FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Chemistry at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding

$14.1M

$14,089,360

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Chemistry

Principal investigators

27 lead a grant here, 3 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 Chemistry row of the University of California, San Diego page.

Leads a grant in this department

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

Itay Budin
Leads 1 award · $2,092,390
- 2R35GM142960-06Department: NIH department code
  Lipidic drivers of organelle function and dysregulation
  $2,092,390
  award amount
Michael D. Burkart
Leads 4 awards · $1,390,562
- 1R21AT013666-01Department: NIH department code
  High-resolution structural analysis of native amphotericin megasynthases
  $439,500
  award amount
- 5R01AI168993-05Department: NIH department code
  Enabling synthetic biology through single cell functional genomics
  Principal investigators: Michael D. Burkart (contact PI), Ramunas Stepanauskas, Tanja Woyke
  $434,611
  award amount
- 1R35GM163534-01Department: NIH department code
  High-resolution structural analysis of megasynthases by cryo-EM
  $369,347
  award amount
- 5T32GM146648-05Department: NIH department code
  Chemistry-Biology Interfaces at UCSD
  Principal investigators: Michael D. Burkart (contact PI), Alexis C. Komor
  $147,104
  award amount
Kamil Godula
Leads 2 awards · $924,177
- 5R01GM145913-04Department: NIH department code
  Cell membrane-targeting proteoglycan chimeras as selective growth factor signaling actuators
  $484,896
  award amount
- 1R25GM167082-01Department: NIH department code
  GlycoCraft.EDU: A Hands-On Educational Platform to Enhance Glycan Integration in Biomedical Research Through Experiment-Based Learning
  $439,281
  award amount
Partho Ghosh
Leads 1 award · $720,021
- 1R01AI189749-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Antibody Interactions with M and M-like Proteins
  $720,021
  award amount
Lisa M Jones
Leads 2 awards · $715,121
- 5R35GM144324-05Department: NIH department code
  Protein Footprinting Coupled to Mass Spectrometry for the Study of Protein Higher Order Structure in Complex Model Systems
  $571,502
  award amount
- 3R35GM144324-05S1Department: NIH department code
  Protein Footprinting Coupled to Mass Spectrometry for the Study of Protein Higher Order Structure in Complex Model Systems
  $143,619
  award amount
Rommie E Amaro
Leads 1 award · $654,097
- 5R01AI179188-04Department: NIH department code
  Multiscale Computational Microscopy of HIV-1
  $654,097
  award amount
Michael J Sailor
Leads 1 award · $642,847
- 5R01AI132413-08Department: NIH department code
  Macrophage-targeting Nanoplatforms as Immunotherapy against Pulmonary Infections
  $642,847
  award amount
Wei Wang
Leads 1 award · $615,390
- 1R01AG098026-01Department: NIH department code
  Developing robust zero-shot AI models for anti-aging antibody design
  $615,390
  award amount
Jerry Yang
Leads 1 award · $587,167
- 5R01AG077802-03Department: NIH department code
  Development of selective amyloid-responsive fluorescent probes
  $587,167
  award amount
Navtej Singh Toor
Leads 1 award · $566,034
- 2R35GM141706-06Department: NIH department code
  High Resolution Structure Determination of Non-Coding RNAs to Reveal Functional Mechanisms
  $566,034
  award amount
Elizabeth A. Komives
Leads 1 award · $564,421
- 2T32GM139795-06Department: NIH department code
  Molecular Biophysics Training Grant at UC San Diego
  Principal investigators: Elizabeth A. Komives (contact PI), Galia Debelouchina, Jin Zhang
  $564,421
  award amount
Gourisankar Ghosh
Leads 1 award · $529,328
- 5R01AI163327-05Department: NIH department code
  Suppressing Inflammation by Blocking IKK Oligomer
  $529,328
  award amount
Alex Joseph Guseman
Leads 2 awards · $460,433
- 5R00GM145970-05Department: NIH department code
  Developing Lectins as Inhibitors of Coronavirus Spike Proteins
  $249,000
  award amount
- 1R35GM165947-01Department: NIH department code
  Defining the Rules of Engagement: The Biophysical Basis of Protein-Glycan Interactions
  $211,433
  award amount
Tatiana Vladimirovna Mishanina
Leads 1 award · $457,024
- 2R35GM142785-06Department: NIH department code
  Mechanisms of transcription and co-transcriptional gene expression processes in bacteria and human mitochondria
  $457,024
  award amount
Galia Debelouchina
Leads 1 award · $440,000
- 5R35GM138382-07Department: NIH department code
  Structural biology of chromatin in vitro and in cells
  $440,000
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM139795-06, led by Elizabeth A. Komives.
Yitzhak Tor
Leads 1 award · $430,270
- 2R35GM139407-06Department: NIH department code
  Fluorescent nucleosides, nucleotides and oligonucleotides
  $430,270
  award amount
Alexis C. Komor
Leads 1 award · $414,222
- 5R35GM138317-07Department: NIH department code
  Development of novel precision genome editing tools and strategies for functional investigation of genetic variants
  $414,222
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM146648-05, led by Michael D. Burkart.
Lalit Deshmukh
Leads 1 award · $395,000
- 5R35GM147708-05Department: NIH department code
  The Functional Interplay Between Phase Separation, Fibrillization, and Posttranslational Modifications of ALIX
  $395,000
  award amount
Neville Bethel
Leads 1 award · $384,394
- 1R35GM165612-01Department: NIH department code
  Molecular determinants of lipid-protein recognition
  $384,394
  award amount
Julia Stauber
Leads 1 award · $369,717
- 5R35GM160296-02Department: NIH department code
  Precision, Functional Glyconanoassemblies through Supramolecular Design
  $369,717
  award amount
F. Akif Tezcan
Leads 1 award · $308,197
- 5R01GM148607-04Department: NIH department code
  Mechanism of Energy Transduction and Substrate Activation in Biological Nitrogen Fixation
  $308,197
  award amount
Anna Claire Love
Leads 1 award · $126,003
- 1K99AT013581-01A1Department: NIH department code
  Molecular mechanisms of phytocannabinoid-protein interactions in the brain
  $126,003
  award amount
Peng Ji
Leads 1 award · $125,000
- 1K99GM166627-01Department: NIH department code
  Harnessing Hydrophobic Interactions for Photocaging and Photoproximity Labeling
  $125,000
  award amount
Lydia Rose Chambers
Leads 1 award · $46,939
- 5F31AI194603-02Department: NIH department code
  Mechanisms of gene regulation in bacterial defense islands
  $46,939
  award amount
Madison M Maille
Leads 1 award · $43,714
- 1F31AI200294-01Department: NIH department code
  Understanding the Structural Basis of PKR Activation by Interferon Gamma RNA
  $43,714
  award amount
Kara Adelaide Dunne-Dombrink
Leads 1 award · $43,446
- 1F31HG015225-01Department: NIH department code
  High-throughput Characterization of Genetic Mechanisms of Traditional and Paired Prime Editing
  $43,446
  award amount
Matthew Miyada
Leads 1 award · $43,446
- 1F31AI200340-01Department: NIH department code
  Genome-based discovery and characterization of antimicrobial betalactones
  $43,446
  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.

Jin Zhang
Co-investigator on 2T32GM139795-06, led by Elizabeth A. Komives
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California, San Diego · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 3 awards)
Ramunas Stepanauskas
Co-investigator on 5R01AI168993-05, led by Michael D. Burkart
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Tanja Woyke
Co-investigator on 5R01AI168993-05, led by Michael D. Burkart
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.