AUTM on the Air
223 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago -AUTM on the AIR is the weekly podcast that brings you conversations about the impact of research commercialization and the people who make it happen. Join us for interviews with patent and licensing professionals, innovators, entrepreneurs, and tech transfer leaders on the issues and trends that matter most.
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Tech Transfer - Big Success Happening in A Small Space with Ellen Kats
October 14, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBToday 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...
Tech Transfer - Technology Transfer in the UK with Tom Hockaday
October 07, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB"No amount of time wandering around the garden thinking about what you are going to write actually puts words on the page." Today Lisa has the pleasure to welcome Tom Hockaday to the show. Tom is the author of the book, University Technology Transfer: What It Is and How to Do It, published in April 2020 by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Tom was the director of Oxford University Innovation, the technology transfer company at the University of Oxford. Before Oxford University Innovation,...
Tech Transfer - The Intersection of Science, Business and Law with Michael Carriere
September 30, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBLisa is happy to welcome Michael Carriere to the show today. Michael is an Assistant Director at the University of California Davis Innovation Access in Davis, California. Michael graduated from UC Davis and has a Ph.D. in Plant Biology. After three years at a breeding company in the private sector, he returned to UC Davis to manage its highly competitive strawberry licensing program. For over 20 years in this position, he has served as the University’s liaison at the public-private interfac...
CoMotion at the University of Washington with Fiona Wills
September 23, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBWelcome to this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today Lisa's guest is Fiona Wills. Fiona is the Associate Vice Provost of Innovation Development and Commercialization CoMotion at the University of Washington (UW). Fiona's group guides researchers through project development towards impact through licensing either to an existing company, a UW or startup and incubation, or direct user licensing from UW. Fiona shares her journey into Tech Transfer and what inspired her to take the position at UW...
Innovation Overground with Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and Charlie Litton
September 16, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBHello and welcome! In this episode, Lisa speaks with Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr, and Charlie Litton, hosts of the very informative and funny podcast, Innovation Overground. For those of you who are not familiar with the podcast, it was created to help promote academic innovation and the Technology Transfer and Commercialization efforts at the University of Nebraska and beyond. The podcast examines what it takes to advance academic inventions and discoveries beyond the research bench and into pe...
Travis Cook - Furthering Alzheimer's Research with OHSU
September 09, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBLisa's guest, today on Tech Transfer IP, is Travis Cook. Travis is the Associate Director of Technology Development and Licensing at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). He is a cross-functional international business development professional with experience managing, negotiating, and closing early, late, and commercial-stage definitive agreements. Travis is also co-inventor on seven patent applications and a co-author of several peer-reviewed publications, including a case study in ...
Tim Boyle: Doing Tech Transfer Right in Australia
September 02, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 60 MB"Our preferred approach is effectively commercializing research outcomes before we create IP." Listen as Lisa and guest Tim Boyle discuss his journey to Tech Transfer, how his office is structured, and the role of philanthropic organizations, plus much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Tim is the Director of Innovation & Commercialisation at ANSTO - Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Founder and Lead Executive of the Nandin Innovation Centre, Adjunct Professor...
Lili Portilla - The Different Parts of the National Institutes of Health
August 26, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBDid you know that NCATS issued over 45 patents in eighteen months? Listen as Lisa and guest, Lili Portilla, discuss the different parts of NIH, what NCATS is and what it does, and their work with small businesses and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Lili is the Director of Strategic Alliances of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, also known as NCATS at the National Institutes of Health. Lili has worked in the areas of strategic alliances, technology tra...
Jason Owen Smith - Research Universities And The Public Good
August 19, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MB“If we focus on the known unknowns, we might lose some capability to identify and respond to things we don’t currently know are problems.” Listen as Lisa and her guest, Jason Owen Smith, discuss his book Research Universities And The Public Good: Discovery for an Uncertain Future, the public values of research universities, how they are funded, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Jason is a Sociologist who examines how complex networks among people and organizations shape k...
Laura Fritts - The Emory Patent Group
August 06, 2020 18:40 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBWelcome to Tech Transfer IP! Listen as your host Lisa and her guest, Laura Fritts, discuss her transition from a partner at a law firm to her tech transfer and her position at Emory, working in academia, the Emory Patent Group why it was formed and some of their biggest success stories plus much or on this episode. Laura is the Director of the License and Patent Strategy & Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Emory University. At Emory, Laura manages the in-house patent group, assists the...
Andrew Maas - Growing Tech Transfer at LSU
July 22, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBDid you know that LSU has eight campuses in their system? Listen as Lisa and her guest, Andrew Maas, discuss his journey to Tech Transfer, the LSU system, what led up to his position at LSU, his office's success, LSU's licenses, disclosures, patents and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Andy is the Associate Vice President of Louisiana State University. Andy is responsible for managing, purging, and supporting the development, disclosure, and protection of LSU's inventions and ...
