Dr. Richardson is a Senior Research Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) and Scientific Director of Molecular Innovation at the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute. Dr. Richardson is interested in pursuing research and driving discovery programs in an academic setting in order to advance treatments into the clinic for patients with unmet medical needs. At IUSM, he leads the Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (MCCB) Core of the IUSM-Purdue TREAT-AD Center, which is an NIH funded research center focused on developing high-quality research tools and technologies to validate and advance the next generation of drug targets for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).