Vice Provost and Dean of Research
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Madison Freeman
MBA, expected graduation 2024
Masters Student in Environment and Resources, admitted Spring 2023
Case Writer, Graduate School of Business - Other Faculty
HIT Program and Fund Intern, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioMadison Freeman is a Knight Hennessy Scholar pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a master’s degree in environment and resources at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability through the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. She focuses on innovative approaches to scale emerging climate solutions, especially those accelerating decarbonization of heavy industries and transportation.
Immediately prior to Stanford, Madison served in the Biden administration as a senior advisor on technology and innovation to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, where she led industrial decarbonization global initiatives including the First Movers Coalition. She spent three years in venture capital at Energy Impact Partners, a leading climate investment fund with strategic LPs across the utility and built environment space. At EIP, she developed investment strategy for new sectors explored by the firm, engaged strategic LPs, invested in hardtech startups and helped establish funds focused on backing underrepresented founders and deep decarbonization breakthroughs. She started her career in climate and innovation policy think tanks, at the Atlantic Council and Council on Foreign Relations. Madison founded and directed the NYC chapter of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute, was a 2021 Women Leader in Energy and Climate Fellow with the Atlantic Council, and her clean energy analysis has been published in outlets including NPR, Foreign Affairs, and The Hill. She graduated from American University with a bachelor's degree in international relations and economics. -
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. -
Laurie Friedman
Deputy Emergency Manager, Office of Emergency Management, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)
Current Role at StanfordDeputy Emergency Manager in the Stanford Office of Emergency Management (OEM) responsible for response planning, business continuity planning, training, and exercises for University Department Operations Centers (DOCs) and the University Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Contributor to the design of University business continuity planning and developer of OEM programs, training and services. Currently managing ongoing development of the CardinalReady preparedness program and web presence. Ms. Friedman is a Stanford instructor in the School of Medicine, Health and Human Performance program. She teaches EMED-101, a 1 unit class where students are certified to serve on the Stanford Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
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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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Russell Furr
Associate Vice Provost for Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)
Current Role at StanfordIn his role as the Associate Vice Provost for Environmental Health and Safety, Russell reports to the Vice Provost and Dean of Research and serves as the senior institutional official for the management of Environmental and Safety programs for the University community. This includes Research Safety, Emergency Management, Office of the Fire Marshal, Environmental Protection Program, and the Occupational Health Center.
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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. -
Risa Gearhart-Serna
Business Development and Marketing Associate for the Life Sciences, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioRisa is a technology transfer professional dedicated to the commercialization of research inventions. She is a PhD/MBA with a scientific background in multiple biomedical fields, including molecular cancer biology, toxicology, immunology, microbiology, and biomedical engineering. She is passionate about working at the intersection of science and business toward improving public health.
Education
2022 - MBA, Management, University of the People
2021 - PhD, Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine
2021 - Graduate Certificate, Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health, Duke University
2016 - BS, Biology & BA, Environmental Studies, Mills College (now part of Northeastern University) -
Melina Gehring
Project Mgr 2 - General, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)
Current Role at StanfordAs Research Safety Excellence Lead at Stanford Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), Melina provides high-profile project management, organizational development, and performance improvement for significant Research Safety undertakings that promote health, safety, and well-being among Stanford’s community of 10,000+ researchers. Her projects focus on Research Safety operational improvement (e.g., metrics development, service design); cross-departmental initiatives (e.g., reports and communications for research leadership, stakeholder events); and multi-year strategic initiatives (e.g., training needs assessment, standards development, knowledge management). Her role harnesses the energies and talents of a wide cross-section of the research community, including principal investigators (PIs), student researchers and post-doctoral fellows, visiting scientists, scientific staff, building and district managers, and university administrators. Melina strives to position both EH&S and Stanford researchers for success in the coming era of research innovation, interdisciplinary complexity, and cutting-edge research methods and technologies.
As a Public Health Project Manager at Environmental Health & Safety, Melina supported the University’s endemic response across the main campus, Redwood City campus, and SLAC. She also served as a facilitator for the Public Health Steering Committee (PHSC), which is charged with the strategic oversight of emerging and endemic public health concerns for the University.
As a member of the Client Services team at University Human Resources (UHR), Melina supported Stanford's Flexible Work effort as the university identifies best practices to support on-site, hybrid, and remote work. She has served as the project manager of the Work Arrangement functionality in Axess and contributed to the university's COVID Compliance effort. She also led a process improvement project focusing on the Stanford Celebrates You program and helped design a strategy for future DEI-based employee recognition efforts at Stanford.
At the Stanford University Office of Emergency Management (OEM), Melina and her colleagues worked toward the vision of a disaster-resilient university. Since March 2020, Melina has supported the Stanford Emergency Operations Center's (EOC) strategic response to COVID-19 and has carried this commitment into her position at UHR as well as her current position back with EH&S.
