Past Interns

Past Interns

To date, our office has hosted fourteen Interns with varied backgrounds since its inception in 2008:

    Amy Arnold (Physiology and Pharmacology)

    Linara Axanova (Cancer Biology)

    Erika Bechtold (Chemistry)

    Nick Bentley (Neurobiology and Anatomy)

    Mayur Choudhary (Cancer Biology)

    Summer Hanna (Chemistry)

    Paulina Sierpinski Hill (Molecular Medicine and Translational Science)

    Bhavani Krishnan (Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

    Masood Machingal (Biomedical Engineering)

    Hetal Pandya (Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

    Lu Peng (Physics)

    Karishma Rajani (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

    Huan Tan (Biomedical Engineering)

    Revati Wani (Molecular Medicine and Translational Science)

Feedback from our Past Interns

"The internship at OTAM gave me insight into an exciting alternative career in science.  In only 4-6 hours a week, I was able to learn about the process of technology transfer while continuing to make good progress with my thesis work.  By working on a variety of inventions, I was exposed to the many different stages of commercializing a university-based technology.  I now have a new appreciation of what it means to take something 'from the bench to the bedside'.  I highly recommend this internship to anyone interested in exploring the field of technology transfer."

"Tech Transfer is an exhilarating field for which it is nearly impossible to receive formal education.  As a result, too few people know about it, and those who do have trouble breaking in.  In light of these things, my OTAM internship has been of extreme value- I'm not sure that there is any other way that I could have learned what I now know about the field, or more quickly beefed up my resume to make a job in tech transfer is a real possibility for me."

"The OTAM internship was a perfect fit because it gave me the unique opportunity to understand more about the field of technology transfer as well as provide me with valuable business experience that I could not obtain solely in the class room.   I had a very positive experience during my time in the OTAM office and have already recommended this internship to colleagues of mine who have similar career interests.  I now plan on pursuing a career in technology transfer and I hope that this brief experience at the OTAM office will help me transition into the field of business or law."