WEST LAFAYETTE — Peter Kissinger, a professor of chemistry, is the recipient of the Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty.

The award is given annually to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding contributions to, and success with, commercializing Purdue research discoveries. It was established with an endowment gift from the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation.

Kissinger is the founder of Bioanalytical Systems Inc., which he led from 1974-2007.