Principal Investigators

Maryam Saleh

Lead Principal Investigator
msaleh4@kaplan.iit.edu

Ken Christensen

Co-Principal Investigator
kchristensen1@iit.edu

Bill Payne

Co-Principal Investigator
billpayne@uchicago.edu

TechForward Team

Hannah Donovan

Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator, Pipeline Development, Internal Systems

Don
DeLoach

Adjunct Faculty & Entrepreneur in Residence
Pipeline and Proposal Development, Deep Tech Commercialization Course

André
Guardia

Technical Venture Analyst
Tech Scouts Manager, STRP Evaluation, Technology Assessment Course

Yi
Zhang

Director, Office of Technology Management and Licensing
IP Management and Licensing 

Ashley-Marie Sutherland

Assistant Invention Manager, Office of Technology Management and Licensing
IP Management and Licensing

Janine
Marino

Director of Operations
Contracts & Payments

Shivani Chokshi

Startup Incubation Manager
Team Building