D2P Portfolio 2
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D2P Interview: Kreg Gruben, Clinical Therapy Innovator
At 4:30 on a Saturday morning, when most other people are blissfully enjoying the opportunity to sleep in, Kreg Gruben lies awake with an idea to fix a problem, and not an easy one at …
D2P Interview: Lisa Frank, VR Specialist
Lisa Frank first began working on Wonder three years ago when she, as a Master of Fine Arts candidate, was granted a semester to create an exhibit at the CAVE in the Wisconsin Institutes for …
D2P Interview: Saul Laufer, Voxxi Mobile Phone App
Saul Laufer’s Voxxi, a start-up allowing mobile phone users to maintain simultaneously several different numbers on their phone, began as a happy accident. While taking his 600-level computer science course at UW Madison, Saul conceived …
D2P Interview: Jim Steele, Food Science
For someone who doesn’t view himself as an entrepreneur, UW Professor of Food Science Jim Steele certainly has all of the makings of one. In the midst of discussing Lactic Solutions, the ethanol-related start-up that …
Opportunities for Entrepreneurial Professionals
Interested in opportunities to join start-up projects spinning out of UW-Madison? Discovery-to-Product (D2P) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison advises, mentors and assists faculty, staff and students to commercialize inventions and technologies with a focus on …
D2P Interview: Su-Chun Zhang
In his 19-year career at UW–Madison, Dr. Su-Chun Zhang has transformed the field of stem cell research. The renowned neuroscientist was the first in the world to isolate neural stem cells from embryonic stem cells …