Vice Provost and Dean of Research
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Kathryn Berson
Compliance Associate, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioPrevious Work Experience:
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
OTL Responsibilities:
Report federally-sponsored inventions and patents to the government. -
Pooja Bhayani
Licensing and Strategic Alliances Associate, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioPrior to joining Stanford, Pooja worked at UCLA’s Technology Development Group (TDG) as a Business Development Associate (BDA) where she conducted business development and marketing activities for different life science inventions and co-managed the Technology Fellows program. Prior to joining TDG, Pooja worked in healthcare consulting for a couple years. Pooja has extensive biomedical research background working across different academic institutions including, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), MIT and MD Anderson Cancer Center, respectively.
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Susannah Brodnitz
Science And Technology Writer, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Staff, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioSusannah Brodnitz is a Science and Technology Writer at the Stanford Office of Technology Licensing. She’s working on the department’s annual report, quarterly newsletters, OTL guides, and push marketing campaigns. Previous roles include working as a Technical Marketing Writer at InfluxData and a physical oceanography researcher at University of North Carolina Wilmington. She studied physics and Jewish Studies at Oberlin College.
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Glennia Campbell
Director, Industrial Contracts Office, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Current Role at StanfordDirector, Industrial Contracts Office
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Elenita Casulla
Finance Specialist - Income and Attorney Bills Processing, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioNita is responsible for processing licensing income and patent expenses (attorney bills). Nita is also one of the leading parties for distributing royalty checks and payments.
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Chu Chang
Licensing Manager, Life Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Current Role at StanfordTechnology Licensing
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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 10 years of experience in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship at Stanford University, University of California, San Francisco, and Johns Hopkins University.
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Stella Colic
Director, Business Operations, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioStella manages OTL’s finance and business operations and leads the teams in the following areas: finance, intake and sponsor compliance, HR and IT support.
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Robert Corrales
Royalty Distribution and Accounting, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioRob is responsible for accounting tasks, internal money transfers, aging reports, Inter Institutional Agreements and PCard transactions.
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Lisa Freitas
Compliance Manager, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioOTL Responsibilities:
Handles government compliance for Stanford inventions as well as assists in other invention compliance matters. -
Nancy Fuller
Sr Finance Specialist, License Agreements, Inventor Distributions & Equity Lead, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioNancy is responsible for licensing agreements database, royalty sharing agreements and royalty distribution to foreign inventors and third parties, and equity related tasks. Nancy also leads a team of financial specialists for accounting and income – Nita and Rob.
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Irit Gal
Senior Licensing Manager, Physical Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioIrit Gal, Sr. Licensing Associate, Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Irit Gal manages a large portfolio of inventions across many fields, including life science, bio engineering and physical sciences, medical imaging with the goal of bringing early stage technologies to market, building relationships with industry and the investment community and pier institutions and negotiating licensing agreements. With a Bsc. and Msc. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and MA in Economics from CUNY, Irit enjoys being at the intersection of technology and business facilitating the commercialization of innovations.
Prior experiences include Price Waterhouse Coopers and Deloitte Consulting, Runway Telecom incubator, ZettaLight and Ceramight technologies start ups. -
Tina Ha
Licensing Operations Manager, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioTina is responsible for Royalty Sharing Agreements, system support for licensing terms, overall database (4D) support for the office, cross-functional operations and process improvements and special projects. Tina also leads a team of financial analysts – both data and admin: Sin and Jevan.
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Shawn Harlan
Administrative Associate, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Current Role at StanfordAssistant to the Executive Director
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Salma Kirsch
Industrial Contracts Officer, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioEducation:
M.S. in Computer Science (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland)
ThinFilm Electronics (Director, Strategic Alliances)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Technology Transfer Officer)
VenTek International (Director, Business Development)
Arthur Andersen - Business Consulting (Senior Manager)
Motorola (Technology Manager) -
Debbie Kwon
Contract Employee, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Staff, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioDebbie has been with OTL since 2008 and focuses on marketing/industry partnerships for medical device and physical science technologies as well as special projects. She has a B.S. in Civil/Environment Engineering from MIT and M.S. from Stanford.
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Minxing Li
Licensing and Strategic Alliances Manager, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioMinxing is a Technology Licensing Associate at Stanford OTL with a focus on life sciences technologies.
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Liz Long
Senior Industrial Contracts Coordinator, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioLiz is an Industrial Contracts Coordinator at ICO. She manages the ICO inbox, coordinates and signs simple agreements, performs administrative tasks, and assists with special projects within ICO.
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Chelsea Longwell
Business Development and Marketing Associate for Physical Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioPrior to joining Stanford OTL as a Business Development & Marketing Associate, Chelsea earned her PhD in Chemical & Systems Biology from Stanford University. She manages business development and outreach for Stanford technologies in the physical sciences and co-manages the OTL internship program.
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Sophia Lugo
MBA, expected graduation 2023
HIT Program Intern, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioSophia Lugo is currently in her second year at the Graduate School of Business. She has worked in VC and tech policy; in product strategy in the Precision Health Solutions Incubator at one of China's largest biotech companies; as a consultant in life sciences and healthcare at BCG; and in health financing, supply chain, and product delivery at the Gates Foundation. She holds a BA in Philosophy of Science and Biology from Harvard University and an MA in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University in Beijing (Schwarzman Scholars Program).
