Vice Provost and Dean of Research
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Michael Edward Bellas
Licensing Associate, Life Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioMichael joined OTL in November 2024 as a Licensing Associate on the Life Sciences team. Prior to joining Stanford, Michael worked in business development within the life sciences industry, focusing on strategy, patent filing, and licensing opportunities. He also prepared and negotiated agreements for technology licensing and collaboration with academic partners. Michael holds a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Matthew Berman
Intellectual Property Manager, Life Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioMat is a patent attorney and also has many years of experience working as a university technology licensing professional. Mat advises his OTL colleagues on patent law, IP strategy, and agreement drafting.
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Cheryl Cathey
Senior Licensing and Strategic Alliance Manager, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioCheryl is a Senior Licensing and Strategic Alliance Manager focused on life sciences and has been working in technology transfer for more than five years. She has over 25 years’ experience as an entrepreneur, executive, business development professional and engineer in start-up, mid-size and large life science companies.
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Varuna Chander
Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
Temp - Non-Exempt, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioDr. Varuna Chander is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in genomics and bioinformatics. She holds a BTech and Masters in Industrial Biotechnology, and has experience in early-stage sequencing product development for 7 years. Dr. Chander earned her PhD in Genetics and Genomics from the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine, where she was awarded the NLM Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Fellowship for three years. Her research focused on investigating the molecular causes of rare diseases and also the relationship between somatic mutations in blood and cardiovascular disease risk. Alongside her research, Dr. Chander collaborated on projects employing computational methods to examine the role of structural variation in genetic diseases. Currently, she works with Michael Snyder to study the genomic basis of complex human diseases using multi-omics and machine learning approaches.
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Ying-Li Chen
Assistant Director, Business Development and Strategic Marketing, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioYing-Li Chen is an Assistant Director, Business Development and Strategic Marketing and manages a team ranging from associates to interns at the Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL). She joined OTL in 2019 and established the Business Development and Marketing Team to lead the technology marketing and public relations efforts. She connects industry partners with inventors to commercialize Stanford’s research and innovation through licensing, strategic alliances, and industry sponsored research. She has more than 11 years of experience in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship at Stanford University, University of California, San Francisco, and Johns Hopkins University.
