Biological and Chemical Sciences

Leveraging APL’s technical expertise, our team works to identify intersections of emerging military needs and domain opportunity in the fields of environmental resilience, superhuman endeavors, and operational enablers.

Program Manager: Sarah Herman
Assistant Program Manager: Brock Wester
Assistant Program Manager: Katy Carneal

Focus Areas

Environmental Resilience

Addressing national security challenges arising from a rapidly changing environment
Superhuman Endeavors

Understanding and overcoming the current limits of individual health and performance
Operational Enablers

Translating biology and chemistry into enablers for military missions

Biological and Chemical Sciences

Focus Areas

Environmental Resilience

Superhuman Endeavors

Operational Enablers

Research Highlights

Johns Hopkins APL Honored Twice on Fast Company’s 2024 ‘Most Innovative Companies’ List → Mar 19, 2024

Johns Hopkins APL Tackles Military Sleep Deprivation With Innovative Smart Tool → Feb 14, 2024

Johns Hopkins APL Awarded NIH BRAIN CONNECTS Research Funding to Map Brain Circuits at the Resolution of a Single Synapse → Nov 14, 2023

Expanding eDNA Research and Physical Oceanography Into Critical Polar Regions → Sep 12, 2023

Creating Food From Thin Air: The Future of Nutrition → Jun 1, 2023

Inspired by Jellyfish, Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Float a Versatile Sensor Platform → Apr 27, 2023

Paintable Proteins Provide Environmentally Friendly Way to Protect Ship Hulls at Sea → Apr 13, 2023

Researchers Use Quantum Biology to Understand Human Response to Earth’s Magnetic Field → Mar 13, 2023

Coastal Defenders: Protecting the Nation’s Coasts with Natural Solutions → Jan 24, 2023

From Lab to Sea, Johns Hopkins APL Genomics Researchers Bring DNA Sequencing Tools Into the Field → Sep 1, 2022

With Basestack, Johns Hopkins APL Enables Crucial Genomics Work Around the World → Sep 30, 2021

Sensing the Planet: Johns Hopkins APL Working to Provide Data for Mitigating Climate Change → Sep 20, 2021

Johns Hopkins APL Diving into Marine Environments with New Lab → Jun 14, 2021

Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Plant Ideas for Building Better Biological Sensors → Sep 4, 2020

Johns Hopkins Researchers Retrace COVID-19 Introduction and Impact in D.C. Region → Aug 15, 2020

Saving the Planet, One Drop at a Time → Jan 30, 2020

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Beyond the Ice: Researchers Expand eDNA Research into Polar Regions