Technology Transfer Office

Grai L. Andreason

Dr. Andreason joined TTO in 2005 as Senior Licensing Officer. Her career path has woven through the UC system a number of times, in different ways. After completing her BA in Chemistry at UCSD, Grai worked as a research associate in the department of Neurosciences and later returned to complete her PhD in the department of Physiology & Pharmacology. Although her program was at UCSD, her graduate laboratory was at the Salk Institute, where she worked on regulation of gene expression. In post-doctoral fellowships, at the Institut Pasteur (France) and Stanford University Medical Center, she concentrated in cell biology with a focus on the interrelation between cellular structure and function.

After academia, Dr. Andreason was as a senior scientist in the biotechnology industry, where she worked with teams developing potential products from the laboratory bench to compatibility with manufacturing and clinical trials. In 2000, Grai completed her MBA at UCLA's Anderson School of Management while transitioning into corporate development and happily remains at the science/business interface.