Dr. John Tomich is a professor emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and the former Director of the Biotechnology/Proteomics Core Facility at Kansas State University. The Tomich laboratory designed and characterized synthetic peptides for potential uses as drugs or renewable biomaterials. Dr. Tomich holds the patent for Branched Amphipathic Oligo-Peptides that Self-Assemble into Vesicles.