About The Berggren Center
Mission
The Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine at the University of Chicago seeks to launch a bold new scientific field that merges quantum technology with biology to transform the future of medicine. Pioneered at UChicago, this interdisciplinary effort seeks to harness the power of quantum engineering – capable of the most sensitive measurements known to science – to peer inside the human body in unprecedented ways. The goal: to unlock insights into biology and disease that were previously out of reach, paving the way for new diagnostics and therapies. The Center is founded on two core objectives: to drive the development of revolutionary quantum tools for biomedical application, and to cultivate a new generation of "bilingual scholars" fluent in both disciplines—scientists and engineers capable of translating quantum advances into clinical solutions. The Center will bring together engineers, physicians, physician-scientists, physicists working side-by-side in the laboratory and in the clinic.
Leadership and Organization
co-Director:
Greg Engel
Molecular Engineering/Chemistry
University of Chicago
co-Director:
Julian Solway
Medicine
University of Chicago
Medical Education Lead:
Marcus Clark
Medicine
University of Chicago
Advisory Boards
External Advisory Board
Internal Advisory Board
David Awschalom, Liew Family Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Physics
Marcus Clark, Professor, Medicine, and Director of Medical Scientist Training Program
Aaron Esser-Kahn, Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Yun Fang, Professor, Medicine
Peter Maurer, Asst. Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Gokhan Mutlu, Professor, Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Scott Oakes, Professor, Pathology and Professor of Pathology andVice Dean for Clinical Science Research
Kunle Odunsi, AbbVie Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dean for Oncology
Alexander Pearson, Assoc. Professor, Medicine
Sid Ramesh, Resident, UChicago Hospital, trainee representative
Jeffrey Rathmell, Professor and Chair, Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Samantha Reisenfeld, Asst. Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Tobin Sosnick, William B. Graham Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Allison Squires, Asst. Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Nadya Mason, Dean of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, ex officio
Ka Yee Lee, Dean of the Physical Sciences Division, ex officio
Mark Anderson, Dean of the Biological Sciences Division, ex officio