Welcome to a special episode of Technology Transfer IP. This episode will talk about equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in Tech Transfer. To help guide our discussion, we have assembled an esteemed panel of guests who have graciously agreed to share their knowledge and insights on this topic. Today's panel includes; Tom Hockaday, Anji Miller , Natalie Cozier , Almesha Campbell , and Megan Aanstoos . Tom Hockaday is an author and leading expert in university technology transfer leadership, ...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 5 min
On this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Karl Mundorff. Karl is the Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Oregon State University (OSU) and the Co-Director of the OSU Advantage Accelerator . Karl joined OSU in September 2015 as the Senior Program Manager. Before his time at OSU, Karl was the Director of Research Programs for Oregon BEST ; A State Signature Research Center focused on advancing the cleantech cluster. He worked with University a...
May 12, 2021•45 min
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Megan Aanstoos (she/her/hers), Licensing and New Ventures Manager for Kentucky Commercialization Ventures (KCV). In this role, Megan is responsible for outreach and education on matters related to commercialization, along with assessing, managing, and licensing intellectual property developed at KCV partner institutions. Megan's work allows her to pursue a lifelong passion for connecting people to make it easier to obtain the technology needed to live t...
May 05, 2021•29 min
On this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa is speaking with Nicole N. Morris, a faculty member at Emory University School of Law . Nicole is a professor in practice and Director of the TI:GER (Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results), an innovative partnership between Emory and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) that brings together graduate students in law, business, science, and engineering to work on ways to take innovative ideas from the lab to the marketplace. As a ...
Apr 28, 2021•42 min
Jeanine Burmania, the Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Licensing at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), is Lisa's guest today on Tech Transfer IP. Jeanine has been with WARF for over 17 years and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Science and Biomedical Engineering. Listen, as Jeanine shares the history of WARF and how an enterprising university scientist established it in ...
Apr 21, 2021•40 min
On this episode of Technology Transfer IP , Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Clovia Hamilton, a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Technology and Society Department of SUNY Korea (which is affiliated with Stonybrook University) in Songdo South Korea (about an hour outside of Seoul). Dr. Hamilton teaches ethics, smart education, smart cities (i.e., technology in the city, including the impact of artificial intelligence on society), and industrial engineering operations management. ...
Apr 14, 2021•38 min
On this episode of Technology Transfer IP , Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Jim O'Connell, the Assistant Vice President for Commercialization at UF Innovate at the University of Florida. In addition to UF Innovate , Jim also leads the Sid Martin Biotech and The Hub and is the Director of Tech Licensing. Jim works with internal and external constituents to provide strategic leadership and direction in building and capitalizing on facilities, expertise, and technology at the University of F...
Apr 07, 2021•32 min
Today on Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Allyson Best. Allyson is the Director of Technology Commercialization at the University of Mississippi . Allyson received her Bachelor of Science in marketing from Clemson University and MBA in Pharmaceutical Marketing and Development from The University of Mississippi . Allyson's journey to Tech Transfer started as a project coordinator in the School of Pharmacy, writing technical dossiers for technology that was up for patenting...
Mar 31, 2021•24 min
Today on Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with George Chellapa. George is an Invention Manager at Innovation and New Ventures at Northwestern University (INVO). George works with faculty to protect their intellectual property and bring technologies to market. He is also involved in negotiating agreements between Northwestern and commercial partners. George was with the and Washington University Technology Transfer Offices before joining Northwestern. Listen as George shares hi...
Mar 24, 2021•24 min
Today on Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with David Gulley. David is the founding director of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), launched in 2016 as a regional effort to improve the island’s innovation ecosystem. David serves on committees of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), the Alliance for Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP), Certified Licensing Professionals (CLP), and Biotechnology Innov...
Mar 17, 2021•32 min
On this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Kris Romig. Kris is the Technology Transfer Officer for the Exploration Technology Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Kris and his team are responsible for curating the intellectual property developed at Johnson Space Center from disclosing new innovations through the patent process and eventual licensing of those inventions. Additionally, Kris guides his team to enhance cross-talk between NASA innovators while impro...
