Steve Albers is the Associate Director for Launchpad, the startup program at CSU Ventures, which is the technology transfer office for Colorado State University. Steve leads all the startup programming for Launchpad, and engages daily with CSUV

An Interview with Helge Seetzen of TandemLaunch

Sep 13th, 2019 34m 36s

Helge Seetzen is an award-winning technologist, entrepreneur, and a recognized global authority on technology transfer and display technologies. As General Partner of TandemLaunch Accelerator in Montreal, Helge works with inventors and entrepre

A Conversation with Nichole Mercier of WUSTL

Aug 9th, 2019 36m 37s

Today I'm speaking with Dr. Nichole Mercier, Managing Director for the Office of Technology Management at Washington University in Saint Louis. During her time at Washington University, as well as through her work with AUTM (Association of Univ

A Conversation with Rubén Flores, Director of Commercialization at UCSD

Dec 6th, 2018 23m 4s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Rubén D. Flores, Director of Commercialization at UC San Diego's Office of Innovation and Commercialization. As Director of Commercialization, Rubén oversees UCSD's efforts to brin

A Conversation with Namratha Vedire of Georgia Tech

Nov 1st, 2018 32m 20s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Namratha Vedire, Associate Director for the Center for Deliberate Innovation at Georgia Tech. The center's main focus is to make reliable innovation practices based on the principl

A Conversation with Mary Juhas, Associate VP at OSU Office of Research

Sep 14th, 2018 20m 52s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Mary Juhas, Associate Vice President in the Office of Research at the Ohio State University. As the leader of the Ohio State University ADVANCE program, she impacts the recruitment

A Conversation with Elias Caro of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Aug 9th, 2018 39m 43s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Elias Caro, VP of Technology Development at the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation and President and Founder of Biocomx. The Coulter Foundation provides university based translational r

A Conversation with Nancy Sullivan, CEO of Illinois Ventures

Jun 19th, 2018 29m 11s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Nancy Sullivan, CEO and Managing Director of Illinois Ventures. Illinois Ventures a seed and early stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies and infor

A Conversation with Mark Turco of Penn Center for Innovation

May 23rd, 2018 32m 2s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Dr. Mark Turco, Chief Innovation and Corporate Outreach Officer at University of Pennsylvania Center for Innovation (PCI). Mark joined Penn in early 2017 after serving as Vice Pre

A Conversation with Diego Rey of Y Combinator

May 11th, 2018 22m 53s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Diego Rey,Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. Diego began his career by co-founding GeneWEAVE while finishing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. At Y Combinator

Vern Norviel: Licensing Startups to Universities

Mar 20th, 2018 31m 32s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Vern Norviel, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, about his experiences in licensing startups to universities. This is part two of a two-part interview.

Vern Norviel: Working with Attorneys as a Startup Company

Mar 20th, 2018 19m 29s

In this episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute speaks with Vern Norviel, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, about his advice in working with attorneys as a startup company. This is part one of a two-part interview.

A Conversation with Amir Naiberg of UCLA TDG

Mar 19th, 2018 23m 41s

In this episode, Kirsten Leute speaks with Amir Naiberg, Associate Vice Chancellor and CEO & President, UCLA Technology Development Corporation, about his experiences in technology transfer in Israel and the US.

A Conversation with Katharine Ku of Stanford & Lita Nelsen of MIT

Dec 20th, 2017 31m 48s

In this episode, Kirsten Leute speaks with Lita Nelsen, former Director of MIT’s Technology Licensing Office, and Katharine Ku, Executive Director of the Office of Technology Licensing of Stanford University. Ms. Nelsen and Ms. Ku have led two

The Stanford University SPARK Program - FULL VERSION

Dec 20th, 2017 1h

In this first episode of Research Realized, Kirsten Leute, Osage University Partner’s Senior VP of University Relations interviews Daria Mochly-Rosen and Kevin Grimes, Directors of SPARK, a translational research program at Stanford University