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Our Team

Learn more about our talented team of professionals.

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Leadership

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Marc Sedam

Vice President, Technology Opportunities and Ventures

Sadhana Chitale

Sadhana M. Chitale, PhD, MBA

Senior Director, Life Sciences and Technology Transfer

Robert Fechter

Robert Fechter

Director, Information Technology and Physical Sciences Technology Transfer
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Abram Goldfinger

Executive Director, Technology Transfer

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Merima Kaliç

Director, Finance and Administration
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Dawn Tomlinson

Project Coordinator, Assistant to Marc Sedam

Life Sciences

Unit Director: Sadhana M. Chitale, PhD, MBA
Sofia Bakogianni Headshot

Sofia Bakogianni, PhD

Licensing Associate
Douglas Brawley

Douglas Brawley, PhD

Senior Business Development Manager

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Keaton Crosse, PhD

Licensing Associate
Jane Liew Headshot

Jane Liew, PhD

Business Development Manager

Kevin Sampson, PhD

Assistant Director, Therapeutics Alliances
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Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg, PhD

Director, Therapeutics Alliances
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Gina Tomarchio, PhD

Licensing Associate
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Olivia Zelony

Licensing Associate

Physical/Computer Sciences

Unit Director: Robert Fechter
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Dan Abraham

Assistant Director, Physical Sciences Technology Transfer
Aru Ananthanarayanan

Arundithi Ananthanarayanan, PhD

Licensing and Business Development Manager, Medical Devices
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Abass Kane

Program Coordinator
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Shivany Patel, MBA

Medical Device Licensing Associate
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Tarianna Stewart, PhD

Licensing and Business Development Manager, Physical Sciences, Quantum, and Radiology

Creative and Digital Works

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Beth Sheckler, PhD, RTTP

Senior Business Development Manager, Digital and Creative Works

NYU Abu Dhabi

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Ahmed Ellaithy

Director, Technology Transfer

Licensing

Unit Director: Abram Goldfinger
John Barone

John Barone

Contracts Assistant

Brion Berman

Brion Berman, JD, RTTP

Senior Manager, Contracts

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Veena Dinesh

Business Manager- Startups
Peter Heimbach

Peter Heimbach

Contracts Manager
Barbara Lau

Barbara Hiu Ching Lau

Senior Contracts Specialist

Scott Moser

Scott Moser, JD

Contracts Manager
Jason Powell

Jason Powell, JD

Contracts Manager

Intellectual Property

Unit Director: Shilpa V. Patel, PhD, JD
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Sherry Bergmann

Patent Agent
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Tais Doll, PhD

Patent Agent

Shilpa Patel

Shilpa V. Patel, PhD, JD

Director, Intellectual Property
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Cindy Pederson

Intellectual Property Paralegal
Ashley Seecharan

Ashley Seecharan

Project Coordinator

Finance and Operations

Unit Director: Merima Kaliç
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Michael Bronikowski 

AI Program Coordinator
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Audie Cruz

Senior Database Analyst
Dilip Joseph

Dilip Joseph

Associate Director, Equity Research
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John Keary

AI and Compliance Manager
Shahela Perveen

Shahela Perveen

Financial Analyst
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Carlos Salguero

Senior Financial Analyst

Marketing

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Chelsey DiGiuseppe

Marketing Analyst