Mar 10, 2021•46 min
On this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Rakhi Gibbons, the Director of Licensing for Tech Launch Arizona (TLA) at the University of Arizona. Rakhi has over fifteen years of experience in the life sciences industry, from research to startup experience and university technology transfer. In her role as director, Rakhi oversees all licensing operations at TLA. Throughout her history with TLA, Rakhi has worked closely with faculty and researchers, particularly in ...
Mar 03, 2021•41 min
Lisa is speaking with Ben Dibling, Deputy Managing Director of Penn Center for Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania , on this Tech Transfer IP episode. Ben leads the licensing, corporate contracting, and corporate outreach groups at the Penn Center for Innovations . Ben's team is responsible for working with Penn faculty, staff, and students to evaluate, protect, and commercialize Penn inventions and discoveries and facilitate engagement with industry and start-up formations. Ben holds a...
Feb 24, 2021•46 min
On this episode of Tech Transfer, IP Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Kashif Haque, a Patent Technology Associate in the office of Technology Transfer at the University of Toledo . In this role, Kashif is responsible for managing all aspects of the invention disclosure process, interacting with faculty, staff, and students to better understand their research, focusing on identifying and protecting promising inventions. Kashif also works with faculty, staff, and researchers to prepare, docu...
Feb 17, 2021•42 min
Today Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Nichole Mercier, the Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Managing Director for Technology Transfer at Washington University in St. Louis . In her role at WashU, Nichole is responsible for all office operations and strategy, including licensing, business development, finance, and administrative operations. Prior to her time at WashU, Nichole was a Senior Contract Manager at Monsanto and a Licensing Associate at Children's Hospital in Boston. Nichole received...
Feb 10, 2021•51 min
Today, Lisa's guest is Steve Auerbach, the interim Director of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC), the Office of Tech Transfer, the Office of Indigenous Innovation (OII), and UH Ventures in the University of Hawaii System. Steve joined the OIC in October 2019 and was tasked with managing the research and innovation developed across all ten campuses within the University of Hawaii System, protecting the University of Hawaii's intellectual property and technology assets and shari...
Feb 03, 2021•41 min
Karthik Gopalakrishnan, the Director of Licensing and New Ventures at the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), is Lisa's guest on this episode of Tech Transfer IP . Karthik has over 15 years of experience in asset and technology evaluation across broad scientific disciplines, marketing and negotiating agreements and contracts, business plan assessment, startup formation, and fundraising. Karthik earned a Master of Science...
Jan 27, 2021•34 min
Today Lisa is speaking with her guest, Jessica Trostel. Jessica is a Licensing and Intellectual Property Associate with Colorado State University (CSU) Ventures . Before working with CSU Ventures, Jessica was a senior clinical trial coordinator for an investigational drug study for renal transplants, an extern in the Technology Transfer Office, and research assistant at the University of Colorado , and a patent agent clerk at Faegre Baker Daniels. Jessica has a B.S. in Business Administration fr...
Jan 20, 2021•33 min
On this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Almesha L. Campbell. Almesha is the Assistant Vice President for Research and Economic Development/Director for Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Jackson State University (JSU). Almesha provides support for the overall direction of the Division of Research and Economic Development and manages the intellectual property process from the triage of invention disclosures to commercialization. Almesha provides strat...
Jan 13, 2021•48 min
Lisa's guests on this episode of Tech Transfer IP are Richard Cox and Steven Asiala from the Innovation, De-Risking and Enterprise Acceleration (IDEA) Center at the University of Notre Dame. Dick is the Director of Licensing & Business Development at the IDEA Center . His primary responsibilities are marketing new technologies to potential licensees, negotiating licensing terms, and constructing workable licenses and other commercialization agreements. Steven is the Faculty Engagement Associ...
