Rajesh Udupa

Rajesh Udupa is an experienced Technology Licensing Officer at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities since January 2013, specializing in the commercialization of early-stage biotechnology and pharmaceutical assets from university research. Previously, Rajesh served as a Technology Marketing Manager at the same institution, focusing on marketing life science assets developed in its research labs. Prior roles include Senior Licensing Manager at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Licensing Manager at The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Post Doctoral Fellow at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where work involved studying the role of CTD and associated Kinases in yeast RNA Pol II transcription. Rajesh holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Indian Institute of Science and has earned MS and BSc degrees in Microbiology from MS University, Baroda, and St. Xavier's College, respectively.