Careers

What career can you build?

After completing a degree in interdisciplinary life science at Purdue, our graduates go on to build a variety of careers in the public and private sectors. A sampling of profiles of our alumni include researcher, epidemiologist, inventor, lecturer, consultant, professor, director of foundation, technical analyst, patent investigator, entrepreneur, vice president of research and manufacturing, and scientific editor and writer.

Academic Affiliations

You can find Purdue interdisciplinary life science alumni affiliated with the following colleges and institutions:

  • Albert Einstein College
  • Augsburg College
  • Bates College
  • Bogazici University
  • Bowling Green State University
  • Brigham Young University
  • Brown University
  • Butler University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • California State University- Chico
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Christian University
  • Chulalongkorn University
  • Chung-buk National University
  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Clemson University
  • Cleveland State University
  • Columbia University Medical Center
  • Cornell University
  • Duke University
  • Eastern Mennonite University
  • Eastern Michigan University
  • Emory University
  • Florida A & M University
  • Georgetown University
  • Gongzaga University
  • Gordo College
  • Grinnell College
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Harvard School of Public Health
  • Harvard University
  • Illinois State University
  • Indiana University
  • Institute of Plant & Microbial Biology Academia Sinica
  • Iowa State University
  • Iowa University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Kansas State University
  • Keck Graduate Institute
  • Khon Kaen University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Miami University- Athens
  • Michigan State University
  • Michigan Technological University
  • Minia University
  • Montana State University
  • National Chung Hsing University
  • North Carolina Central University
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Northwestern University
  • Oregon Health & Science University
  • Ouachita Baptist University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Purdue University
  • Rice University
  • Rockefeller University
  • Rutgers University
  • Stanford School of Medicine
  • Stanford University
  • Syracuse University
  • Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • The Ohio State University
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • Towson University
  • Universidad de Puerto Rico
  • Universidad Nacional Autonama de Mexico
  • University Basel
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • University of California- Berkeley
  • University of California- Davis
  • University of California- San Diego
  • University of Central Missouri
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Florida- Gainesville
  • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Louisville
  • University of Massachusetts- Amherst
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • University of Redland
  • University of Rochester Medical Center
  • University of S California
  • University of Singapore
  • University of South Florida
  • University of Texas- Austin
  • University of Texas- El Paso
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • University of the Incarnate Word
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Virginia
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin
  • University of Zambia
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Wake Tech Community College
  • Whitworth College
  • Yale School of Medicine

Other Affiliations

Purdue interdisciplinary life science graduates are also well-represented in industry and areas outside of academia:

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • AdvanDx
  • Ambryx Biotechnologies
  • Amgen Inc
  • Applied Molecular Evolution
  • Atlantic Public School System
  • Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Beth Israel Hospital
  • Bioanalytical Computing
  • Biogen
  • BioNumerik Pharmaceutical
  • Boehinger Inghein
  • Brookhaven National Lab
  • CapitalBio Corporation
  • Cellergh Pharmaceuticals
  • Center Health Insights
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Children’s Hospital Boston
  • China Chemical & Pharmaceutical Company
  • China Link
  • City of Hope
  • Cleveland Medical Clinic
  • Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative
  • Cold Springs Harbor Lab
  • Corgenix
  • Development Center for Biotechnology-Taiwan
  • Diagnostic DNA Center
  • Eli Lilly & Company
  • Equifax
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
  • Gene Formatics
  • Genetech
  • Gilead Sciences
  • GlaxcoSmithKline
  • Gliatech
  • Global Voices Online
  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • HTS Biosystems
  • Invitrogen Corporation
  • ISIS Pharmaceuticals
  • J. David Gladstone Institutes of Virology & Immunology
  • John Innes Centre
  • Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P.
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Leydig, Voit & Mayer Ltd.
  • LG Chemicals
  • Lynntech
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Merck
  • Millipore
  • Monsanto
  • National Catholics Bioethics Center
  • National Human Genome Center-Shanghai
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Research Council of Canada
  • The Neurosciences Institute- La Jolla
  • NIEHS
  • North Carolina Biotechnology Center
  • NOVA Research
  • Novartis AG
  • Ochsner Medical Center
  • PerSeptive BioSystems
  • Pfizer
  • Philippine Rice Research Institute
  • Pioneer Hybrid International
  • Protein Technologies
  • Reliant Pharmaceuticals
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • Sanofi-Aventis
  • Scios
  • Scotts Corporation
  • Scripps Research Institute
  • Seradyn
  • SRA International
  • SSCI Aptuit
  • St Louis Thoracic Vascular, Inc
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • TechLab
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
  • United Nations
  • Unity Health System
  • USDA-ARS
  • Westvaco
  • Wyeth BioPharmaceuticals
  • Xencor
  • Zycos
  • ZyStor Therapeutics

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