Guest Speaker Highlights

In addition to its outstanding faculty, the M.S. in Biotechnology program draws on a talented group of guest speakers. Each of the program's courses invites highly regarded professionals from across the nation to share their diverse "real world" experiences. The alphabetical list below highlights just some of the program's previous guests.

Lynn Allen-Hoffman
CEO
Stratatech Corporation

Lori Barr, J.D.
Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs
Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Nancy E. Block, PhD
Licensing Manager
WiCell Research Institute

Chris Bradfield, PhD
Professor
McArdle Cancer Research

Daniel J. Broderick
Managing Director
Mason Wells

Johanne Brunet, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture, UW-Madison

Scott Button, CFA
Partner
Venture Investors, L.L.C.

Ananda Chakrabarty
Distinguished Professor
University of Illinois - Chicago

Israel Charo, MD-PhD
Professor of Medicine, Univeristy of California - San Francisco
Cor Therapeutics (now Millenium Pharm.)

Dan Clutter
Vice President
NimbleGen Systems

Jim Collins

Eli Lilly and Company

Prasanth Darba
CEO
Spectrum Research, LLC

Michael Falk
Licensing Manager/Patent Counsel
WARF

Norm Fost
Professor
Pediatrics, UW-Madison

Joy Gander
Consultant
T.E. Brennan Company

Aaron Geist, PhD
Vice President, Business Development
PerkinElmer, Inc.

Irwin Goldman, PhD
Professor and Interim Dean
Department of Horticulture, UW-Madison

Jim Hagstrom
Co-founder and VP Scientific Operations
Mirus Corporation

Kimberly Huston
Technical Support & Training Manager, Genetic ID
Promega Corporation

Dick Hutchinson, PhD
Vice President, New Technologies
Kosan Biosciences

Barbara Israel, PhD
Chief Operating Officer
Platypus Technologies, LLC

Shawn Kaeppler, PhD
Professor
Agronomy, UW-Madison

Timothy Kamp, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine - Cardiology, UW-Madison

Daniel Kephart, PhD
Manager - Scientific Applications Dept.
Promega Corporation

Glen Kwon, PhD
Associate Professor
Pharmacy, UW-Madison

Quintin Lai, PhD
Research Analyst
Robert W. Baird & Co., Incorporated

William A. Linton, PhD
Chairman and CEO
Promega Corporation

Christopher Lipinski, PhD
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Pfizer Global R&D, Groton Labs

Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Tenneille Ludwig, PhD
Associate Professor
Primate Research Center, UW-Madison

Thomas "Rock" Mackie
CEO/co-founder
TomoTherapy, Inc.

Deborah Malewicki, PhD
Director of WISC
Wisconsin Innovation Service Center

Tim Matheson
Vice President
Baird Venture Partners

John McClure
Managing Director
Madison Investment Advisors

Clark Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor
LaFollette School of Public Affairs, UW-Madison

Jim Mohrbacher
Business Development Manager
Madison Gas & Electric Company

Rick Morgan
President
Morgan Marketing Partners

Timothy Mulcahy, PhD
Associate Dean for the Graduate School
University of Wisconsin Graduate School

Nadine Nassif, PhD
Research Scientist
Promega Corporation

Lori Nicholson
Regulatory Affairs Consultant
Powderject Vaccines, Inc.

Terry Opgenorth, PhD
Divisional Vice President
Abbott Laboratories

Brian Pollok, PhD
Vice President of Research and Development
Invitrogen

Steve Pullara, CPA
Accountant and Partner
Smith & Gesteland

Stephen Sanborn, PhD
Research and Development Scientist
Syngenta Crop Protection

Roger "Dusty" Sarazan, PhD
Director, Safety Pharmacology
Covance Laboratories, Inc.

Nicholas J. Seay
Attorney and Partner
Quarles & Brady

Hemanth Shenoi, PhD
Product Manager, Industrial Diagnostics
Promega Corporation

Michael Shortreed, PhD
Associate Scientist
Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison

Steven Slater, PhD
Lead Researcher
Agracetus, subsidiary of Monsanto Corp.

Russell Smestad, PhD
President
Mirus Bio Corporation

Lloyd Smith, PhD
Professor
Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison

Daniel L. Stahl
President
Human Resources Group, LLC

Rodney Stevenson, PhD
Professor
Grainger School of Business, UW-Madison

Robert Streiffer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medical History and Bioethics, UW-Madison

James Thomson, PhD
Professor
Anatomy Department, Primate Center

Jolanta Vidugiriene
Research Scientist
Promega Corporation

Mitchell Warren
Executive Director
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)

Jamey Weichert, PhD
CEO
Cellectar

John Wolff, PhD
Professor at UW-Madison
Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Mirus Corporation
Mirus Corporation

Bill Young
Managing Director
Wipfli Accountants and Advisors

Brian Zambrowicz, PhD
Executive Vice President, Research
Lexicon Genetics

Dr. Ananda Chakrabarty, September 6, 2006

High-profile guest speakers, such as Dr. Ananda Chakrabarty from University of Illinois-Chicago, give our students unprecedented access to biotechnology leaders and science experts.

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