About Us

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Dr. Heather Clark is a distinguished professor with a prominent trajectory on nanosensors research, and the founding director of the Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems (CILS). She envisioned the CILS institute and pushed the needle forward to build its infrastructure and science.

Clark is particularly fascinated by the use of nanosensors in the brain and nervous system, and the potential to measure signals in the human body in non-conventional ways. She has been a professor of bioengineering for over 12 years at Northeastern University, and is now the director of the School for Biological and Health Systems Engineering. She has more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and a career full of international presentations at conferences, seminars, and media interviews. She has received funding from multiple NIH initiatives and has earned AIMBE distinction, DARPA honor, and Young Faculty Award for her work.

Learn more about Prof. Heather Clark's research

OUR MISSION

At Northeastern’s Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems (CILS), we develop imaging tools to highlight chemical processes—enabling clinicians to better diagnose and treat disease.

The CILS team is designing tools to track specific chemicals by quantity, location, and time through the body in real-time.

Learn more about how we do it.

Get in touch with us

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(617) 373-4565

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cils@northeastern.edu (business inquiry)

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cils-core@northeastern.edu (instrument access inquiry)

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ISEC 080, 805 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA, 02115

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex at Northeastern University

Directions

The CILS Core Facilities are located in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, Room 080 in the basement.

Once inside ISEC, you can find the facilities by taking the elevator down to the basement and turning right. Access to the facilities is restricted, so once you reach the locked double doors you’ll use the labeled door bells to call into the lab.