Director |
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Richard J. Kuhn, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
Department of Biological Sciences
LILY 1-118
915 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-49-44407
kuhnr@purdue.edu |
Richard Kuhn is Professor and Head of the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) and Director of the Bindley Bioscience Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park. Dr. Kuhn received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook in 1986 and completed his postdoctoral training at the California Institute of Technology. He joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University in 1991, becoming a Purdue University Faculty Scholar in 2004. He was appointed the position of Director of Bindley Bioscience Center in November 2007. Dr. Kuhn is world renowned for his molecular virology research. His research based at the Markey Center for Structural Biology at Purdue University has focused on the biology of viruses that infect humans such as yellow fever, dengue virus, West Nile virus and hepatitis C. Specifically, Dr. Kuhn studies the replication and assembly of the alphaviruses and the flaviviruses. Together with his structural biology colleagues, he has been involved in many fundamental studies examining the structure and assembly of enveloped viruses, including the first structure of the dengue virus. His research focus continues to be virus replication, virion assembly, and host cell interactions using biochemical, genetic, and structural techniques. Dr. Kuhn is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, a University Faculty Scholar, and an invited member of the U.S. Panel on Viral Diseases of the US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program.
Under Dr. Kuhn’s leadership, the Bindley Bioscience Center will focus around Purdue's strengths in cancer, infectious diseases, and functional and translational genomics. The center will also support future development of technologies in genomics, proteomics and advanced analytical chemistry. |
Director of Operations |
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Charles Buck, Ph.D.
Bindley Bioscience Center
Purdue University
1203 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
765-494-2208
cbuck@purdue.edu |
| Charles Buck has been the Director of Operations for the Bindley
Bioscience Center (BBC) at Purdue University's Discovery Park since December, 2004. The
Bindley Bioscience Center at Discovery Park provides not only infrastructure and support for stimulating
and implementing interdisciplinary research, but also serves as a gathering place for faculty,
students, business and industry to present and explore new research ideas and technologies and
to move innovative to the marketplace. Dr. Buck coordinates multidisciplinary scientific
research efforts as well as overseeing the day-to-day activities of the BBC. His responsibilities
include organizing research grant initiatives, managing large scale research projects, directing
research services, quality assurance and compliance, and recruitment and management of Bindley
research staff. Engagement with corporate partners and commercialization of Purdue technology
are key Discovery Park metrics and another focus of activity for Charles. Dr. Buck
was previously Chief Scientific Officer at Oridis Biomed in Graz, Austria, a company that he co-founded
in 2001. Dr. Buck successfully developed partnerships, generated capital funding, managed the
research activity, and developed the patent portfolio of the company. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular
Neurobiology at Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in 1988. Prior to
starting Oridis, he held faculty positions at Emory University School of Medicine, the Medical
University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the University of Utah School of Medicine. His research
expertise is in the molecular biology of vertebrate nervous system development and response to
injury as well as in human liver diseases and cancer. With broad experience with high throughput
gene and protein expression analysis, he has received research project funding from the NIH, the
American Paralysis Association, the Austrian Genome Project, and the European Commission Framework
Programme 6. |
Information Technology Systems Specialist |
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Erik Gough
Bindley Bioscience Center -Room 119
Purdue University
1203 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
765-496-3975
765-586-8866 (cell)
goughes@purdue.edu |
| Originally from Peru, Indiana, Erik Gough earned a Bachelor of Science degree from
Purdue University in 2003 in Computer and Information Technology. He has been a graduate
student in the College of Technology for the past 3 years where he worked as a
teaching assistant in the Department of Computer and Information Technology. Erik's
research efforts have focused thus far in high performance computing and bioinformatics,
and he will complete a Master's Degree in Technology in August 2007. For the
Bindley Bioscience Center, Erik manages the center's servers and research instrument computers. He
supports the information technology needs of the center's scientists in addition to collaborating
with them on various life sciences research projects. |
Center Research Coordinator |
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Luanne Ludwig
Bindley Bioscience Center
Purdue University
1203 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
765-494-2276
lml@purdue.edu |
Originally from Terre Haute, Indiana, Luanne Ludwig has been
employed with Purdue University at the West Lafayette campus since 1997, after having moved
