Indianapolis-based Indiana Biosciences Research Institute named Daniel H. Robertson, PhD, vice president of digital technology and research fellow.
Previously, Dr. Robertson served as senior director of research IT at Eli Lilly and Company. For the past two years, however, he has been working at IBRI as part of a loaned executive program. He helped build IBRI's computational analytics, digital and data sciences capabilities and launched its Applied Data Sciences Core.
Dr. Robertson has also served as director of technical and administrative services as well as manager of the Facility for Computational Molecular Science at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. He has authored 67 peer-reviewed papers and three invited book chapters over the course of his research career. He holds a doctorate in physical chemistry from Florida Southern College in Lakeland.
"I am very excited to be joining IBRI in a permanent role," said Dr. Robertson in a statement. "I believe that IBRI has a unique opportunity to drive innovation within the state leveraging the strengths of its global life sciences companies, strong academic organizations and institutes and flourishing technology sector."