The BioBE Center was founded with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is sustained by support from a wide range of federal, local, and industry funding agencies.

Director Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg:

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg has a company called Duktile through which he provides healthy building consulting, including consulting related to viral pathogens.  He also has a company called Taskshade through which he manufactures glare control solutions for office environments.  He serves as a scientific advisor to EnviralTech, a company that conducts viral surface surveillance, including in senior care facilities.