About

Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics (AD&T) is an exciting interdisciplinary effort by Notre Dame scientists and engineers to tackle some of the world's biggest problems through innovations at the smallest scales. The initiative builds on Notre Dame's recognized leadership in molecular detection and nanotechnology and applies new discoveries—at the cellular down to the molecular level—to a novel and broadly diverse set of health and environmental challenges.

At its heart, AD&T research is about creating new technologies. By understanding how fluids flow on a billionth-of-a-meter scale, or how to detect the vibrations of individual molecules, or how to deliver nano-sized particles of medicine to specific sites in the body—by understanding these kinds of phenomena we aim to build new tools of great sensitivity, portability, and power, and with a wide range of application.

Nearly 40 faculty and staff from a range of disciplines that span the sciences and engineering--including Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Biochemistry--are involved in AD&T, and many use Notre Dame's most up-to-date and state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.