The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) acts as an advisory body providing strategic review and counsel to the Executive Committee on the research activities of the Center. The IAB meets semi-annually to review the ATP-Bio's research programs and mechanisms for technology transfer, as well as assignments for action, disposition, and recommendations of IAB sub-committees.
Formed during Y2, the IAB meets quarterly, two of which happen at the fall Site Visit and spring Annual Meeting. IAB Chairs are Seb Giwa representing Nevada Donor Network and Uzair Rajput of Instant Systems, both Sustaining Members of the ATP-Bio Partners program. Its members include representatives of companies or organizations supporting the ATP-Bio at various membership levels. During IAB meetings, IAB members provide guidance and perspectives on the Center’s research strategy, future technology priorities, and the funding of ATP-Bio research projects. In Y3, the IAB launched ATP-Bio RFP002 SIRP: Stakeholder-Inspired Research Program to identify and sponsor areas of research of particular interest to members.
Jason Acker, Ph.D.
President & CEO,
Professor & Scientist, Transfusion Medicine and Cryopreservation
PanTHERA CryoSolutions
John Baust, Ph.D.
President & CEO Lead Scientist & Engineer, Founder
CPSI Biotech
Kelvin Brockbank, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Tissue Testing Technologies (T3LL)
Nilay Chakraborty, Ph.D.
BioNexus Foundation Principal Scientist
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
Pierre Comizzoli, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Senior Program Officer for Science
Smithsonian
Liza Davis, M.S.
Vice President, Research and Development
Boston Scientific (BSCI)
John Downing, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Director of MN Sea Grant, Swenson College of Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota Duluth
Ross Dunbar, B.A.
Executive Director and Chair
The Isthmus Foundation (TIF)
Michael Floren, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
AlloSource
Bruce Forsyth, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Boston Scientific (BSCI)
Sebastian Eriksson Giwa, Ph.D.
Co-founder of Elevian, Ossium Health, Sylvatica Biotech, and the Organ Preservation Alliance (incubated at SU Labs at NASA Research Park)
Nevada Donor Network
Rob Goldstein, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Fluxtrol, Inc.
Charles Y. Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director
VitriStor
Jedediah Lewis, B.S.
Chief Executive Officer, Organ Preservation Alliance
The Organ Preservation Alliance
Kevin Myer, B.S.
President and Chief Executive Officer
LifeGift
Chuck Na, M.A.
Innovation Manager
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
Mark Powers, Ph.D.
Vice President
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Uzair Rajput, M.S.
Chief Operating Officer
Instant Systems
Diane Rucker, M.S.
Executive Director and CEO
University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL)
Dalton Shaull, B.S.
Co-Founder CEO
OmniLife
Adrienne Watson, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research and Development, Recombinetics
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Therillume
Recombinetics
Bradley P. Weegman, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Expanse Bio LLC