Thomas G. (Tommy) Sors, PhD is Assistant Director of the Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease (PI4D) where he helps drive the strategic direction and manage the daily operations of the Institute. Dr. Sors specializes in forming multidisciplinary research teams and helping them translate their research goals. Dr. Sors has been with Indiana CTSI since 2010 serving in several roles including Navigator and in managing the Purdue University component of the Indiana CTSI. During this time, Dr. Sors has established a reputation for connecting investigators from across the region to research resources and collaborators at Purdue University and across the region. Dr. Sors’ leadership in PI4D started in 2016 after serving in the Bindley Bioscience Center first as Center Project Manager and then as Chief Scientific Liaison. Dr. Sors can be contacted by phone at (765) 494-1678 or by email at tsors@purdue.edu.

Natasha Nikolaidis, MS is the Associate Director of Operations in Purdue’s Bindley Bioscience Center, where she is responsible for the day to day operation of the center and management of the research cores. She also acts as the liaison between Bindley and the rest of Purdue’s Life Science community. Natasha received her B.S. in Biology from Reed College in 1996, and M.S. in Biology from Portland State University in 2004. Her research focused on the interaction of ethanol with the neuroendocrine mechanisms that regulate core temperature. Natasha came to Purdue in 2011, and joined the Bindley Bioscience Center in 2014. Prior to coming to Purdue, she spent six years in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry, developing tools for researchers working in drug discovery and neuroscience. In addition to her work as a Navigator, she sits on the Core Administrators Coordinating Committee for the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities. Natasha can be contacted at (765) 494-5997 or by email at nnikolai@purdue.edu.