Jan 06, 2021•50 min
Lisa’s guest on this episode of TTIP is Rob Gerlach. Rob is the Executive Director of Tech Transfer and Commercialization at Wichita State University and a registered Patent Attorney. At Wichita State, Rob is tasked with protecting the University’s intellectual property and transferring innovation from the university to the commercial marketplace where its true potential can be realized. Rob believes that conventional technology transfer methods don’t work for universities situated like Wichita ...
Dec 23, 2020•41 min
"My vision for VCU Innovation Gateway is to bring national prominence and world-class recognition and value to VCU, and it's inventors." In this episode of Tech Transfer IP , Lisa is talking with Koffi Selom Egbeto. Koffi is a Technology Commercialization Manager with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Innovation Gateway. Before working at VCU, Koffi was a Licensing Associate with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Prior to UTA, Koffi was a patent technical writer with TR Patent...
Dec 16, 2020•22 min
In this episode of Tech Transfer IP , Lisa is talking with Louise Epstein. Louise is the Executive in Residence at the Austin Technology Incubator (affiliated with UT Austin) and a principal advisor with the Larta Institute . In both positions, she provides business commercialization advice to science-based startups. Before Larta, Louise was the Director of University Partnerships for the Walton Family Foundation , where she crafted grants for maximum impact. While there, she wrote " 12 Critical...
Dec 09, 2020•47 min
Keith Marmer from the University of Utah is Lisa’s guest on this episode of Tech Transfer IP . Keith is the Chief Innovation & Economic Engagement Officer at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Before working at the PIVOT Center , Keith served as the Associate Vice President for Technology & Venture Commercialization and Corporate Partners at the University of Utah. Keith shares his background and how he landed at the University of Utah. He discusses his view on why he believes the...
Dec 02, 2020•55 min
Today, Lisa's guest is David Hinton, the Acting Executive Director of Technology Ventures at the University of Arkansas and the Interim Director of the Arkansas Research and Technology Park . David is also an Adjunct Professor in the Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Venture Innovation Department at the University of Arkansas and is the graduate-level New Venture Department course's co-instructor. David has been with the University of Arkansas since August 2018, when he was recruited as the Assoc...
Nov 18, 2020•48 min
Today Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Kelly Sexton on this episode of Tech Transfer IP . Kelly is the Associate Vice President for Research-Technology Transfer and Innovations at the University of Michigan. Kelly works closely with the Vice President for Research and other leaders across the university to provide visionary and strategic leadership of U of M's innovation, business engagement, and technology transfer activities, including the Office of Technology Transfer and the Business E...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Lisa is speaking with Dr. Stephanie Miller on this episode of Tech Transfer IP . Stephanie is the Executive Director of Technology Transfer & Research Park Initiatives at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Stephanie joined ERAU in May 2013 to establish the university's first technology transfer office, enabling university research results to become real-world products. In this capacity, Stephanie evaluates ERAU inventions for commercialization potential and markets those assets to ...
Nov 04, 2020•28 min
Today on Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Michael Perham. Mike is the Director of Innovations and External Relations at the Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia. At Janelia, Mike leads the Department of Innovation Management and oversees external relations and library services. He handles technology management, IP protection, licensing, and decimation for Janelia with a unique attention to open science initiatives. Mike shares what led him to tech transfer, his po...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 3 min
How is tech transfer different in Australia? Listen as your host Lisa discusses tech transfer in Australia with her guest, Alastair Hick. Alastair is the Senior Director of Monash Innovation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Alastair has over 20 years of experience in the research and technology commercialization sectors. Since joining Monash, he has developed a successful licensing and spinout program, including proof-of-concept funds and strategic partnerships with multiple investo...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Today on Tech Transfer IP your host Lisa has the pleasure of welcoming Ellen Kats to the show. Ellen is an Assistant Director of Licensing at Innovation Ventures at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). At UCSF, Ellen is responsible for sourcing and completing high-value deals for UCSF’s most commercially attractive technologies. Besides helping bring UCSF’s innovation from bench to bedside, Ellen manages a large and diverse portfolio, advises faculty and staff on IP strategy, an...
Oct 14, 2020•32 min