Prior to this role with Environmental Health & Safety, Melina worked at Stanford's Office of International Affairs (OIA), where she helped develop strategy and communications infrastructure to support Stanford faculty, staff, and students with their global research and education initiatives. At OIA, Melina also managed the start-up phase of Stanford's new research center in Korea (SCIGC).
Melina is a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and helped revive and grow the Community of Practice "Agile Stanford," which promotes Agile project management across campus.
Before coming to Stanford, Melina worked as an educational consultant in London (UK), supported international graduate students at Dartmouth College, and served as a desk officer at Germany's Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.
Melina holds a Ph.D. in American Studies (University of Hamburg) and an M.Phil. in International Relations (University of Cambridge). She has published two books as well as several peer-reviewed articles in two different academic disciplines (American Studies and Musicology).
Outside of work, Melina volunteers as a board member of the Palo Alto Family YMCA with a focus on youth development programs. -
James N. "Jim" Gilson, PE
Sr. Safety Engineer, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)
Staff, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)BioSafety and Risk Management Engineer Specializing in:
* Research technical safety and risk management.
* Electrical Safety in Research and Facilities.
* Energy Hazard Controls and Fail Safe Equipment Design.
* Risk Assessment of Research Equipment involved in Human Subject Studies.
* Facility Design Review focused on Risk Reduction and Safety Enhancement
* SOPs for Proprietary / Complex Research Equipment
* Safety and Risk Reduction Policy / Program Development / Implementation
* Technical / Complex Accident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis.
* Executive Management Risk and Safety Coaching.
* Safety Management Team Building, Facilitation and Mentorship
* Safety Training Development / Instruction -
Dyneisha Gray
Hit Program Administrator, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Staff, Stanford Office of Technology LicensingBioDyneisha holds a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University Bakersfield. Dyneisha brings administrative experience from her previous roles as an Executive Assistant and Operations Manager for Viva Superheroes where she coordinated company events and managed calendars.
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Kimberly Griffin
Senior Technology Licensing and Strategic Alliances Manager, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioKim is a Senior Technology Licensing and Strategic Alliances Manager at OTL focused on life sciences. She brings almost a decade's worth of technology transfer and strategic alliance experience to OTL after previously working at a private cancer research foundation, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and the National Cancer Institute.
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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 and data analysts - 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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Tuuli Maria Hietamies
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Marketing Intern, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioTuuli Hietamies, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. Her research interests include studying psychedelics and utilising these in the context of brain injury and rehabilitation.
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Leslie Huang
Industrial Contracts Officer, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
BioLeslie is an Industrial Contracts Officer in Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing.
Prior to joining Stanford, Leslie was a process engineer at Applied Materials and an in-house attorney at various Bay Area technology companies focusing on intellectual property and commercial transactions. She earned a B.A. in History and a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering with an Electronic Materials Specialization from UCLA and a J.D. with a High Tech Law Certificate (Intellectual Property Specialization) from Santa Clara University School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in the State of California. -
Natasha Hussain
Associate Director for The Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience, Initiative in Brain Resilience
BioAs Associate Director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford University, Natasha Hussain plays a pivotal role in guiding the strategic direction of the initiative. In this capacity, she is responsible for conceptualizing and implementing transformative initiatives, overseeing program operations, and fostering a collaborative environment that integrates community engagement with cutting-edge research. Natasha's leadership encompasses a broad spectrum of responsibilities aimed at advancing the initiative's mission of supporting human brain function, health, and longevity. Her commitment to excellence and strategic innovation contributes to the initiative's position at the forefront of neuroscientific research and community impact.
Natasha received a B.Sc. from McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada where she completed a double major in biology and environmental science. Natasha continued in her doctoral training at McGill University’s Montreal Neurological Institute at where she earned a Ph.D. in Neurology and Neurosurgery. Natasha's expertise in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology has contributed to significant discoveries in neuroscience, focusing on presynaptic endocytic recycling, Rho GTPases-mediated signal transduction, and the functional characterization of proteins linked to Down’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology.
During her postdoctoral training at MIT in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Cambridge, MA, USA, Natasha delved into molecular components of synaptic plasticity. Her research also explored the cell biology and physiology of a family of protein kinases genetically associated with psychiatric disorders, unraveling their roles in synapse development and function.
Prior to her role at the Knight Initiative, Natasha served as the Scientific Director of the Johns Hopkins Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, fostering transdisciplinary research collaboration among neuroscientists, engineers, and data scientists. -
Joseph Kao
MSx Fellow, expected graduation 2024
HIT Program and Fund Intern, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)BioI'm a MSx student in the GSB developing ecopreneurship for circular economies (lithium ion battery recycling/repurposing, digital platforms for food waste recycling, etc.). Before GSB, I had 10+ years of hardware R&D experiences in chemical and consumer electronics industries.
