Northwestern Start Ups
Biotech / Biomedical
American BioOptics
Vadim Backman
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
AuraSense Therapeutics
Chad Mirkin
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Chemistry
C. Shad Thaxton
Feinberg School of Medicine. Department of Urology
Citrics Biomedical
Guillermo Ameer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Biomedical Engineering
MAKO Surgical Corporation
Michael Peshkin
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Nanotope
Samuel Stupp
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Material Sciences
Naurex
Joseph R. Moskal
Director of the Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University
Nerites (Acquired by Kensey Nash)
Phillip B Messersmith
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern Global Health Foundation
David Kelso
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
ProSorp BioTech
Guillermo Ameer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
Proteostasis Therapeutics
Richard Morimoto
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology
Renu Therapeutics, LLC
Shu Q. Liu
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rhythmos Therapeutics, Inc.
David Zembower
Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute
Rishi Arora
Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute
Tangible Haptics, LLC
J. Edward Colgate
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Peshkin
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Transition Therapeutics
Linda Van Eldik
Feinberg School of Medicine. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Martin Watterson
Feinberg School of Medicine. Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry
VesselTek BioMedical
Guillermo Ameer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
Viamet Pharmaceuticals
Thomas O'Halloran
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Chemistry
Communication and Information Technology
Acumen Pharmaceuticals
William Klein
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology
Grant Krafft
Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry
Allvoices
Larry Birnbaum
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kris Hammond
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Binachip
Prith Banerjee
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Buzz Labs
Larry Birnbaum
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kris Hammond
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FOM Networks
Vinayak Dravid
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Narrative Science
Larry Birnbaum
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kris Hammond
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
NUCrypt
Prem Kumar
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Director, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing at Northwestern University
Voxsup
Alok Choudhary
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ziena
Jorge Nocedal
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Robert Fourer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Physical Sciences and Nanotechnologies
NanoIntegris
Mark Hersam
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Material Science and Engineering
NanoSonix
Arvind Srivastava
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Material Science and Engineering
Questek
Greg Olson
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Material Science and Engineering



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