TUII Postdoc Fellow

Tulane University Innovation Institute

Location: New Orleans, LA

Summary

The Tulane University Innovation Institute (TUII) is designed to help bridge the gap between university research and the marketplace/public sphere, catalyzing the real-world impact of Tulane’s world-class, audacious research. This includes commercialization efforts centered around a gap fund/proof and launching new startups. The Innovation Fellow (IF) will be responsible for interfacing with the research apparatus at Tulane, including faculty, staff, and trainees, to identify and de-risk candidate projects for commercialization, as well as developing their own startup over a two-year fellowship program (with the option to extend for a third year at the discretion of TUII leadership). This will involve meeting with university scientists, attending internal and external research-focused events, and activities related to startup formation.

The IF supports the TUII with all aspects of innovation and commercialization by: •Scout for and assess potential new Tulane research-based technologies•Identifying potential projects and building new collaborations between the University and relevant partners •Supporting internal analytics to help determine focus/strength areas of commercializable research •Developing a new deep technology startup

The IF works at the direction of the Executive Director of Commercialization as a member of TUII and in cooperation with all internal, pertinent offices such as in-house counsel, the University Office of Research, the Office of Technology Transfer, IRB, Office of Advancement, Communications and Marketing, etc.

Required Qualifications

• PhD in STEM, MD, or DVM • 0-3 years experience in pharma/life sciences industry, engineering/physical sciences, academic technology transfer, corporate business development or equivalent industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Tulane research strengths. • Work in academic, non-profit or corporate scientific settings (University, Research Institute, Company, VC Firm, Foundation).• Startup/university spinout experience.