Previous Work Experience:
Associate Strategy Officer at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Consultant at BCG
Product strategy at BGI Genomics (Shenzhen, China)
OTL Responsibilities:
MBA Intern in the High-potential Innovation Translation (HIT) Fund and Program. Responsible for evaluating technology and developing product-market fit and commercialization strategy from a life sciences perspective -
David Mallin
Licensing Manager, Physical Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioBefore joining Stanford as a Licensing Associate, David graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Ph.D. in Chemical and Material Physics. His multidisciplinary research in the Taborek lab focused on the low-temperature fluid dynamics of superfluid helium. During his graduate studies, he spent over three years as a technology transfer intern in UCI Applied Innovation’s Research Translation Group. He was responsible for intellectual property assessment of technologies in physics, chemistry, engineering, and computer science.
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Brenda Martino
Biological Materials Specialist, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioBrenda is a Biological Materials Specialist at OTL. She negotiates license agreements with industry for unpatented biological material (e.g. cell lines and mouse models) on behalf of Stanford, and coordinates and processes material transfer agreements.
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Caroline Massee
Agreements Specialist, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioPrevious Work Experience:
Legal Secretary at:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Tech Transactions/IP Counseling)
Lillick & Charles (Litigation, Labor & Employment Law) -
Luis Mejia
Senior Licensing Manager, Physical Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioLuis has been a technology transfer professional at Stanford for over 30 years. He is a volunteer for Climate Donor, Inc. a non-profit that helps fund climate change and species extinction mitigation projects. Prior to joining Stanford he worked on solar energy systems and energy management at Honeywell and Pacific Gas & Electric. He has a degree in Energy Systems Engineering from Arizona State University, is a Fellow of the Disruptor Foundation and is a recipient of an award for Excellence in Technology Transfer from the Department of Energy, Federal Laboratory Consortium.
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Laura Clark Murray
Program Manager for High Impact Technology (HIT) Fund, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioLaura joined OTL in 2022 to launch the High Impact Technology (HIT) Fund and Program. She has led product marketing management, project management, and operations efforts for Apple, Electronic Arts, and for numerous startups.
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Gabriella Muwanga
Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Autumn 2019
Intern Marketing Specialist, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioGabriella Muwanga is a Neurosciences graduate student in the Tawfik and Airan labs at Stanford. She is interested in understanding acute and chronic pain mechanisms and developing therapies for acute and chronic pain through basic and translational research. Gabriella holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. She is passionate about teaching, mentorship, science communication, and fostering diversity in science. Outside the lab, she enjoys writing, singing, drawing, Bible Study, and fellowship.
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Erik Nielsen
Marketing Specialist, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Marketing Specialist, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioErik Nielsen (he/him/his) is a Marketing Specialist on the Business Development and Marketing Team (BDM) at Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing (OTL), and he is specifically tasked with the "Search and Rescue" of marketing contacts and company data, preliminary technical marketing, including liaising with inventors and push marketing management, social media management, and special projects as needed. He's worked for Stanford's OTL since early 2018.
Education:
B.A. Psychology, UC Davis -
Imelda Oropeza
Senior Licensing Manager, Physical Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioCopyrights, Marketing, Software-Testing, Security, Optimization, Genetics, Imaging, Compression, Internet, Communications, Animation, Educational, Open Source
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Jevan Payne
Financial Data Analyst, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioJevan is responsible for financial and other system reports and data analytics across the board. Jevan is also responsible for different control and quality checks of the data in 4D.
Prior to joining Stanford as a Financial Data Analyst, Jevan studied Business Management; specializing in Economics. He has previously served in the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and worked in IT at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. -
Sunita Rajdev
Director - Licensing and Strategic Alliances, Life Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioPrevious Work Experience:
University of California, San Francisco (Senior Associate Director, Licensing) -
Quentin Rice
Science And Technology Writer, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Staff, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioQ graduated with a B.S in Sustainability (2020) and is passionate about communicating science research. She supports Stanford’s OTL department by writing marketing abstracts, contributing to the quarterly newsletter, and generating the annual report.
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Seth Rodgers
Licensing Manager, Life Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioSeth is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with more than 15 years’ experience in start-up and mid-size life science companies.
Specialties: market analysis, product development, R&D management in life sciences and medical devices. -
Sin Rosenthal
Finance and Administrative Associate, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioSin is responsible for billing licensees, processing licensing income, aging reports, progress and earned royalty reports, inventor’s checks, purchase orders and vendor’s agreement, OTL Finance Inbox and special projects that are assigned to her. Sin also helps with HR administrative tasks.
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Shari Schuchmann
Senior Marketing Analyst, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Staff, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioPrior to joining Stanford Office of Technology Licensing, Shari worked in industries ranging from semiconductor equipment to early-stage venture capital. Shari focuses on business development and outreach for Stanford technologies in the physical sciences.
