • 5R01MH134800-03Department: NIH department code

     Spatial genomics and cell atlas of the human brain
     $763,579

     award amount

7. Christina Woo

   Leads 1 award · $577,787

   • 4R01AG081475-02Department: NIH department code

     Writing and erasing O-GlcNAc on target proteins in the brain
     $577,787

     award amount

8. Theodore A Betley

   Leads 1 award · $350,348

   • 2R01GM145752-05Department: NIH department code

     Trapping reactive intermediates and their application towards catalysis
     $350,348

     award amount

9. Andre Sanchez

   Leads 1 award · $125,000

   • 1K99GM163037-01Department: NIH department code

     Enantioselective Hydrochlorination of Alkenes enabled by Cooperative Catalysis and Enantioconvergent Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Quaternary Stereocenters
     $125,000

     award amount

10. Cosmos Yuqi Wang

    Leads 1 award · $104,288

    • 1K99NS151037-01Department: NIH department code

      High-throughput molecular connectomics with synaptic resolution, from mapping to mechanism discovery
      $104,288

      award amount

11. Elaine Reichert Raguram

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32GM153089-03Department: NIH department code

      Photoelectrocatalytic Trifluoromethylation of Arenes via Trifluoroacetate Decarboxylation
      $76,780

      award amount

12. Sara Alektiar

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32GM156017-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Selective N-alkylation of azoles via anion-binding catalysis
      $76,300

      award amount

13. James Woods

    Leads 1 award · $36,323

    • 5F31CA294870-03Department: NIH department code

      Base editing to elucidate RAF regulation and signaling
      $36,323

      award amount

14. Lauren Anne Litzau

    Leads 1 award · $36,258

    • 5F31AR083740-03Department: NIH department code

      The tetraspanin CD151 and integrin α3β1 signaling complex in basement membrane adhesion
      $36,258

      award amount

15. Samantha Joubran

    Leads 1 award · $36,258

    • 5F31AI186590-03Department: NIH department code

      Developing HIV Resistant Hematopoietic Stem Cells through Targeted Base Editing
      $36,258

      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.

• Marco Jost

  Co-investigator on 1R01DK145059-01A1, led by Emily Patricia Balskus

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harvard Medical School · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Andrew Kruse

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI187556-02, led by Andrew G Myers

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harvard Medical School · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)