His father (Verne C. Bidlack, Jr.) worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II.

[6] Immediately after completing his degrees, Bidlack became a faculty member at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Bidlack is a professor of biology at the University of Central Oklahoma conducting multi-disciplinary research.

[7] More recent work has involved measuring the morphology, biomass, and vessel diameter in pigeonpea when being subjected to water stress.

[8] He has also worked in collaboration with researcher Philip M. Silverman to evaluate an active type IV secretion system that makes Escherichia coli sensitive to bile salts.