Timothy Peoples
Director, Purdue Technology Centers of West Lafayette
Director, Purdue Gateways Program
(765) 496-1049

Timothy Peoples is director of the Purdue Technology Centers of West Lafayette. In this role, he is responsible with helping Purdue Research Park's early-stage companies generate new business growth by developing vital links between product research and commercial application.

Peoples served as an assistant professor at the University of Arizona from 1978 to 1982. He began his career in industry as a vice president of research for GENOCO Industries, a startup company in 1981.

He joined American Cyanamid Co. in 1982. During his 18-year tenure with the company, Peoples worked in product development, traveled internationally and was stationed for five years in Rio de Janeiro. In 2001, Peoples served as a biotechnology consultant, working with Brazilian government officials, academicians and private startups. From 2001 to 2005 he worked as Director of R&D and Director of Regulatory Affairs for Nutra-Park, a startup developing technology discovered at the University of Wisconsin.

Peoples earned his bachelor's degree in botany from Defiance College in Ohio and his master's and doctorate degrees in plant sciences (plant biochemistry and physiology) from the University of New Hampshire.  Peoples resides in West Lafayette, Indiana, with his wife and three children.