Resources

Purdue University Campus Resources

There are multiple resources on campus that you may want to utilize during your time at Purdue. We have compiled a short list of centers, offices, and other resources that you may find useful. Download our Campus Resources Document here!

 

Biological Sciences Graduate Student Ombuds

An ombuds is a designated, conflict resolution practitioner who provides confidential and informal assistance on a variety of issues and concerns. The Department of Biological Sciences has two peers who have been trained by the Purdue Graduate School to help graduate students.

 

Rebecca Trapp

Research Area: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Office: LILY G-369
Email: rtrapp@purdue.edu

 

 
My name is Becca Trapp, and I’m a fourth-year Ph.D. student in ecology and evolutionary biology.

Peer ombuds are available as a strictly confidential (and perhaps more approachable) resource for conflict resolution and advice. We are available to discuss any issues you may have, whether it’s related to your work, your academic, or your personal life. In the cases where we alone cannot provide a solution to the issue you are having, we will be able to direct you to other potential resources that can.

Please use my Purdue email to contact me.

 

Jianing (Kara) Fu

Research Area: Structural and Computational Biology and Biophysics
Office: HOCK 215
Email: fu65@purdue.edu 

 

 

My name is Jianing Fu, and I recently completed my Ph.D. studies in structural biology during summer 2020. I am now a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences, and I am happy to meet with graduate students and postdocs.

For questions or issues about your graduate school work and life, we are here to listen and help.

We will provide you suggestions and options relative to your concerns, inform different
university resources and assist you for further supports if needed.
Please feel free to contact me through my Purdue email.