Sangtae “Sang” Kim, a scientist from Purdue University with a background in the pharmaceutical industry, was named executive director of the Morgridge Institute for Research, the private part of a $150 million public-private research building under construction on the UW-Madison campus.
Kim, a professor of mechanical and chemical engineering at Purdue, will begin his duties as leader of the Morgridge Institute Oct. 1. The international search for a director took about a year-and-a-half to complete.