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Our Team

Innovation and New Ventures Office
1800 Sherman Ave., Suite 504
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847) 467-2097
Email: invo@northwestern.edu

Executive Team

Alicia Loffler,
PhD
Executive Director, INVO and Associate VP of Research
a-loffler@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4647
Jeff Coney,
MBA
Director, Economic Development
j-coney@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4732
Becky Crump,
PhD
Associate Director - INVO
beckyc@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3630
Responsibilities:
Life Sciences, Multi-institutional agreements
Simone Edwards
Director of Finance and Operations
simone-edwards@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-2348

Entrepreneurs

Andrew Mazar,
PhD
Director, Program for Developmental Therapeutics and Entrepreneur-in-Residence
a-mazar@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0942
Michael Janse,
MBA
Director of New Business Ventures
michael.janse@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-2677
Timothy Krauskopf,
MS
MBA
Consulting Entrepreneur

(847) 467-2097

Invention Management Team

Gary Behler,
MS
Invention Manager
g-behler@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-2979
Responsibilities:
Engineering, Software
Tolga Gulmen,
PhD
JD
Invention Manager
t-gulmen@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-5293
Responsibilities:
Nanotechnology, Materials, Software
Michael Moore,
PhD
Invention Manager
michaelmoore@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4645
Responsibilities:
Life Sciences
Allan Nader,
PhD
Invention Manager
a-nader@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4456
Responsibilities:
Chemistry, Therapeutics
Maryam Saleh,
PhD
Invention Manager
maryam-saleh@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-3095
Responsibilities:
Biomedical engineering, Software.
Aaron Thornton,
PhD
Invention Manager
aaron.thornton@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0305
Responsibilities:
Chemistry, Therapeutics, Material Science
Oscar Gonzalez,
PhD
MS
Invention Associate
oscar.gonzalez@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0308
Responsibilities:
Life Sciences
Chao Zhang,
PhD
Invention Associate
c-zhang3@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4629
Responsibilities:
Chemistry, Advanced Materials, Biomedical Systems

Administration

Rochelle Jones
Administrative Assistant
r-jones5@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-2097

Marketing

Sonia Kim,
PhD
Manager for Marketing and Industry Partnerships
sonia.kim@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0446

Legal Team

Dan DeMarah
Invention Specialist
d-demarah@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-3094
Nick Maull,
JD
Invention Specialist
nicholas.maull@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0320
An-Tu Xie,
MS
Invention Specialist
antu.xie@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5095
Beverly Milligan,
MA
Invention Specialist
b-milligan@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3005

Finance Team

Ayisha Ali
Financial Coordinator
ayisha-ali@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3732
Kevin Johnson
Accounting Specialist
kevin.johnson1@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0364

Information Technology

Dragos Visan,
MBA
Web Applications / IT Manager
dragos.visan@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-4042

Affiliated Translational Team

Jim Bray,
MS
Assistant Director, NUCATS Center for Translational Innovation
j-bray@northwestern.edu
(312) 503-1941
Northwestern University
INVO | 1800 Sherman Ave., Suite 504, Evanston, IL 60201
(847) 467-2097 | invo@northwestern.edu

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