Research

Biophysics

Biophysical systems operate with exquisite specificity, reliability, and complexity.  They often exist and operate outside the equilibrium assumptions upon which we build our intuition. Through experiment and theory, we develop new ways to probe the interactions and design principles underlying self-assembly, function, and chemical transformations within living systems.

Working across disciplines, our students and faculty interact with our colleagues in neighboring departments and the hospital to develop new probes and models of dynamics, feedback and cell growth, enzymatic function, protein-protein interactions, morphogenesis, metabolic regulation, neuronal networks, lipid organization, and photosynthetic processes.  UChicago allows seamless motion of people and ideas across traditional boundaries.

Greg Engel

Greg Engel

Professor

Andrew Ferguson

Professor of Molecular Engineering and Vice Dean for Education in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Yamuna Krishnan

Yamuna Krishnan

Louis Block Professor of Chemistry and the College

Ka Yee Lee

David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor

Steven Sibener

Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor

Weixin Tang

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor

Bozhi Tian

Bozhi Tian

Professor

Andrei Tokmakoff

Henry G. Gale Distinguished Service Professor

Gregory A. Voth

Haig P. Papazian Distinguished Service Professor