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Dr. Gross serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of UTEK Corporation. Dr. Gross previously held the appointment of Research Professor and Director of the Center for Product Ergonomics at the University of South Florida. In 1984 he founded the Biomechanics Corporation of America and served as its CEO until 1995. Before this he held positions as Acting Director of the Graduate Program in Ergonomics and Biomechanics at New York University and Chairman of the Department of Biomechanics at New York Institute of Technology. Dr. Gross has received eighteen patents and has produced numerous publications. His most recent book co-authored with Joe Allen entitled Technology Transfer for Entrepreneurs (Praeger Publishers December 30 2003) describes how companies can utilize federal laboratory innovations to invigorate their product offerings and strengthen their core technology. Dr. Gross received his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from New York University is a Fellow of the Institute of International Licensing Practitioners and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Technology Transfer Society | 