Illinois Tech faculty member Karina Tuz works in a lab

Where Innovation Is Ingrained

Innovation and impact go hand and hand at Illinois Tech.

Here, at Chicago’s leading tech-focused university, we’re uniquely positioned to infuse cutting-edge technology into creating impactful solutions in biotech and the life sciences. Our faculty, many of whom are driving innovation through cutting-edge research and through technology that is creating solutions to real-world problems, are driving this work.

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Illinois Tech Professor Oscar Juarez in the lab

Impactful, Real-World Impact

Illinois Tech faculty have created innovative solutions to real-world problems through their cutting-edge research. Some of this work has resulted in patents, and you can explore all of the patents that Illinois Tech have in biotech and life sciences below. 

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Graphic showing how Illinois Tech-led ICVD implant works

Innovation, Done Successfully

The groundbreaking Intracortical Visual Prosthesis (ICVP), an implant that bypasses the retina and optic nerves to connect directly to the brain’s visual cortex, has announced a significant milestone in the creation of artificial vision for individuals affected by total blindness: two years of successful clinical testing following the first successful surgical implantation of the ICVP system of miniaturized wireless stimulators and electrodes.

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Illinois Tech students work in the Center for Nutrition Research

Connecting Academia and Industry

Illinois Tech’s Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) and the university-adjacent IIT Research Institute (IITRI), a preclinical contract research organization, conduct research with impact. IFSH is a one-of-a-kind applied food science research consortium comprised of the Illinois Tech, the United States Food and Drug Administration, and the food industry.

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Real-World Innovators

Learn more about the Illinois Tech faculty and researchers who are making impact in areas surrounding biotech and the life sciences. 
Ali Cinar

Ali Cinar

Professor of Chemical Engineering Director of the Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education Hyosung S. R. Cho Endowed Chair in Engineering
Oscar Juarez

Oscar Juarez

Associate Professor of Biology Biochemistry Steering Committee Member
Marcella Vaicik

Marcella Vaicik

Director of Illinois Tech Fulton Labs Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Philip Troyk

Philip R. Troyk

Executive Director, Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Robert A. Pritzker Endowed Chair in Engineering Affiliate Professor, Stuart School of Business
Abhinav Bhushan

Abhinav Bhushan

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
David Minh

David Minh

Robert E. Frey, Jr. Endowed Chair in Chemistry Associate Professor of Chemistry Associate Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Scientific Computation (CISC) Biochemistry Steering Committee Chair
Photo of Mudassir Rashid

Mudassir M. Rashid

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Director, Pharmaceutical Engineering Program
Georgia Papavasiliou

Georgia Papavasiliou

Department Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering
Fouad Teymour

Fouad Teymour

S.C. Johnson Professor of Chemical Engineering Director of the Center for Complex Systems and Dynamics
David McCormick

David McCormick

Professor of Biology President and Director, IIT Research Institute
Britt Burton Freeman

Britt Burton-Freeman

Professor, Food Science and Nutrition Chair, Department of Food Science and Nutrition Director, Center for Nutrition Research
Kenneth Tichauer

Kenneth M Tichauer

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Associate Chair of Graduate Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Indika Edirisinghe

Indika Edirisinghe

Professor of Food Science and Nutrition Associate Director/Center for Nutrition Research
Konstantinos Arfanakis

Konstantinos Arfanakis

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director, Medical Imaging Research Center (MIRC) Director at the Pritzker Institute
Karina Tuz

Karina Tuz

Assistant Professor of Biology