Chris Paschall

Licensing Manager, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA

Christopher D. Paschall, Ph.D., CLP is a licensing manager with the University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group. He was formerly a licensing associate with Emory University. He is a registered patent agent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Paschall received his doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia, where his research focused on leukocyte adhesion in inflammatory responses and its application to targeted drug delivery. He also has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a quality control and process engineer at Klockner Pentaplast of America in Gordonsville, Va. At Klockner, he helped implement a company-wide software program to more efficiently manufacture pharmaceutical-grade plastic products.

The University of Virginia Patent Foundation, doing business as the University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, is responsible for technology transfer at the University of Virginia and licenses and patents intellectual property developed at the university. It advances promising research discoveries to the marketplace through licenses with industry, new venture formation, and other available pathways.