Reis Alsberry Joins Pennington Biomedical as Director of Intellectual Property and Commercialization
August 5, 2024 · Baton Rouge, LA
Reis Alsberry recently joined the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, serving as
the new Director of Intellectual Property and Commercialization. In this role, Alsberry
will oversee the patentability, protection and market potential of inventions and
discoveries emerging from Pennington Biomedical. He will also license new technologies
to industry through active marketing, and he will help in the creation of startup
companies by faculty and students.
Alsberry received his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law,
his Civil Engineering degree from the University of Virginia, and his Electrical Engineering
degree from Old Dominion University. Alsberry is a US Patent Agent with many years
of university patent management experience.
Most recently, he served as the Commercialization Manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
or ORNL, where he chiefly focused on innovative technologies germane to different
areas of chemistry. Prior to joining the ORNL Technology Transfer Team, he was a Senior
Licensing Manager at Florida State University for engineering, as well as the Director
of Technology Transfer and Export Control at Florida A&M University. He was also a
Technology Transfer Associate at Old Dominion University, where he became an integral
part of successfully commercializing cutting-edge engineering and cancer ablation
biotechnologies.
For more information on Pennington Biomedical's Business Development & Commercialization, visit https://www.pbrc.edu/Business-Development/.
For more information contact:
Joe Coussan, Media Relations Manager, joe.coussan@pbrc.edu, 225-763-3049 or Ernie Ballard, Senior Director of Communications & Marketing, ernie.ballard@pbrc.edu, 225-263-2677.
About the Pennington Biomedical Research Center
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is at the forefront of medical discovery as it relates to understanding the triggers of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. Pennington Biomedical has the vision to lead the world in promoting nutrition and metabolic health and eliminating metabolic disease through scientific discoveries that create solutions from cells to society. The center conducts basic, clinical, and population research, and is a campus in the LSU System.
The research enterprise at Pennington Biomedical includes over 600 employees within a network of 44 clinics and research laboratories, and 16 highly specialized core service facilities. Its scientists and physician/scientists are supported by research trainees, lab technicians, nurses, dietitians, and other support personnel. Pennington Biomedical is a globally recognized state-of-the-art research institution in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For more information, see www.pbrc.edu.
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