Purdue Engineering Indianapolis will be hosting Dr. Cole DeForest from the University of Washington for the Purdue Engineering in Indianapolis Distinguished Lecture series on Wednesday, Nov. 12. DeForest is an outstanding materials scientist and chemical/bioengineer with expertise in biomaterials, synthetic biology and de novo protein design. His work encompasses designing hydrogels to manipulate cell fate processes from outside-in and inside-out. He has received numerous awards throughout his career and has been published in all the big-name journals in the BME field. He also assumes significant academic leadership in UW and professional society.