Technology Transfer Resources

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Office of Biotechnology
Richard Kosman
Assistant Director
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Room 302, Belfer Building
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718.430.3357
Fax: 718.430.8938
E-mail: rkosman@aecom.yu.edu

The Office of Biotechnology serves as the technology transfer office of the College. The office facilitates licensing of College technology to industry and research collaborations between industry and faculty.

City University of New York, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Brian Schwartz
Vice President
Room 8309, 365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4309
Phone: 212.817.7520
Fax: 212-817-1629
E-mail: bschwartz@gc.cuny.edu

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) exists to serve the Graduate Center community in all matters related to research support, be it from government, foundations, industry or private sources.

Columbia Technology Ventures
Orin Herskowitz
Executive Director
Morningside Heights Campus
80 Claremont Avenue, Mailcode 9606
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212.854.8444
Fax: 212-854.8463
E-mail: techventures@columbia.edu

Columbia Technology Ventures is the technology transfer office of Columbia University. Through technology transfer, Columbia inventions and innovations may be incorporated into products and services that directly benefit people across the globe. The University itself also benefits, as technology transfer brings in licensing revenues, which are reinvested to enhance the quality and breadth of education and research at Columbia. On average, the office triages more than 300 new invention disclosures, executes 40-50 license agreements, and helps launch 12-15 start-up companies each year. The office also manage more than 60 industry-sponsored research agreements and more than 1,300 material transfer and confidentiality agreements annually.

Cornell University, Center for Technology, Enterprise, and Commercialization
Richard S. Cahoon
Acting Executive Director
20 Thornwood Drive, Suite 105
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607.257.1081
Fax: 607.257.1015
E-mail: rsc5@cornell.edu

Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise & Commercialization integrates the activities and responsibilities of the University's Offices of Intellectual Property Management in Ithaca and Weill Medical College, Cornell Research Foundation and the Office of Economic Development.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Office of Industrial Liaison
W. Patrick McGrath, Ph.D.
Executive Director
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1675
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212.659.9680
Fax: 212.348.3116
E-mail: patrick.mcgrath@mssm.edu

The Office of Industrial Liaison's (OIL) mission is to increase relationships between MSSM and industry and to create a synergistic culture of commercial exploitation of MSSM innovation (patentable or not), consistent with the public good and traditional concerns for academic freedom and independence.

New York Blood Center, Office of Patents and Licensing
Hong Peng, Ph.D., MBA
Director
Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute
310 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212.570.3215
E-mail: hpeng@nybloodcenter.org

The Office of Patents and Licensing was developed to encourage the corporate sector to facilitate the support of the basic research done at the NYBC's Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute (LFKRI) and convert the results into new products and processes that ultimately contribute to public benefit.

New York Medical College, Division of Technology Development and Industry Sponsored Research
Stella Manne, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Research Administration
Administration Building
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY 10595
Phone: 914.594.4480
E-mail: stella_manne@nymc.edu

The Division of Technology Development and Industry Sponsored Research (Technology Development) initiates, negotiates and manages research relationships with industry and the transfer of research results to commercial application. The objective is to make the College's research available for public use and benefit and to generate new revenue streams to support research. A major effort is to find companies with the capability, interest and resources to develop embryonic technologies into useful products.

New York University Medical Center and School of Medicine, Office of Industrial Liaison/Technology Transfer
Abram Goldfinger
Executive Director
NYU School of Medicine
650 First Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212.263.8178
Fax: 212.263.8189
E-mail: abram.goldfinger@med.nyu.edu

The Office of Industrial Liaison/Technology Transfer manages all activities relating to the protection and commercial promotion of inventions made at New York University. The goals of the office include facilitating the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace, securing patent protection for new technologies, generating industrial support for ongoing applied research projects, licensing NYU technologies to ensure full commercial application and generate royalties, and building an equity portfolio of companies around NYU technologies.

Rensslaler Polytechnic Institute, Office of Technology Commercialization
Chuck Rancourt
Director
OTC Department - J Building
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 518.276.6023
Fax: 518.276.6380
E-mail: rancoc@rpi.edu

The Office of Technology Commercialization at Rensselaer supports researchers in protecting intellectual property and bringing inventions into the commercial marketplace. We are dedicated to building relationships with commercial partners to benefit Rensselaer and the broader community.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Technology Licensing Office
Dr. Varda N. Main
Director
4018 Eastman Building
145 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5608
Phone: 585.475.2986
Fax: 585.475.7950
E-mail: vmain@mail.rit.edu

RIT's Technology Licensing Office (TLO) is responsible for managing RIT’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio and for transferring that IP through licenses and formation of start-up companies.

Rockefeller University, Office of Technology Transfer
Kathleen A. Denis, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
1230 York Avenue, Box 81
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212.327.8266
E-mail: denisk@rockefeller.edu

The Rockefeller University Office of Technology Transfer promotes and supports the research enterprise at the University by creating relationships with the private sector to develop, protect, transfer and commercialize research results for the public benefit.

The State University of New York, Technology Transfer
Dr. M. Guven Yalcintas
Vice President of Technology Transfer
The Research Foundation of State University of New York
P.O. Box 9
New York, NY 12201-0009
Phone: 518.434.7167
Fax: 518.434.8351
E-mail: guven.yalcintas@rfsuny.org

The mission of the Technology Transfer Office is to identify and protect University-developed intellectual property and serve as a catalyst for economic development by creating partnerships with business and industry to further research and license inventions for public use. Commercializing technologies that result from State University research can lead to the development of new industries and jobs for the public benefit.

Stony Brook University, Office of Technology Transfer and Licensing
John C. Peterson
Director
N5002 Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3369
Phone: 631.632.9009
Fax: 631.632.1505
E-mail: john.peterson@stonybrook.edu

The office assists in the preparation of new technology disclosures and is involved in the marketing of such property to the private sector. Questions regarding patents, copyrights, technology transfer and intellectual property of all kinds are directed here.

Syracuse University, Office of Sponsored Programs Technology Transfer
Mark P. Weldon
Director of Technology Transfer and Industrial Development
Phone: 315.443.5196
E-mail: mpweldon@syr.edu

The Office of Sponsored Programs mission is to guide and assist the University community in obtaining and administering external support for research, training and creative activities and to promote the University Intellectual Property programs.

University of Rochester, Technology Transfer
Mark Coburn
Associate Provost and Director
518 Hyland Building, Box 270140
Rochester, NY 14627-0140
Phone: 585.275.3998
Fax: 585.473.6717
E-mail: mark.coburn@rochester.edu

OTT is responsible for management of intellectual property resources of the University of Rochester. The goal of the office is to pursue innovation and help translate scientific progress into tangible products, while returning income to the inventor and to the University to support further research and education.

University of Rochester Medical Center, Office of Technology Transfer
Marjorie D. Hunter, Esq.
Director
30 Corporate Woods, Suite 310
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: 585.784.8850
Fax: 585.785.8829
E-mail: marjorie_hunter@urmc.rochester.edu

The mission of the Office of Technology Transfer is to facilitate the transfer of technology arising from URMC research to industry for the benefit of the public good by creating new and useful products and promoting economic development.