Join us as we celebrate UCLA's Faculty Innovation Fellows pitching their projects to entrepreneurs, investors, and, the UCLA community!
Nine faculty were selected to participate in the UCLA Faculty Innovation Fellows' third cohort, a program designed to support and amplify faculty entrepreneurship at UCLA. Register here for this FREE event and to watch these faculty members pitch their projects on May 18th at 4pm.
Sierra Burkhart, Academic Director, UCLA Geospatial and Michael Shin, Professor, Geography; Geograf.io Districting
Warren Comulada, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; A virtual reality experience to reduce anxiety in children prior to surgery
Liang Gao, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering; High-resolution, low-cost flash imaging Lidar systems
Ming Guo, Professor, Neurology; MitoRejuvenation
Mahdi Hasani, Project Scientist, Dentistry & Bioengineering; uTheraPatch
Ian Holloway, Assistant Professor, Social Welfare; Gay Sexuality and Social Policy Institute
Mona Jarrahi, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Lookin Inc.
Justin Karlin, Assistant Professor, Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes; A novel serum tears preparation device
Roy Wollman, Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry; BioCartography
The Faculty Innovation Fellows program is a collaboration between Startup UCLA, UCLA Technology Development Group, and, the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Creative Activities. Through Startup UCLA, Fellows collaborate with program leaders, venture consultants, and colleagues across the university to hone and advance their ideas.
The mission of Startup UCLA is to promote the development of the entrepreneurial mindset on campus, to connect participants with the entrepreneurship community, to provide learning opportunities that include an inquiry-based and experiential approach to developing ideas, and to advocate for the entrepreneurial community at UCLA, partnering with students, faculty, staff, and alumni to achieve that end.
The mission of UCLA Technology Development Group is to promote UCLA innovation, research, teaching and entrepreneurship to benefit society; create economic value to support UCLA’s scholarly and educational missions and the State of California; and, to lead UCLA’s research community to bring innovation to market.
The mission of the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Creative Activities is to provide logistical support, policy guidance, strategic advice, and assistance in building relationships in furtherance of the UCLA research enterprise.
If you have any questions about the program, please email TDG at InnovationFund@tdg.ucla.edu