Lita Nelsen

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2017 • Lifetime Achievement Lita Nelsen LITA NELSEN recently retired from her position as Director of the Technology Licensing Office at MIT, where she had been since 1986.She now works as a consultant in technology transfer and entrepreneurship in the U.S., Europe and Asia.She and her office became national leaders in university technology transfer, brokering many licensing deals between MIT and companies, and spinning out startups to commercialize the university’s research in life sciences and other areas.Prior to joining the MIT TLO, she spent 20 years in industry, primarily in the fields of membrane separations, medical devices, and biotechnology.Lita Nelsen • Photography by Alex Gagne and Rythum Vinoben

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