Internal Steering Committee

The Evans lab studies mammalian gamete biology, with a focus on how oocytes (egg cells) progress through meiosis and fertilization. This research has relevance not only to fundamental concepts in cell biology, but to the biology underlying reproductive success and failures, and the connections between fertility to overall health. Ongoing projects in the lab are addressing cell cycle regulatory processes at work during oocyte meiosis, and the functions of the cytoskeleton in various aspects of oocyte biology.

Polymerizable collagen, engineered collagen polymeric materials, advanced collagen material and tissue fabrication technologies, tissue regeneration, therapeutic cell/drug delivery applications, mechanobiology, and computational modeling.

Dr. Leah H. Jamieson is Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, John A. Edwardson Dean Emerita of the College of Engineering, and holds a courtesy appointment in Purdue’s School of Engineering Education. She served as 2007 President and CEO of the IEEE and 2012-16 President of the IEEE Foundation. She is cofounder and past director of the EPICS – Engineering Projects in Community Service – Program. Jamieson has been recognized for her achievements in education, research, and service. She was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering “for innovations in integrating engineering education and community service,” is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, was elected Fellow of the IEEE for her research on parallel processing algorithms, and is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). She was an inaugural recipient of the NSF Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars and has been recognized with the IEEE Education Society’s Harriet B. Rigas Outstanding Woman Engineering Educator Award, the Anita Borg Institute’s Women of Vision Award for Social Impact, the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA), and Dean of Engineering Champion Award. She was named 2002 Indiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation. In recognition of her leadership, the Directorship of Purdue’s Women in Engineering Program was named in her honor upon completion of her term as Dean. Jamieson's research has focused on speech analysis and recognition; the design and analysis of parallel processing algorithms; and the application of parallel processing to digital speech, image, and signal processing. She has authored over 200 journal papers, conference papers, and book chapters. She currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of IEEE Spectrum. Jamieson served as 2007 President and CEO of the 400,000-member IEEE, leading initiatives in strategic planning and public visibility for the engineering profession. Jamieson was founding chair of IEEE’s Committee on Public Visibility, which launched IEEE’s initiatives to increase the public’s awareness of IEEE and of the role of technology in society; and chair of IEEE’s New Technology Directions Committee, where she helped design and launch a framework to accelerate IEEE's entry into emerging technologies that cross disciplines and societies. Jamieson chaired the steering committee for the NSF-funded NAE workshop report Engineering Societies and Engineering Education and currently serves on steering committee for the NASEM report The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2021). She is currently co-chair of the Advisory Committee for NSF’s Directorate for Engineering. An advocate and activist promoting the success of women in engineering and computer science, Jamieson has served as cochair of the Computing Research Association (CRA) Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research and is past chair of the Board of Trustees of the Anita Borg Institute. Jamieson has an SB in Mathematics from MIT, a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and has been awarded honorary doctorates by Drexel University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She joined the Purdue faculty in 1976.

Dr. Knapp is a world-leading expert in her specialist field of canine bladder cancer, having dedicated her career to bridging the gap between both canine and human health. She has revolutionized the veterinary approach to treating dogs presenting with canine transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), and has provided generations of dogs with tumor remission, alleviation of symptoms and a vastly improved quality of life. She is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 International Canine Health Awards. The awards are regarded as the world¿¿¿s largest and most significant prizes recognizing excellence in canine research, dog health and welfare.

Dr. Kuhn's research at Purdue has focused on the replication and assembly of the alphaviruses and the flaviviruses. Together with his structural biology colleagues including Michael Rossmann, he has been involved in many fundamental studies examining the structure and assembly of enveloped viruses, including the first structure of dengue virus. His focus continues to be in virus replication, virion assembly, pathogenesis, and host cell interactions using biochemical, genetic, and structural techniques. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was an American Society for Microbiology lecturer. He is the chair of the U.S. Panel on Viral Diseases of the US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program at NIAID. Purdue honors include selection as a University Faculty Scholar from 2004-2009 and the Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Outstanding Research Contributions in 2008. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Virology (1996-present), Virology (2002-present), Viruses (2009-present), and is an editor (2012-2017) of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews and associate editor of PLoS Pathogens. He is the author of over 175 publications. His current positions are Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Director, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. He served as Department Head of Biological Sciences from 2005-2016. He has served the ASV as Chair of the Education and Career Development Committee (2004-2006) and as Vice Chair (2012-2013) and Chair of the Program Committee (2014-2015).

My primary research interest is in the relationships between work conditions and family life. I have studied differences between small and large workplaces, how adults grow and develop as a result of their work experiences, and how different kinds of organizational policies make it easier or more difficult for workers to be successful at work and at home. In 1996, I became the Director of the Center for Families, and in that role have the opportunity to conduct research and engagement activities focused on helping individuals and organizations who serve families to do their work more effectively. In 2000, my work added a new direction when I began to conduct research about and for military families via the Military Family Research Institute.