Quantum Potential

Learn about the inspiration that drives biomedical engineer Audrey Bowden in her work using light towards breakthroughs in medical issues from cancers to jaundice to ADHD. Read More

Learn about the path that brought dynamic engineering duo Dan Work and Jonathan Sprinkle together and how they're using AI to prevent traffic jams and make highways safer. Read More

See how art collector turned immunologist James Crowe combines abstract thinking with game-changing technology to prevent infectious disease. Read More

Meet Audrey Bowden Audrey Bowden Associate professor of biomedical engineering and electrical engineering and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow  Raised in Nashville, Audrey is a biomedical engineer working in biomedical optics, microfluidics and point-of-care diagnostics. She is focused on development and deployment of low-cost, high-performing technologies for… Read More

Meet Dr. James Crowe Dr. James Crowe Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Ann Scott Carell Chair and professor of pediatrics and pathology, microbiology and immunology Physician scientist Dr. James Crowe has a broad research portfolio including viral immunology and antibody sciences. His goal is discovering mechanisms… Read More

Explore More Meet Jane Landers and Daniel Genkins Jane Landers Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt professor of history and Director of the Slave Societies Digital Archive Jane Landers is a historian specializing in the history of Africans and their descendants in Colonial Latin America and the Atlantic World. Landers directs the… Read More

Quantum Potential is a collection of wild but precise portraits of the scholars, scientists and students at Vanderbilt who are finding new ways to understand the world—and change it. A premiere event will take place Oct. 11 at 6 p.m., including a screening of two short films, behind-the-scenes discussions and an immersive performance. The event is open the general public; registration is required. Read More