Jon Harbor, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research for
Centers and Institutes
Phone: (765) 496-1938
Fax: (765) 494-8323
E-mail: jharbor@purdue.edu
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Jon Harbor oversees research development, research communications and industrial research development and technology for the Office of Vice President for, as well as a range of grant, fellowship and award competitions. He plays a leading role in overseeing and supporting Purdue's existing centers and institutes, and in encouraging and facilitating the development of new and emerging centers and institutes. Jon is also involved in establishing major research infrastructure "cores" at Purdue, and in assisting with space for interdisciplinary centers.

Jon has previously served Purdue as head of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, associate dean for research in the College of Science, and founding co-director of the Discovery Learning Center in Discovery Park. He also served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. Jon is an award-winning undergraduate teacher and graduate student mentor and has an extensive record of external funding and publication in environmental science and education research. He earned his PhD in geological sciences from the University of Washington in Seattle, and has a master's degree in geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a bachelor's degree in geography from the University of Cambridge (U.K.).