1. Jeremiah Mitzelfelt, PhD
Integrating the Life Sciences from Molecule to Organism
The American Physiological Society
Successfully Attaining a Position in Academic Technology Transfer Without a Postdoc
Jeremiah Mitzelfelt, PhD
Life Sciences Licensing Analyst
Office of Technology Commercialization
University of Maryland
Presented on April 6, 2016
At EB 2016
San Diego, CA April 2016

2. Now Hiring PhDs: Post Doc Not Required
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3. Successfully Attaining a Position in Academic Technology Transfer Without a Postdoc
Jeremiah Mitzelfelt, Ph.D.
Technology Analyst- Life Sciences
Office of Technology Commercialization
University of Maryland

4. What is tech transfer?
Movement of technology from one stakeholder to another
Development
Commercialization

5. How does tech transfer work?
Science
Business
Tech Transfer
Law

6. What skills are most important? (minus experience)
Expertise in one of the three sides
Communication
Willingness to be a jack of all trades
Small field, networking is important (AUTM.net)
Prior experience becoming more important in Life Science

7. A day in the life… Education Evaluation Marketing
Agreement negotiation

8. How was my transition? 18 month internship in tech transfer
Applying nation-wide took ~6 months
30-40 applications
Eight first interviews
Four second interviews

9. Jeremiah Mitzelfelt, PhD jmitzelf@umd.edu
The American Physiological Society
Jeremiah Mitzelfelt, PhD
I am currently a technology analyst for life sciences in the Office of Technology Commercialization at the University of Maryland- College Park. I earned my Ph.D. in Medical Science from the University of Florida in 2011 and spent ~2.5 years as a post-doctoral researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. During the last ~1.5 years of my postdoc, I was an intern in the Office of Technology Transfer at Emory University. I started at my Tech Transfer career at UMD in January 2014 and in August of 2015 started the Masters in Regulatory Science program through the University of Maryland- Baltimore School of Pharmacy, which I will complete in May 2017.

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