Development of the Center for Label-free Imaging and Multi-scale Biophotonics, known as CLIMB, was a joint effort between Stephen Boppart, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering; Mark Anastasio, a professor of bioengineering; Rohit Bhargava, a professor of bioengineering; and the late Gabriel Popescu, who was a professor of electrical and computer engineering.

The center’s primary goal is to create optical and computational imaging technologies that can serve as a resource for clinicians as well as other investigators in the biological and medical sciences.