Dr. Robert (Bob) Pervine is a professor of mathematics and Associate Provost at Murray State University. Dr. Pervine holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Kentucky, a M.S. in mathematics from Western Kentucky University, and a B.S. in engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include combinatorics and representation theory, commutative algebra, and ring theory. Relevant programs that Dr. Pervine is involved with include XLerateHealth, the Commonwealth Commercialization Consortium (C3), and the Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (KBRIN).