Richard Chylla - Programs and Successes From One of The Heavy Hitters in Tech Transfer
July 08, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBDid you know that Michigan State University Technologies has in the neighborhood of 700 million dollars a year in research expenditures? Listen as Lisa and her guest, Richard Chylla, discuss tech transfer at Michigan State University, the three offices that make up the MSU Innovation Center, his experience with patents and licensing, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Richard is the Executive Director of Michigan State University Technologies, also known as MSUT. Richard is ...
Gwen Holdmann
June 24, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB“They put me in charge of making the resort as self-sufficient as possible, in terms of electricity, heat, transportation, and food. It was a fantastic opportunity to push the envelope.” As Lisa and her guest, Gwen Holdmann, discuss her work with fossil and renewable/alternative energy, her work at Chena’s geothermal power plant, how she got started in technology transfer, and much more in this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Gwen is the director of both the University of Alaska Fairbanks Tech...
Laura Savatski - The Independent Research Side of Tech Transfer
June 11, 2020 13:31 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB"We are a nonprofit focused and dedicated to saving the lives of patients through transfusion medicine." Listen as Lisa and her guest, Laura Savatski, discuss what Versiti Inc is, how her office functions, and where she got her tech transfer experience plus much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Laura Savatski is the Technology Transfer Officer for Versiti, Inc, a healthcare company known for supplying all thing's blood, as well as having an extensive research footprint at the Bloo...
Les Nichols - Tech Transfer at The University of Texas at Austin
May 28, 2020 19:56 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIn this episode of Tech Transfer IP Lisa and her guest, Les Nichols, discuss how after many years of working in business development, sales and support focused around the semiconductor industry, he ended up in the tech transfer field. He shares how he got his position at the OTC at the University of Texas at Austin, plus much more. Les is the Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). In this role, Les leads a team of twenty-five...
Marc Sedam - University Research in the Public Eye
May 13, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBWhat do you know about equity, diversity, and inclusion and Tech Transfer? Listen to Lisa and her guest, Marc Sedam, as they discuss this, the future of Tech Transfer, and the role public sector research plays in trying to find a vaccine for COVID-19. This plus much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Marc is the Associate Vice Provost for Innovation and New Ventures and Managing Director of UNH Innovation at the University of New Hampshire. Marc joined UNH in 2010 and has an extensiv...
Ragan Robertson - Is Having a Board Beneficial to Tech Transfer Offices?
April 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBWere you aware that the UCLA Technology Development Group has an actual board? Listen to Lisa and her guest, Dr. Ragan Robertson, as they discuss his experience in the Tech Transfer field, how his office differs from others within the University of California (UC) system and tech transfer offices in general, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Ragan is a Business Development and Information Systems officer at the UCLA Technology Development Group, also known as UCLA TDG. He ...
Fred Reinhart - How Technology Transfer Has Evolved Over The Years
April 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 79 MBListen to Lisa and her guest, Fred Reinhart, as they discuss his experience with four different institutions, how technology transfer has changed since he started, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Fred has over thirty-five years of experience as a technology transfer executive at institutions such as the New England Medical Center, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University. Fred is on the Board of Directors at the University of Iowa Research Foundation and was...
Terry Bray - Blessed in the Field of Tech Transfer at Georgia Tech
April 07, 2020 23:23 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBWere you aware that there are two research organizations at Georgia Tech? Listen to Lisa and her guest, Dr. Terry Bray, the Director of Technology Licensing at Georgia Tech Research Corporation, as they discuss this and many other intellectual property topics on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Terry has over twenty-five years of experience in the creation, development, and commercialization of innovative technologies. Before joining GTRC, Terry held positions such as the Executive Vice Pr...
Jeff Jackson - Tech Transfer in The University of California System
March 18, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBDid you know that ten campuses are encompassed within the University of California (UC) system? Listen as Lisa and her guest Jeff Jackson discuss this and how his office in Santa Cruz works with the rest of the campuses in the UC system on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Jeff is the director of Intellectual Property Management at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He oversees invention disclosure intake, patent filing and prosecution strategy, and management of all aspects of the...
Champ Gupton - North Carolina’s Growth in Inventions, Patents, and Startups
March 04, 2020 11:31 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB“Transformative discoveries, inventions, and therapies often come from small beginnings” this is the motto of Champ Gupton’s office at the University of North Carolina Office of Technology Commercialization (known as the OTC). Listen as Champ shares what the OTC is and what the Office of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development branded by the University Community as Innovate Carolina, does for faculty, staff, and student entrepreneurs. Champ has held the position of Commercial...
Dean Stell of Wake Forest Innovations
February 19, 2020 08:44 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBDean Stell - The Challenge of Patents Is it hard to get patents in the diagnostic space? Listen in as Lisa, and her guest Dean Stell discuss patents and the challenges in getting patents today. Dean Stell is the Program Director of Wake Forest Innovations in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dean manages its technology portfolio ranging from ideation, intellectual property, out-licensing, and post-license management. Dean has spent most of his career looking for the new fruits that come from...