Damon works as an extern with NOBIC, specializing in patent drafting. Damon has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is currently pursuing his Juris Doctorate and Bachelor of Civil Law at Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Damon has extensive experience in the development of biotechnology with involvement at Merck, Genentech and Procter & Gamble. He has a strong background in intellectual property rights and patent drafting, particularly in the biotech sector. He is the Founder and President of the LSU Intellectual Property Law Society. Damon's academic interests at LSU focus on FDA regulatory law and biotech commercialization.

Ashton works as intern with NOBIC, specializing in market analyses of innovations created by professors at LSU and Tulane University. He conducts interviews of faculty at local health science centers and identifies important and marketable new inventions. He is currently pursuing an MBA from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. He has worked as a General Manager with MLU Services, Inc. in Athens, GA.

Jenna specializes in legal research, intellectual property law and patent prosecution. She interviews LSU and Tulane University professors to identify novel and patentable inventions. She is currently a Juris Doctor Candidate at Tulane University Law School and holds a Bachelor of Science in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT. She has a certificate from the London 2007 Institute of International Business Law and a certificate from the Paris 2007 Institute of European Legal studies. She has worked with the ACLU of Louisiana and as a paralegal in the Bostonian firm Banner and Witcoff Ltd.

Derek, an intern with NOBIC, specializes in market analyses of innovations created by professors at LSU and Tulane University. He conducts interviews of LSU and Tulane University professors and identifies important and marketable new inventions. He is pursuing a Masters of Finance from the A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. He has experience as a MCAT physics instructor as well as an Advanced Math instructor with the Washington Parish School Board, Franklinton High School and Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. Derek holds a Bachelor of Science in Cell & Molecular Biology from Tulane University.

Justin specializes in the strategic development and market research of intellectual property held by universities in the New Orleans area. He has experience writing business plans and the commercialization of several startup businesses. Justin has worked in the health care industry for several years and as a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, among others. In May 2009, he will receive his MBA from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University.

Ishaneka works as intern with NOBIC, specializing in the market analyses of innovations created by professors at LSU and Tulane University. She conducts interviews of LSU and Tulane University professors and identifies important and marketable new inventions. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry, and is currently pursuing MBA and a Master of Global Management from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. She has worked as a program manager for local non-profit organizations centered on community and economic development.

Justin specializes in legal research, intellectual property laws and patent prosecution. He conducts interviews of LSU and Tulane University professors and identifies novel and patentable inventions, and meets with professors to discuss opportunities to protect and market possible innovations. Justin has also created an inventory of inventions from LSU, Tulane University, University of New Orleans and Xavier University. Justin holds Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and is currently pursuing a Juris Doctorate from Tulane University Law School.

Michael works as an intern with NOBIC where he conducts interviews of medical researchers to assist technology transfer offices at LSU and Tulane medical schools in identifying novel and patentable inventions. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Bucknell University and is currently pursuing a Juris Doctorate from Tulane Law School. He has been involved with several research projects concerning brain structures in social insects and the environmental impacts of transgenic plants. He has experience researching legal matters involving patents, false-claims, motion drafting, toxic tort complex litigation, class action environmental suits, medical malpractice and personal injury.

Kris is currently working on the website design and database administration for NOBIC, SLIIDR, LVC and CTRECP. He is currently pursuing his Masters of Science degree in computer science from UNO. His training is in several Programming languages: C, C++, Perl, JAVA, C # using the .Net framework, and the MS SQL Server 2005. His work experience includes developing an in-house application using C #, .Net and SQL, testing generated specifications, debugging a cycle to create multiple versions of an application, installing software and maintaining performance on various systems/platforms.

Anjali is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Health from the Tulane School of Public Health. She works as the Program Coordinator with NOBIC, and is responsible for alliance building, commercial awareness and networking programs at NOBIC. Her work experience includes program planning and management for the non-profit sector.