The Operations Function: How Directors are Getting it Done

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1 The Operations Function: How Directors are Getting it Done Gregory Pluta Managing Director Center for Agricultural, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology I/UCRC Annual Meeting January 11, 2013

2 About the CABPN IUCRC: CABPN Center for Agricultural, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Currently in Phase 1 CABPN started as an IUCRC, Phase 1 began on February 1, 2011 CABPN is a single site University hosted at the University of Illinois Actively recruiting partner universities The Center Develops Nano based Sensors and Nanoparticle delivery for Agriculture, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Applications

3 CABPN Scope Innovative Nanotechnology tools applied to agriculture and medicine

4 CABPN Organizational Structure Dr. Brian Cunningham CABPN Director ECE / BioE Biomedical imaging Bioengineering Nanophotonics Gregory Pluta CABPN Managing Director Dr. Rashid Bashir ECE / BioE CABPN co PI MNTL Director Nano biotechnology Dr. Irfan Ahmad ABE CABPN co PI CNST Exec. Director Agricultural image processing, Soil sensors, systems integration Dr. Paul Hergenrother Chemistry CABPN co PI Novel anti cancer targets Novel targets for drug resistant bacteria Dr. Lila Vodkin Crop Sciences CABPN co PI Functional Genomics Molecular biology, Biochemistry Dr. Rohit Bhargava BioE Cancer Pathology Spectroscopic Imaging Molecular Imaging Dr. Jianjun Cheng MatSE Nanomaterials for nanomedicine, tissue engineering Dr. William Helferich FSHN Food Safety Toxicology Dr. Paul Kenis Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Microscale devices Dr. Jozef Kokini FSHN Food Nanotechnology Developing bioactive nutraceuticals Dr. Logan Liu ECE / BioE Biomolecular sensing Nano bio hybrid molecules Spectroscopic imaging

5 CABPN Organization Chart Industry Advisory Board Dr. David Russell, Chair NSF Oversight Dr. Larry Hornak External Evaluator Dr. Dee Hoffman Director Dr. Brian Cunningham CABPN Management Industry Liaison : Dr. Irfan Ahmad Managing Director : Gregory Pluta (full time CABPN) CNST Program Manager : Emily Morehouse Science Board Nanotechnology : Dr. Logan Liu Agricultural Sciences : Dr. Lila Vodkin Pharmaceutical Sciences : Dr. Paul Hergenrother Biomedical Sciences : Dr. Rashid Bashir University of Illinois Supporting Resources Intellectual Property : Lesley Millar Grant/Contract Support : Nandini Topudurti University Policy committee: College Deans Diversity : Jerrod Henderson Federal Agency and Consortium Advisors Senior Science Officer : Subhas Malaghan (FDA) National Program Leader : Dr. Hongda Chen (USDA) Executive Director : Vincent Caprio (Nanobusiness Alliance) Illinois Science and Technology Coalition

6 CABPN Operations Function The Bucket List

7 ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCIAL EVENT PLANNING short courses/workshops research review meetings guest lectures/seminars IAB meetings member agreement/renewals managing voting procedures IP disclosure management document management support for proposals operations scheduling project management distributing reports task management site coordination clerical support data collection member fee invoicing grants management financial planning budgeting REPORTING university reporting NSF reporting IAB reporting COMMUNICATIONS NSF/evaluator coordination faculty communications website management university relations student relations IAB relations press releases mediation training Center Director Center co PI s Managing Director Dept & Univ. business office Clerical staff Office of Technology Management STRATEGIC PLANNING technology roadmap creation supplemental funding vision creation goal setting I/UCRC OPERATIONS RECRUITING IAB meeting guests pitch meetings prospecting site visits MARKETING conference participation promotional materials market to university market to students online marketing surveying IAB awareness advocacy branding liaison not done at this center Source: 2012 I/UCRC Annual Mtg. Operations Session

8 What works well for CABPN using this approach? With IAB input, it is easy to make changes with a single university. Monthly Webinars, coordinated through a single university, is an easy way to develop effective IAB and Faculty team. (We use WebEx)

9 What s not working so well? IP is a major issue for Nanotechnology in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Industries. Membership was set low, $25k per IAB member, $400k required means each membership funds a small amount of research and we need many companies. Recruiting University Partners takes time, not always compatible with existing programs/centers.