to the Lafayette area from Indianapolis. Luanne has an extensive background in business service
and research administration, beginning with her term as Account Clerk in Sponsored Program Services
to one-of-three Business Managers for the centers at Discovery Park, Purdue's interdisciplinary
research hub that began in 2001. Luanne received her Organizational Leadership and Supervision
Certificate from Purdue University in 2003, and in December, 2005, she became the Center Research
Coordinator for the Bindley Bioscience Center. Luanne's broad experience working
with the variety of sponsoring agencies serves as a valuable resource to Bindley-associated
faculty in locating potential research activities, interpreting sponsored program rules and
regulations, and submitting grant applications. Luanne's business skills also impart
first-rate project management support for active research projects within the center, as well
as provide support for the various cost centers located within the Bindley Bioscience Center. Luanne
can be reached by phone (765) 494-2276 or by email at lml@purdue.edu. |
Administrative Assistant |
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Shirley Tilford
Bindley Bioscience Center
Purdue University
1203 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
765-496-6147
sgtilford@purdue.edu |
Shirley Tilford provides administrative staff support for the
Bindley Bioscience Center, including the center's administration, faculty leadership,
and building occupants. Prior to beginning her work with the center in October, 2005,
Shirley was a buying assistant in Purchasing Services here at Purdue. With over ten years of
employment at Purdue, she brings a variety of proficiencies and a wealth of campus experience
including secretarial, accounting and purchasing skills. Additionally, Shirley brings
experience in supporting the start-up of a local medical device company, a "know-how" that
has served her well while executing her responsibilities in the entrepreneurial atmosphere of
the BBC. Shirley provides connectivity among the Bindley administrative staff and
assists many Bindley researchers, graduate students and visitors as they carve their pathways
through the center's activities and projects. To contact her, stop by Room 207 at the
Bindley Bioscience Center, call (765) 496-6147 or send an e-mail to: sgtilford@purdue.edu |
Business Manager |
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Jeanette Greener
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
Purdue University
1201 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
765 496-1834
jgreener@purdue.edu |
Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, Jeanette Greener has been with Purdue University since 2001. Jeanette earned a Bachelor of Science degree from PU in 2005 in Management from the Krannert School of Management and has been a business manager in Discovery Park since 2005. Early 2008 she joined the Bindley Bioscience Team as the business manager. Jeanette is no stranger to the ever forward thinking, envelope pushing nature of Discovery Park, in particularly the Bindley Bioscience center, as she provides guidance and executes the business needs for the Bindley Bioscience Center. She can be reached at 765 496-1834 or jgreener@purdue.edu. |
Business Account Clerk V |
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Janet Kliewer
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
Purdue University
1201 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
765-496-1834
jkliewer@purdue.edu |
A 16-year veteran of Purdue University, Janet Kliewer has an
extensive background in business services that lends itself well to providing financial, accounting,
and human resource support to the Bindley Bioscience Center. Her Purdue experiences include
activity in the Accounting Department, Disbursements, Biological Sciences Business Office, Chemistry
Business Office, and Sponsored Program Services. In 2006, Janet completed a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Purdue University, with a dual major in Psychology/Law & Society and a minor
in Computer Technology. She also holds an AA in Accounting from International Business
College. Janet provides business services for the staff and researchers at the Bindley Bioscience
Center and the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in Discovery Park. She can
be reached by phone at (765) 49-43827 or by email at jkliewer@purdue.edu. Or,
if you prefer, stop by Janet's office in MRGN #134-she is always interested in providing
personalized assistance. |
Shipping and Receiving |
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Eric Ridgley
Bindley Bioscience Center -Room 150
Purdue University
1203 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
765-496-2549
eridgley@purdue.edu |
Eric Ridgley is a veteran with Purdue, having worked for Materials
Management at the University for 9 years prior to coming to Bindley Bioscience
Center. Eric began work at Purdue as a delivery driver and then worked in shipping/receiving
out of Pfendler Hall, taking care of four buildings altogether. Originally from Otterbein, Indiana,
Eric earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1996 from Purdue University. Eric has been
married for 2 years to his wife, Melissa, who works in Lafayette at Individualized Care Management. At
the BBC, Eric manages building maintenance and building/corridor access needs
as well as shipping/receiving activities. Eric's work hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., and he is located in BIND 150 (building dock area). He can be reached by telephone (765-496-2549);
by pager (765-420-2264), or by e-mail (ewridgley@purdue.edu). |
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