Education
M.B.A. (London Business School)
M.S. Nuclear Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
B.S. Material Science and Engineering, B.S. Nuclear Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Business Experience
Playground Destination Properties, An Intrawest Company (Western Region Business Unit Manager)
Interregnum, PLC (Principal, Investments)
Novellus Systems acquired by Lam Research (Sr Process Engineer, Dielectric Applications Lab Manager)
TORAY Industries, Inc (Visiting Researcher) -
Amanda Septimus
Senior Marketing Specialist, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Staff, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioAmanda Septimus has been a member of the business development and marketing team at Stanford OTL since 2015. Amanda partners with OTL staff to spread awareness about technologies developed at Stanford University that are currently available for licensing.
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Grace Shin
Data Use Contracts Negotiator, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioGrace Shin is a Contract Officer on the Data Access and Transfer Agreements (DATA) Team in the Industrial Contracts Office at Stanford. She specializes in negotiating data use agreements with all sponsor types to enable research at the University. Prior to joining the Office of Technology Licensing at Stanford, Grace worked on the Research Compliance team within the Office of Culture, Ethics, and Compliance at the University of Southern California. She recently graduated with a Master of Studies in Law with certificates in Cybersecurity & Privacy Law and Human Resources Law & Compliance from the University of Southern California Gould School.
Previous Work Experience:
University of Southern California, Office of Culture, Ethics, and Compliance, Research Compliance (senior business data analyst)
OTL Responsibilities:
Handles research related agreements, primarily Data Use Agreements -
Tatiana Sorokina
Associate Director, Industrial Contracts Office, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Current Role at StanfordSenior Contracts Officer, Industrial Contracts Office
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Chris Tagge
Technology Licensing Program Manager, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioDr. Chris Tagge is a Technology Licensing Associate at Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing. Prior to joining Stanford, Dr. Tagge was an entrepreneur with 15 years of startup experience leading early stage companies from concept to commercialization and exit. Dr. Tagge received his B.A. degree in chemistry from Occidental College and his Ph.D. in chemistry from UC Berkeley. He holds 18 US patents in an variety of fields, including software, building materials, air filtration, catalysis, analytical instruments, and commodity chemicals.
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Mona Wan
Senior Associate Director, Licensing and Special Projects, Life Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioPrevious Work Experience:
Reche Corporation (Process Engineer)
Fairchild Semiconductor (Process Engineer)
Alza Corporation (Chemical Engineer)
Maxygen (Director, Business Development)
Stanford (OTL)
Consultant (Various)
OTL Responsibilities:
Biotechnology, Physical Sciences -
Kathleen Wilson-Edell
Senior Technology Licensing and Strategic Alliances Manager, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioKathy joined the Stanford Office of Technology Licensing in 2022 as a Senior Technology Licensing & Strategic Alliances Manager. She has 8+ years of technology transfer experience at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she sourced and executed several high-value licenses and managed various industry collaborations. Kathy is passionate about working with faculty members and industry partners to forge novel paths for collaboration and licensing with the goal of bringing new technologies to the public domain. Prior to joining the technology transfer field, Kathy obtained a PhD in Genetics at Yale University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, where her research focused on the roles of histone deacetylase inhibitors and ribosomal proteins in breast cancer.
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Emma Yang
Industrial Contracts Officer, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioEmma Yang is an Industrial Contracts Officer in the Industrial Contracts Office at Stanford. She specializes in negotiating industry sponsored research agreements, material transfer agreements, research collaboration agreements, equipment loan agreements, nondisclosure agreements and data use agreements. She also works collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure that research agreements comply with Stanford policies and practices.
Previous Work Experience:
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (Legal Counsel)
The British Council (Legal Adviser)
Victoria University of Melbourne, Australia (Commercial Lawyer)
DLA Piper, Wellington, New Zealand (Solicitor)
OTL Responsibilities:
Handles Sponsored Research Agreements, Collaboration Agreements and Material Transfer Agreements -
Justin Zahrt
Assistant Director for Intellectual Property, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioJustin Zahrt is Assistant Director for Intellectual Property at the Stanford Office of Technology Licensing. Prior to joining Stanford, he was a partner at Rimon Law, subsequent to his partnership at Duane Morris, LLP. At both law firms, Justin specialized in IP portfolio management and counseling, including preparation and prosecution of patent applications, in both the United States and worldwide, providing a full spectrum of protection for client inventions and technology.
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Yutong Zhu
MBA, expected graduation 2023
Masters Student in Environment and Resources, admitted Spring 2022
HIT Program Intern, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioYutong has five years experience working in Australia's federal research organisation, CSIRO, where he developed and commercialized technologies in mineral processing, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, and chemical reactors. He holds one utility patent and twelve design patents. Yutong is currently pursuing an MBA degree at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford. He also holds a bachelor and master of chemical engineering from the University of Queensland in Australia.
Business Experience:
Five years technology commercialization and business development experience at Australia's federal research organization focusing on mineral processing, advanced materials, and chemical engineering.
OTL Responsibilities:
MBA Intern in the High-potential Innovation Translation (HIT) Fund and Program. Responsible for evaluating technology and developing product-market fit and commercialization strategy.
