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Innovation and Commercialization Mentors
Amar Anumakonda, PhD
Tech-focused business leader with a passion for addressing global problems in energy and environment. Industry experience in innovation and commercializing game-changing technologies.
Aimee Arnoldussen, PhD
Cognitive neuroscientist with expertise in medical and assistive technologies. Start-up, healthcare, research funding and FDA.
Abram Becker
Expertise in commercial strategy for pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, and diagnostics. Start-up, non-profit, & Fortune 500 experience.
Cecily Brose
Expertise in consumer product development and commercialization. Led innovation platforms in the food industry.
Upcoming Programs and Events from the Innovate Network
- July
- July 12
- Discovery to Product (D2P) Open HouseJuly 12, 12:30 pm, Online
Do you have an innovation or research with the potential to be a product, service or social impact solution? Attend a Discovery to Product (D2P) Open House for an overview of free trainings, mentoring, and support for UW-Madison faculty, staff, and student innovators. Held the second week of each month with varying times and formats (virtual, in-person).
- July 13
- Discovery to Product (D2P) Open HouseJuly 13, 4:30 pm, Online
Do you have an innovation or research with the potential to be a product, service or social impact solution? Attend a Discovery to Product (D2P) Open House for an overview of free trainings, mentoring, and support for UW-Madison faculty, staff, and student innovators. Held the second week of each month with varying times and formats (virtual, in-person).
News from the Innovate Network
Building on a solid process, Wang pours resources into making carbon-negative cement
Year in and year out, cement production is one of the biggest contributors to humanity’s carbon emissions. Making portland cement, the most frequently used cement around the world and a key component in concrete, releases …
Cell mechanics offers new clue in genetic heart disease
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a mouthful of a heart disease that’s essentially an invisible ticking time bomb for the estimated 1 in 10,000 people who have it. Often, the rare genetic disease goes …
Three engineering siblings launch a company and the home-built airplane of their dreams
Growing up in tiny Frederic, Wisconsin, the Karl brothers were always tinkering. Always building something — “or taking things apart, probably more often than building things,” says oldest brother Ryley Karl, laughing. Nobody’s laughing now. DarkAero, the …