Alan Paau, PhD, MBA Vice Provost for Technology Transfer and Economic Development

Email: ap364@cornell.edu

Phone: 607-254-2378

Cell: 607-229-9810

Dr. Paau is responsible for the strategic management of all technologies and intellectual property that arise from the research activities at Cornell University - both at the Weill Medical College in New York City and at the general campus in Ithaca.

Prior to joining Cornell in January 2007, Dr. Paau for nine years was Director and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property Services at the University of California, San Diego (San Diego, CA). From 1994 to 1998, he was Executive Director of the Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. and Director of Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer at Iowa State University (Ames, IA). Until 1994, he was Associate Director of the Biotechnology Center at the Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) with responsibilities in research, teaching, research administration, technology management, and industry liaison.

Dr. Paau held faculty appointments while at Iowa State University in the departments of Preventive Medicine, Immunology & Microbiology, and Genetics & Zoology, and at the Ohio State University in the departments of Microbiology, and Plant Pathology.

Before returning to the academic environment in 1992, Dr. Paau held various research and management positions of increasing responsibilities in the Cetus Corporation and the W.R. Grace & Co. organizations for 12 years and led the development of two commercial products.

Dr. Paau holds a Ph.D. degree in Biological Sciences and a Master of Business Administration degree. He also attended briefly the Drake University School of Law. Dr. Paau is the inventor to 8 US patents and has contributed thirty peer-reviewed research articles to scientific journals and six invited reviews and chapters to technical books.

Dr. Paau speaks often at professional seminars and conferences and currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Bridgetech Holdings International, Inc., Vivo Development, Inc., API Development, Inc., and NanoBioNexus. He also serves on the Boards of Advisors of Mushroom Networks, Inc. and University Inventions, Inc. As a director of intellectual property and a licensing executive, he has supervised the execution of over 860 licenses and option agreements and the formation of over 95 startup companies using university innovations. Recent recognitions of his contributions to the technology management and community development efforts include the 2006 San Diego Bio-Pharma Award (SABPA), the 2005 Vision Award (SDCA), the listing in 2004 People to Watch (San Diego Union-Tribute), the Power List 2002 (T-Sector Magazine), and the 2002 Community Champion Award (UCSD). Previously, he also received the 1979 NATO Molecular Biology Fellowship Award (EMBO), and the 1975 Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award (ASPP).