Projects
- Analyzed patent portfolio of acquisition targets for large juice manufacturer
- Developed commercialization strategy for novel raspberry, potato, and tomato cultivars
- Developed licensing strategy for antimicrobial honey extract technology
- Analyzed Freedom-to-Operate (intellectual property) of transgenic crop plants
- Analyzed international biotechnology/intellectual property for transgenic tree fruit crops in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean
- Designed licensing strategy for patented device that determines characteristics of flowing blood using optical sensor
- Designed value-capture strategy for insect repellent trait in tomatoes using combination of trademark and utility patents
- Analyzed patents covering biotechnological utilities from Endangered Species
- Analyzed bioprocess of large (100 mgd) municipal wastewater treatment plant
- Conducted Legal and policy analysis of biological resource access and use in Yellowstone National Park
- Developed bioprocess system for production of nematicide from marigold root tissues
- Developed bioprocess system for production of biologically-active compounds in cultured cyanobacterial endosymbionts of sea cucumber
- Analyzed legal and intellectual property framework surrounding the patenting of anti-inflammatory compounds from soft coral species
- Studied ribosome dynamics during induced ontogeny of meristematic cells of Pisum sativum
- Developed large-scale peppermint and spearmint oil production operation in northern Utah
- Coordinated international symposium “Who Owns Nature” at Cornell University attended by over two hundred people
- Developed a bioprospecting initiative for land conservation organization based on novel fungal species
- Created an asset development strategy for a non-profit natural sound library using trademark and copyright strategies
- Conducted analysis of wildlife access policy for Yellowstone National Park
- Advised a museum of natural history on the development of a commercialization strategy for access to its human skeleton collection
- Advised the American Association of Zoos and Aquaria on tissue ownership issues related to animal collections
