Intellectual Property (IP) Committee Members & Executive Committee on Enterprise Development and Licensing Administration (EDLA)

     

Intellectual Property and Commericalization

IP Committee Members

Atam Dhawan, Ph.D.
Interim Provost, NJIT
Senior Vice Provost for Research

Holly Stern, Esq.
VP for Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Sanjiv Chokshi, Esq.
Associate General Counsel

Shawn A. Chester, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Vice Provost for Research Collaboration and Partnerships
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Eric D. Hetherington, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Sponsored Research Programs Administration 

Laura L. Osorno, Ph.D.
Intellectual Property Manager

Kathy Naasz, Ed.D.
VP Strategic Partnerships and Entrepreneurship, NJII

Mathias Miller
Business Development Manager, NJII

Kamalesh Sirkar, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Material Engineering, NCE 

Tao Zhou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physics, CSLA

Cesar Bandera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship, MTSOM

Matthew Schwartz
Architecture, CoAD

Vivek Kumar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Eon Soo Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Zhi Wei, Ph.D.
Professor, Computer Science

Nitin Parekh, Ph.D.
VP/Executive Director- Strategy & Business at SK Pharmteco

Ben Hanafin
CEO / Co-Founder at AiVacua LLC

Executive Committee on Enterprise Development and Licensing Administration (EDLA)

The EDLA will review the completed Request Form and render a decision with respect to its approval/disapproval. Written notice of the EDLA’s final decision will be provided to the requestor. The EDLA is currently comprised of the following members (or their designees):

Atam P. Dhawan, Ph.D.
Interim Provost, NJIT
Senior Vice Provost for Research

Holly C. Stern, Esq.
Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Sanjiv M. Chokshi, Esq.
Associate General Counsel

Shawn A. Chester, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Vice Provost for Research Collaboration and Partnerships
​Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Eric D. Hetherington, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Sponsored Research Programs Administration 

Laura L. Osorno, Ph.D.
Intellectual Property Manager

Kathy Naasz, Ed.D.
VP Strategic Partnerships and Entrepreneurship, NJII 

Mathias Miller
Business Development Manager, NJII

Nitin Parekh, Ph.D.
VP/Executive Director- Strategy & Business at SK Pharmteco

Ben Hanafin
CEO / Co-Founder at AiVacua LLC