2026-27 Johns Hopkins University

Global Autoimmune Institute Scholar 

• First Year Scholar, Biomedical Engineering
• Ian is investigating how specific epithelial populations in the airways shape immune responses in the context of allergic asthma, as well as developing lipid nanoparticle-based delivery systems to therapeutically target these cells.

Mars Foundation Scholar

• First Year Scholar, Geography & Environmental Engineering
• Kristan's PhD thesis studies CO2 Sources and Sinks from the Global Tropics, focusing on global modeling results across theTropical Amazon and statistical analyses of long-term trends in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).

MWC Chapter Scholar

• First Year Scholar, Immunology
• Hannah's research demonstrates a promising new gene-therapy approach that uses an AAV delivery system to provide long-lasting protection against deadly fungal infections by prompting muscle cells to secrete long-lasting, protective antibodies.

Jane Riddle & Julie Hohl Scholar 

• First Year Scholar, Biomedical Engineering
• Varvara's research focuses on developing vision-enabled large language models that integrate medical image analysis and natural language processing to support efficient, accurate, and scalable computational pathology workflows.