Search for vice president of Institutes and Centers at Discovery Park District begins

Today the Office of Research announced an internal search for the next vice president of the Institutes and Centers at Discovery Park District (I&C@DPD).

Following the announcement that Dan DeLaurentis will become Purdue’s executive vice president for research (EVPR) on July 1, a search is immediately commencing for his successor to lead the I&C@DPD. The internal search is open to full professors currently at Purdue.

A position description and application details can be found here (Purdue login required). Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. July 21 and should be submitted to Mary Ann Bobillo (mbobillo@purdue.edu). A search advisory committee is being formed to evaluate applications and advise the EVPR on the subset of applicants to interview as finalists.  

About Institutes and Centers at Discovery Park District

The Institutes and Centers at Discovery Park District bring together researchers across disciplines to advance large-scale research that enables breakthroughs and drives innovations in support of solving the world’s most critical problems.

The interdisciplinary institutes and centers are managed by Purdue’s Office of Research. They are primarily located within the Discovery Park District, Purdue’s ever-growing mixed use innovation hub, and serve as a vital resource to the university’s campus-wide research enterprise as well as many outside private and public partners who wish to leverage the university’s world-class talent, state-of-the-art instruments and novel research techniques.