Kultaran Chohan, assistant vice chancellor of technology and licensing, is leaving the Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) to accept an opportunity with the University of Pennsylvania. His last day with NC State will be Oct. 4.
Chohan has worked for ORI’s Office of Research Commercialization as a technology licensing leader since 2012.
“I want to thank Kultaran for his decade-plus of dedication to protecting and promoting research discoveries and intellectual property made at NC State,” says Alyson Wilson, interim vice chancellor for research and innovation. “Throughout his time here, by no coincidence, our university has consistently ranked among the nation’s best in technology transfer and continued to launch more research-based startups than any other school in the Carolinas.”
In his time at NC State, Chohan has overseen the commercialization of many life science technologies. He has personally negotiated, drafted and executed over 150 IP license agreements, joint development and collaboration agreements, and IP management agreements. He has also helped facilitate the formation of several research-based startups, which are developing and commercializing NC State IP.
Chohan holds a Ph.D. in genetics from NC State, an M.S. in biology from UNC Greensboro, and an LL.M. in intellectual property and technology law from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a Certified Licensing Professional and licensed as an attorney in New York (non-practicing).
Brian Eller will serve as interim assistant vice chancellor of technology and licensing until the position is permanently filled.
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