Research Areas in The Berggren Center

Primary Research Directions

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.