| Name: |
Dominic F. Montisano,
PhD |
| Title: |
Senior Licensing
Officer, Life Sciences |
| Phone: |
(858) 822-3833 |
| EMail: |
dfmontisano@ucsd.edu |
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Dr. Montisano is a senior licensing officer with responsibility
for the inventions originating from faculty research in life
sciences. Prior to joining UCSD TechTIPS in March 2006, he
held several positions in biotechnology companies in San Diego
for 12 years. He was a Scientific Business Analyst for Chiron
Technologies Center for Gene Therapy and later became an Associate
Director for Intellectual Property at Idun Pharmaceuticals,
where he was responsible for managing the company’s
patent portfolio and all company agreements.
Dr. Montisano received a BA degree in Biology from the University
of California, San Diego and an MA and PhD in Biology from
the University of California, Los Angeles. He performed 16
years of bench research in cell and molecular biology including
post-doctoral research at UCLA in the Department of Pathology
and as an Assistant Research Biochemist position at the UCSD
Medical Center in the divisions of Metabolism and Endocrinology,
Pulmonary, and Dermatology.
Dr. Montisano is also a registered patent agent with the United
States Patent & Trademark Office.
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