The Johns Hopkins Department of Materials Science and Engineering is committed to nurturing a collaborative environment. Our students have the opportunity to work in small research groups with a faculty advisor and postdoctoral researchers.
The following is a list of research groups led by faculty with a primary affiliation in our department. For faculty conducting materials-related research in other departments, please see our list of associated faculty.
For your convenience, we have also provided a list of current graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in our department.
- Led By: Prof. Tine Curk
- Research Focus: Soft Materials and Polymer Science
- Led By: Prof. Jonah Erlebacher
- Research Focus: Nanomaterials and Materials for Energy
- Led By: Prof. Michael Falk
- Research Focus: Computational Materials Science, Structural Materials Science, and Optoelectronic & Magnetic Materials
- Led By: Assistant Prof. Regina García-Méndez
- Research Focus: Designing Materials for Sustainable Energy Storage and Conversion
Gu Group
- Led By: Assistant Prof. Luo Gu
- Research Focus: Tissue engineering, cell therapy manufacturing, and immunoengineering
Hristova Group – Biomolecular Materials &Membrane Biophysics Lab
- Led By: Prof. Kalina Hristova
- Research Focus: Biomaterials and the Structure and Physics of Biomembranes
Hufnagel Group
- Led By: Prof. Todd Hufnagel
- Research Focus: Structural Materials, Nanomaterials, X-Ray Scattering, 3D Microstructures, and Metals
Katz Group
- Led By: Prof. Howard Katz
- Research Focus: Nanomaterials and Optoelectronic & Magnetic Materials
Kessler Group
- Led By: Louis M. Sardella Head and Professor Michael Kessler
- Research Focus: Polymers, Composite materials, Multifunctional materials, Thermal analysis.
- Led By: Assistant Prof. Dingchang Lin
- Research Focus: Biomaterials and Electronic Devices for Biological Systems Modulation
- Led By: Assistant Prof. Yuting Luo
- Research Focus: Multiscale Solid-State Materials, Next Generation Energy-Related Applications, Advanced Materials Characterization
- Led By: Prof. Hai-Quan Mao
- Research Focus: Biomaterials and Polymer & Tissue Engineering
McGuiggan Group
- Led By: Associate Research Prof. Patricia McGuiggan
- Research Focus: Historic Materials
Oses Group – Entropy for Energy Lab
- Led By: Assistant Prof. Corey Oses
- Research Focus: Computational Materials Science, High-Entropy Materials, and Materials for Energy
Rupert Group – Nanoscale Mechanics & Materials Lab
- Led By: Prof. Tim Rupert
- Research Focus: Defect-Dominated Materials, Nanoscale Metallurgy, Atomic-Scale Mechanisms, Nanomaterial Performance.
- Led By: Prof. Peter Searson
- Research Focus: Biomaterials and Electrochemistry
Spicer Group
- Led By: Prof. James Spicer
- Research Focus: Materials Characterization, Laser-Materials Interactions, Materials for Energy, Structural Materials, and Optoelectronic & Magnetic Materials
Taheri Group – Dynamic Characterization Lab
- Led by: Mitra Taheri
- Research Focus: In situ and analytical electron microscopy; structural, electronic, and magnetic materials; biomaterials, extreme environments; additive manufacturing
- Led By: Prof. Tim Weihs
- Research Focus: Nanomaterials, Thin Films, and Structural Materials