Our team is the connection between your ideas and UB

Here is where differences become our strengths, where scientific and technological adventures transform into profitable ventures, and where bettering the world becomes our life’s work. A successful team is about more than finding a group of people with the right mix of professional skills; it's about finding a team who is passionate about helping you succeed and then working together to do it. Together, let's build something impactful.

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  • Kathryn Helfer

    Associate Director, Resource Management

  • John Root.

    John Root

    Finance Associate

  • Steven Shepler.

    Steven Shepler

    Finance & Grants Manager

Our Extended Team

We work with accomplished scientists, experts, entrepreneurs and businesspeople who help us move innovations to impact.

Life & Health Sciences Advisory Board Manufacturing & Materials Advisory Board Entrepreneurs in Residence Seed Fund Advisory Board Accelerator Fund External Review Committee
Laura Crawford Senior Director, Drug Development, Orange Grove Bio.

Senior Director, Drug Development, Orange Grove Bio

Charles Jones.

Senior Director, Commercial Strategy, Healthcare Innovation, Pfizer

Michael Norsen.

Vice President, Life Science & Head of Alexandria LaunchLabs-NYC

Carlos Pena.

Chief Regulatory Officer & Chief Quality Officer, The Jacobs Institute

Karuna Sharma.

Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Antylia Scientific

Michael Smolinki.

Vice President, Development and Scientific Operations, Veradermics

Stephen Tyrpak.

Vice President, US Operations, PQE Group

Erica Wehling.

R&D Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific