Bhaskar Chetnani, PhD
Assistant Director/Senior Invention Manager
Phone: (847) 467-3095
bhaskar.chetnani@northwestern.edu
Bhaskar joined INVO in March 2023. In his role, he manages the Life Science Invention Management team and advises Northwestern University inventors in matters related to intellectual property strategy, technology development and commercialization to support of Northwestern University’s mission to enable research translation.
Prior to joining INVO, Bhaskar oversaw the Innovation and Technology Transfer Office at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago as a Sr. IP Specialist and Licensing Manager. There, he managed the IP portfolio of over 100 research faculty and physicians and led IP protection, licensing and commercialization efforts. During this time, he also managed the business and operation needs of the division.
Bhaskar is a trained Structural Biologist with over 12 years of research experience and a former INVO Practicum intern. He did his postdoctoral research in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at Northwestern University where here decoded the molecular function for large non-coding RNA. He obtained his PhD in Molecular Biophysics from the Indian Institute of Science in India and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences from Delhi University and a Master of Science degree in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.