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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Funding
$19.8M
$19,849,751
Awards
25
FY2026 NIH awards in Engineering
Principal investigators
37
30 lead a grant here, 7 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 Johns Hopkins University page.

Leads a grant in this department

30 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. Alexis Battle

    Leads 1 award · $4,899,996

    • 2P30AG073104-06Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing Technology and AI Approaches to Facilitate Independence andResilience in Older Adults

      Principal investigators: Alexis Battle (contact PI), Peter M. Abadir (contact PI), Rama Chellappa (contact PI), Phillip Phan

      $4,899,996
      award amount

  2. Peter M. Abadir

    Leads 1 award · $4,899,996

    • 2P30AG073104-06Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing Technology and AI Approaches to Facilitate Independence andResilience in Older Adults

      Principal investigators: Alexis Battle (contact PI), Peter M. Abadir (contact PI), Rama Chellappa (contact PI), Phillip Phan

      $4,899,996
      award amount

  3. Rama Chellappa

    Leads 1 award · $4,899,996

    • 2P30AG073104-06Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing Technology and AI Approaches to Facilitate Independence andResilience in Older Adults

      Principal investigators: Alexis Battle (contact PI), Peter M. Abadir (contact PI), Rama Chellappa (contact PI), Phillip Phan

      $4,899,996
      award amount

  4. Jeffrey J Gray

    Leads 1 award · $3,753,554

    • 2R35GM141881-06Department: NIH department code
      Artificial Intelligence Tools for Protein Engineering
      $3,753,554
      award amount

  5. Denis Wirtz

    Leads 3 awards · $2,628,530

    • 5U54CA268083-05Department: NIH department code
      Center for 3D Imaging in Cancer Cell Biology

      Principal investigators: Andrew Josef Ewald (contact PI), Denis Wirtz (contact PI), Laura Delong Wood (contact PI), Pei-Hsun Wu (contact PI)

      $1,702,019
      award amount
    • 5R01CA300052-02Department: NIH department code
      Engineering self-propelled tumor-infiltrating CAR T cells using synthetic velocity receptors
      $623,944
      award amount
    • 5T32CA153952-15Department: NIH department code
      T32: Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Nanotechnology for Cancer Research
      $302,567
      award amount

  6. Andrew Josef Ewald

    Leads 1 award · $1,702,019

  7. Laura Delong Wood

    Leads 1 award · $1,702,019

  8. Pei-Hsun Wu

    Leads 1 award · $1,702,019

  9. Tza-Huei Jeff Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,445,607

    • 5R01AI181217-03Department: NIH department code
      Single-cell based diagnostic platform with single-molecular transcriptional response profiling for rapid phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing of gonorrhea

      Principal investigators: Tza-Huei Jeff Wang (contact PI), Samuel Yang

      $766,641
      award amount
    • 5R01AI183336-03Department: NIH department code
      Integrated genotype-informed single-cell molecular antibacterial susceptibility testing platform for rapid and actionable diagnosis of bacteremia
      $678,966
      award amount

  10. Christopher D Heaney

    Leads 1 award · $1,056,274

  11. Kirsten Anne Koehler

    Leads 1 award · $1,056,274

  12. Marsha Wills-Karp

    Leads 1 award · $1,056,274

  13. Nirupama Putcha

    Leads 1 award · $1,056,274

  14. Thomas Hartung

    Leads 1 award · $1,056,274

  15. Dingchang Lin

    Leads 2 awards · $564,944

    • 5R35GM147274-05Department: NIH department code
      Protein assemblies as genetically encoded mechanical actuators for intracellular mechanobiology research
      $409,375
      award amount
    • 5R21EY035955-03Department: NIH department code
      Curved Implantation of Flexible Microelectrode Arrays for High-Density Mapping of Nonlinear Brain Structures and Circuits
      $155,569
      award amount

