Taekjip Ha, PhD

Research Interests

Ha’s research is focused on pushing the limits of single-molecule detection methods to study complex biological systems. His group develops state-of-the-art biophysical techniques (e.g., multicolor fluorescence, super-resolution imaging, combined force and fluorescence spectroscopy, vesicular encapsulation, single-molecule pull-down) and applies them to study diverse protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein complexes, and mechanical perturbation and response of these systems both in vitro and in vivo. View more details.

Titles

• Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry
• Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Biophysics

Affiliated Centers & Institutes

• Institute for Basic Biomedical Science

Education

• PhD, Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1996
• BS, Physics, Seoul National University, 1990

Recent Highlights

October 20, 2021

Taekjip “TJ” Ha elected to National Academy of Medicine

Taekjip "TJ" Ha, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is among ten faculty members from Johns Hopkins University to have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

• September 28, 2020
  Johns Hopkins researchers develop system for using everyday glucose monitors to detect COVID-19 antibodies
  A trio of Johns Hopkins scientists—a pharmacologist, a biomedical engineer, and a biophysicist—are pooling their knowledge to design a device that can detect whether a person has antibodies linked to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
• December 21, 2017
  Changing Environments
  Andrew Feinberg ’73, MD ’76, MPH ’81, the director of the Center for Epigenetics at Johns Hopkins, recently finished his first semester teaching at the Whiting School and he says “it’s been a fantastic adventure.”
• July 10, 2017
  Three from BME receive Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards
  Three faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering have been selected to receive support this year from the Johns Hopkins University’s Discovery Awards program.