WEST LAFAYETTE, IN, April 03, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. James Leary has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A member of the biomedical engineering field since the late 1970s, Dr. Leary has gained a broad expanse of knowledge throughout his 37-year career as professor, researcher, and inventor. Prior to entering the field in a professional capacity, he earned a Bachelor of Science in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT, a Bachelor of Science in philosophy from the same institution, a Master of Science in physics from the University of New Hampshire, and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Pennsylvania State University.
After earning a doctoral degree, Dr. Leary completed a 1-year postdoctoral fellowship with Los Alamos National Laboratory. He then transferred to the University of Rochester in New York, where he served as an assistant and associate professor of pathology, a position he held for 16 years. For the following 11 years, he worked as full professor of internal medicine, pathology, biophysics, microbiology and immunology, human biological chemistry and genetics. In addition he served as Assistant Director of the Biomedical Engineering Center, an Affiliated Senior Scientist in the Sealy Centers for Molecular Sciences, Structural Biology, Cancer Cell Biology, Vaccine Development, and the Program in Bioinformatics. He also served as Assistant Vice President of Research for Advanced Technology all at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. In 2005, Dr. Leary became an endowed professor of nanomedicine at Purdue University in basic medical science and biomedical engineering. He was also a Member of the Bindley Biosciences Center, Birck Nanotechnology Center, and the Oncological Science at Discovery Park where his laboratories were located. He was also a Member of the Purdue Cancer Center and served as Scientific Director of the Shared Core facility for Flow Cytometry and Cell Separation. From 2007 until 2015 he served as Director of the International Global Research Laboratory between the Government of South Korea and Purdue University. He held this position until his retirement in 2015 whereupon he became Professor Emeritus of Purdue University. During those 37 years he received continuous research grant funding from NIH, NSF, DOD, NASA, and USDA as well as funding from a number of companies and international corporations. He was also a well-recognized national and international speaker at scientific meetings around the world. In 2016, he became the founder and president of the biotechnology company, Aurora Life Technologies LLC in Santa Fe, NM where he continues his work in designing advanced portable, medical diagnostic devices.
Dr. Leary has parlayed his knowledge into more than 160 articles in professional journals, and has also received a number of national and international awards for his achievements. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering), the highest honorary for biomedical engineers in the United States. He was elected an SPIE Fellow in 2010 and a BMES Fellow in 2012, honors reserved for the top 1 percent of scientists in these fields. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Life Scientist National Award from the Christopher Columbus Foundation in 2010, the Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Journal of Nano-Medicine in 2011, and the Distinguished Service Award from the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry in 2013. He has also been issued nine U.S. patents. In order to fortify his connection to the medical field, he affiliates with the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), and the International Society for Advanced Cytometry (ISAC). He has also served, and continues to serve, on more than 130 NIH Study Sections, and also served as Scientific Advisory Board Member of The Glaucoma Foundation.
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