Active Organic Bioelectronics & Biocomputing Labs

1. Dr. Zhenan Bao

• Laboratory: Bao Research Group

• Institution: Stanford University (Department of Chemical Engineering)

• Focus: Skin-inspired organic electronic materials, artificial electronic skin (e-skin) for prosthetic restoration, and soft human-machine interfaces.

• Full Laboratory Address: Shriram Center, Chemical Engineering

  443 Via Ortega, Room 307

  Stanford, CA 94305-4125, USA

• Email: zbao@stanford.edu

• Nobel Prize Status: None (Recipient of the Willard Gibbs Award and the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science).

2. Dr. Magnus Berggren & Dr. Daniel Simon

• Laboratory: Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE)

• Institution: Linköping University

• Focus: Organic electronic ion pumps (OEIP) that mimic human heart cell signaling, artificial nerve cells, and in vivo tissue-interfaced electrodes for targeted drug delivery and neuromodulation.

• Full Laboratory Address: Campus Norrköping, Kåkenhus Building (Entrance 33)

  Bredgatan 33

  SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden

• Email: magnus.berggren@liu.se | daniel.simon@liu.se

• Nobel Prize Status: None (Recipients of the Wallenberg Scholars ecosystem funding and various European Research Council advanced grants).

3. Dr. George Malliaras

• Laboratory: Bioelectronics Laboratory

• Institution: University of Cambridge (Department of Engineering)

• Focus: Designing organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) to intercept, monitor, and treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy and brain tumors directly inside the human body.

• Full Laboratory Address: Electrical Engineering Division

  9 JJ Thomson Ave

  Cambridge, CB3 0FA, United Kingdom

• Email: gm603@cam.ac.uk

• Nobel Prize Status: None

4. Dr. John A. Rogers

• Laboratory: Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB)

• Institution: Northwestern University

• Focus: Biocompatible, transient (dissolvable) organic/hybrid electronics, wireless wearable medical sensors, and soft brain-computer interfaces.

• Full Laboratory Address: Technological Institute

  2145 Sheridan Road, Room A-396

  Evanston, IL 60208, USA

• Email: jrogers@northwestern.edu

• Nobel Prize Status: None (MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, Lemelson-MIT Prize winner).

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Active Quantum Mechanics Labs for Human Applications

1. Dr. Clarice Aiello

• Laboratory: Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab

• Institution: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA Samueli School of Engineering)

• Focus: Nanoscale quantum biology. Her lab studies the spin physics of biological sensors to understand how quantum mechanics influences biochemical reactions in cells, with the long-term goal of developing non-invasive electromagnetic therapeutics for human health.

• Full Laboratory Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering IV

  420 Westwood Plaza

  Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

• Email: cla@ucla.edu

• Nobel Prize Status: None

2. Dr. Ronald Walsworth

• Laboratory: Walsworth Group / Quantum Technology Center (QTC)

• Institution: University of Maryland

• Focus: Utilizing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) diamond quantum sensors for biomedical imaging. His lab develops high-resolution quantum diamond microscopes capable of single-cell NMR, tracking magnetic fields in living tissue, and co-developing portable bedside human MRI instruments.

• Full Laboratory Address: John S. Toll Physics Building

  4150 Campus Dr

  College Park, MD 20742, USA

• Email: walsworth@umd.edu

• Nobel Prize Status: None (Recipient of the Francis M. Pipkin Award).

3. Dr. Matthew P.A. Fisher

• Laboratory: Condensed Matter and Quantum Cognition Project

• Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB Department of Physics)

• Focus: Quantum cognition. He explores the radical hypothesis that quantum processing occurs natively within the human brain. His research targets whether phosphorus nuclear spins (housed in “Posner molecules”) can resist environmental decoherence long enough to impact neural firing, memory storage, and mental health.

• Full Laboratory Address: Department of Physics, Broida Hall

  Kohn Hall, Room 2305

  Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA

• Email: mpaf@ucsb.edu

• Nobel Prize Status: None (Recipient of the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize).

4. Dr. Svenja Knappe

• Laboratory: Knappe Research Group

• Institution: University of Colorado Boulder / FieldLine Inc.

• Focus: Micro-machined atomic magnetometers utilizing quantum laser-spectroscopy. Her lab engineers wearable, non-invasive quantum-sensor helmets used for human Magnetoencephalography (MEG), allowing highly precise mapping of human brain waves and neural networks at a fraction of standard MRI costs.

• Full Laboratory Address: Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering, ECNW 160E

  1111 Engineering Drive

  Boulder, CO 80309-0427, USA

• Email: svenja.knappe@colorado.edu

• Nobel Prize Status: None

5. Prof. Dr. Martin B. Plenio

• Laboratory: Institute of Theoretical Physics

• Institution: Ulm University, Germany

• Focus: Theoretical quantum biology and quantum sensing. He designs quantum algorithms and protocol systems utilizing diamond color centers to observe and track single-molecule structures and dynamics inside living human cell environments.

• Full Laboratory Address: Institute of Theoretical Physics, ZQB Building

  Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Room M26 4105

  89069 Ulm, Germany

• Email: martin.plenio@uni-ulm.de

• Nobel Prize Status: None (Recipient of the Max Born Prize and Alexander von Humboldt Professorship).

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