  16. Honggang Cui

    Leads 1 award · $529,625

    • 5R01CA284268-04Department: NIH department code
      Self-Assembling Camptothecin Nanofiber Hydrogels as Adjunct Therapy for Intraoperative Treatment of Malignant Glioma

      Principal investigators: Honggang Cui (contact PI), Kaisorn Lee Chaichana

      $529,625
      award amount

  17. Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

    Leads 1 award · $479,755

    • 5R35GM156305-02Department: NIH department code
      The interplay of extracellular fluid viscosity, stiffness and confinement in regulating cell responses
      $479,755
      award amount

  18. Younan Xia

    Leads 1 award · $429,925

    • 7R01NS126183-04Department: NIH department code
      Hierarchically-Structured Conduits with Programmed Release of Neurotrophic Factors for Repairing Large Defects in Thick Nerves
      $429,925
      award amount

  19. David H Gracias

    Leads 1 award · $427,563

    • 1R21NS145047-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Multi-modal Micro Electrode Fluidic Array (MEFA) Shells for Brain Organoids

      Principal investigators: David H Gracias (contact PI), Lena Smirnova

      $427,563
      award amount

  20. Shinuo Weng

    Leads 1 award · $412,124

    • 1R35GM162386-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanobiological regulations of collective cell movement: insights from in vivo to in vitro
      $412,124
      award amount

  21. Ishan Barman

    Leads 1 award · $409,375

    • 5R35GM149272-04Department: NIH department code
      Next-generation optical nanoprobes: From quantum biosensing to cellular monitoring
      $409,375
      award amount

  22. Thao D Nguyen

    Leads 1 award · $409,375

    • 5R01EY036042-03Department: NIH department code
      Biomechanics of the Human Optic Nerve Head for Glaucoma Biomarkers.
      $409,375
      award amount

  23. Jude Marvin Phillip

    Leads 1 award · $381,180

    • 5R35GM157099-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining a biophysical basis for cell types, cell states and cellular heterogeneity at single-cell resolution
      $381,180
      award amount

  24. Luo Gu

    Leads 1 award · $379,509

    • 1R01HL179424-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical programming to enhance the immunosuppressive function of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease
      $379,509
      award amount

  25. Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell

    Leads 1 award · $372,980

    • 5R01EB032358-04Department: NIH department code
      Photoacoustic Image Guidance of Hysterectomies
      $372,980
      award amount

  26. Noah John Cowan

    Leads 1 award · $368,014

  27. Sean X Sun

    Leads 1 award · $313,913

    • 2R01GM134542-05A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Hydraulic Pressure in the Osmotic Engine Model of Cell Migration
      $313,913
      award amount

  28. Sangkyun Cho

    Leads 1 award · $248,989

    • 5R00HL166695-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Role of Microenvironment Mechanics in Regulating Cardiac Myofibroblast Plasticity
      $248,989
      award amount

  29. John Tilak Ratnanather

    Leads 1 award · $212,131

    • 5R25DC020698-04Department: NIH department code
      STEMM opportunities for college students with Hearing loss to Engage in Auditory Research (STEMM-HEAR
      $212,131
      award amount

  30. Alex Gaudio

    Leads 1 award · $126,388

    • 1K99EB039093-01Department: NIH department code
      Directional Beamforming Auscultation
      $126,388
      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.

  • Phillip Phan

    Co-investigator on 2P30AG073104-06, led by Alexis Battle and Peter M. Abadir and Rama Chellappa

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Samuel Yang

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI181217-03, led by Tza-Huei Jeff Wang

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Kaisorn Lee Chaichana

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA284268-04, led by Honggang Cui

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Lena Smirnova

    Co-investigator on 1R21NS145047-01A1, led by David H Gracias

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Andrew Lamperski

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS147767-02, led by Noah John Cowan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Eric S Fortune

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS147767-02, led by Noah John Cowan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Kathleen A. Hoffman

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS147767-02, led by Noah John Cowan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.