Dr. Ryan Limbocker, Ph.D.

Dr. Ryan Limbocker earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Kansas (with Honors and Highest Distinction) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University. 

Ryan is a Principal Investigator (PI) in the Protein Biophysics Group, which investigates Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury, biotechnology, and human performance. He has authored 36 peer-reviewed publications, including 11 with 31 different cadet co-authors, 13 with 19 different USMA faculty co-authors, and 12 as corresponding author. Ryan is PI on 15 research grants since 2020, with funding from DARPA, OSD-R&E, the Photonics Research Center, Army Research Laboratory, DTRA, and the Camille and Dreyfus Foundation.

Cadets in the Protein Biophysics Group have won 4 Goldwater Scholarships, 11 Stamps Scholarships, 1 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 1 Rhodes Scholarship, 12 Health Professions Scholarships to attend medical school, and 2 Purdue Military Research Initiative Fellowships.
 

Ryan is the recipient of the Goldwater Scholarship (2014), NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2015), Gates Cambridge Scholarship (2015–2018), the Dean’s Award for Scholarship Excellence (2022), and the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2025). 

Outside the lab, Ryan serves as an officer representative for the Army women’s tennis team, a CBSE scholarships representative, and a Senior Associate of the Graduate Scholarship Program. He enjoys tennis, yoga, and watching Kansas City sports teams.