Our Team

Innovation and New Ventures Office
1800 Sherman Ave., Suite 504
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847) 467-2097
Email: invo@northwestern.edu

Executive Team

Alicia Loffler,
PhD

Executive Director, INVO and Associate VP of Research
a-loffler@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4647

David Tiemeier,
PhD

Senior Director
david.tiemeier@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-5467

Jeff Coney,
MBA

Director, Economic Development
j-coney@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4732

Becky Crump,
PhD

Associate Director - INVO
beckyc@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3630

Responsibilities:

Life Sciences, Multi-institutional agreements

Simone Edwards

Director of Finance and Operations
simone-edwards@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-2348

Entrepreneurs

Andrew Mazar,
PhD

Director, Center for Developmental Therapeutics and Entrepreneur-in-Residence
a-mazar@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0942

Timothy Krauskopf,
MS
MBA

Consulting Entrepreneur

(847) 467-2097

Invention Management Team

Tolga Gulmen,
PhD
JD

Invention Manager
t-gulmen@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-5293

Responsibilities:

Nanotechnology, Materials, Software

Matt Martin,
PhD

Invention Manager
matthew.martin@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0305

Responsibilities:

Physical sciences, Engineering

Michael Moore,
PhD

Invention Manager
michaelmoore@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4645

Responsibilities:

Life Sciences

Allan Nader,
PhD

Invention Manager
a-nader@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4456

Responsibilities:

Chemistry, Therapeutics

Maryam Saleh,
PhD

Invention Manager
maryam-saleh@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-3095

Responsibilities:

Biomedical engineering, Software.

Oscar Gonzalez,
PhD
MS

Invention Associate
oscar.gonzalez@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0308

Responsibilities:

Life Sciences

Chao Zhang,
PhD

Invention Associate
c-zhang3@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4629

Responsibilities:

Chemistry, Advanced Materials, Biomedical Systems

Administration

Rochelle Jones

Administrative Assistant
r-jones5@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-2097

Marketing

Sonia Kim,
PhD

Manager for Marketing and Industry Partnerships
sonia.kim@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0446

Legal Team

Dan DeMarah,
JD

Intellectual Property Associate
d-demarah@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-3094

Nick Maull,
JD

Intellectual Property Associate
nicholas.maull@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0320

Beverly Milligan,
MA

Invention Specialist
b-milligan@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3005

Finance Team

Ayisha Ali

Financial Coordinator
ayisha-ali@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3732

Kevin Johnson

Accounting Specialist
kevin.johnson1@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-0364

Information Technology

Dragos Visan,
MBA

Web Applications / IT Manager
dragos.visan@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-4042

Affiliated Translational Team

Jim Bray,
MS

Assistant Director, NUCATS Center for Translational Innovation
j-bray@northwestern.edu
(312) 503-1941