Dr. David Thompson is a Professor of Organic Chemistry and a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Biology from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Colorado State University. Dr. Thompson's research interests include the development of transiently-stable carrier systems for intracellular drug and gene delivery, supported membrane applications, and materials for accelerated protein structure elucidation.