In April, Robin Rasor was named director of Duke’s Office of Licensing and Ventures, which is responsible for helping faculty and students patent and license their discoveries and, if they so choose, start on the path to forming a spin-off company. She began work at Duke on July 1, 2016.
Rasor comes to Duke from the University of Michigan, where she has been the managing director of licensing within the university’s Office of Technology Transfer.
“The goal is to put Duke’s licensing efforts on par with its excellence in research and so many other areas,” Rasor said. “When people think about startups and licensing and efficient technology transfer, I want Duke to also be on the tip of their tongues.”