Affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University

Dr. Vadim Backman holds multiple esteemed positions at Northwestern University. He is the Sachs Family Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Additionally, he serves as a professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics at the Feinberg School of Medicine. 

At the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, he is the associate director of Research Technology and Infrastructure and also leads the Cancer and Physical Sciences Program. Furthermore, Dr. Backman is the director of the Center for Physical Genomics and Engineering. He received his PhD in Medical Engineering from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Dr. Backman conducts research at the intersection of physical and biological sciences to elucidate the function of the human genome and its dysregulation in disease. He develops new nanoscale imaging and computational technologies that facilitate elucidation, leading to novel methods for regulating global gene expression patterns and translating them into clinical applications for disease diagnostics and therapeutics.