The program’s instructional faculty are a blend of world-renowned scholars from across UW-Madison:
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- The School of Medicine and Public Health
- The School of Pharmacy
- The Wisconsin School of Business
- The Wisconsin Law School
- The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
And dynamic leaders from the region’s private biotechnology industries, including from the following companies:
The BTC Institute, DataChat, Empirico, Esker, Exact Sciences, Forward BIOLABS, Genus Plc, Illumina, Promega Corporation, the Vickroy Group
All the program’s faculty and staff are deeply committed to your education and career success.
Various global subject matter experts provide guest lectures throughout the curriculum, including class sessions with U.S. Government regulatory agencies:
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- United States Patent and Trademark Organization (USPTO)
- United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Our Instructors
Colleen Adams
Credentials: MTSC
Position title: Director of Regulatory Affairs, Exact Sciences
Adjunct Professor, M.S. in Biotechnology Program, UW-Madison
Natalie Betz
Credentials: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Position title: Academic Director
M.S. in Biotechnology Program (in-person)
M.S. in Applied Biotechnology (online)
Capstone Certificate in Applied Bioinformatics
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Kristen Birschbach
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Director, Program Management
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Karin Borgh
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Executive Director
Biopharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTCI)
Nick Caruccio
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Vice President and General Manager, Illumina-Madison (former)
Russ Coff
Credentials: Ph.D. in Business Administration
Position title: Professor, Management & Human Resources;
Thomas J. Falk Distinguished Chair in Business
Wisconsin School of Business
Ed Elder
Credentials: PhD in Pharmacy
Position title: Director, Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station, UW-Madison
Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station
School of Pharmacy
Michael Falk
Credentials: JD, MBA, MS in Bacteriology
Position title: Chief Intellectual Property & Licensing Officer
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
Scott Fulton
Credentials: MS in Physics, Biology & Biomedical Engineering
Position title: Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Cellara, LLC
Fabio Gaertner
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Accounting & Information Systems
Wisconsin School of Business
Martin Ganco
Credentials: PhD in Business Administration
Position title: Associate Professor, Management & Human Resources
Wisconsin School of Business
Heather Gerard
Credentials: MS in Biotechnology
Position title: Senior Intellectual Property Protection & Strategy Manager
Promega Corporation
Jennifer Gottwald
Credentials: PhD in Botany
Position title: Senior Licensing Manager
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
Aidan Holmes
Credentials: B.S. in Genetics
Position title: Laboratory Technician
Biopharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTCI)
Delinda Johnson
Credentials: PhD in Biochemistry
Position title: Senior Scientist
UW-Madison School of Pharmacy
Dave Lewis
Credentials: PhD in Biochemistry
Position title: Head of Therapeutic Development
Empirico, Inc.
Thomas Machleidt
Credentials: PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Position title: Director of Research
Promega Corporation
Jessica Martin Eckerly
Credentials: MBA, M.S. in Biotechnology
Position title: CEO and Co-Founder
Forward BIOLABS
Pilar Ossorio
Credentials: JD, PhD in Microbiology and Immunology
Position title: Professor of Law and Bioethics
University of Wisconsin Law School
Ethics Scholar-in-Residence
Morgridge Institute for Research
Hart Posen
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Associate Professor, Management & Human Resources
Wisconsin School of Business
Ben Seffrood
Credentials: MBA, MS in Biotechnology
Position title: Manufacturing Finance, Illumina (Madison); Adjunct Professor, MS in Biotechnology Program, UW-Madison
Hemanth Shenoi
Credentials: PhD in Immunology
Position title: Associate Director Product Management, Illumina
Laura Strong
Credentials: PhD in Organic Chemistry
Position title: Vice President, Strategy and Healthcare
DataChat Inc.
Charlie Trevor
Credentials: Ph.D. in Industrial and Labor Relations
Position title: Professor and Department Chair, Management & Human Resources
Wisconsin School of Business
Michelle Venturini
Credentials: MBA, SPHR
Position title: Adjunct Faculty, UW-Madison
Director of Human Resources
Esker, Inc.
Eric Vincent
Credentials: PhD in Biochemistry
Position title: Senior Global Product Manager
Promega Corporation
Tracy Worzella
Credentials: MS in Biotechnology
Position title: Customer Experience Science Liaison,
Promega Corporation