Presented by
Honggang Cui, PhD
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering; Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University
Honggang Cui, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a core member of the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology at the Whiting School of Engineering. He also holds joint appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Whiting School, and in the Department of Oncology and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He earned his B.S. in Polymer Materials Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 1999, followed by an M.S. in Materials Science/Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2002. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Delaware in 2007. From 2007 to 2010, Cui was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM) at Northwestern University. Cui joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2010. His research focuses on molecular self-assembly and biomolecular engineering, with applications in drug delivery and cancer therapeutics. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Cell, JACS, PNAS, and the Journal of Controlled Release. His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, the Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award, and the Johns Hopkins Discovery Award. He is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Controlled Release (2020-2026), and co-chaired the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Peptide Materials.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
12:00 pm – 01:00 pm
ROSS Hall 643
Lunch will be provided
11:45 - 12:00 pm
