Liz Bui, J.D., Ph.D., oversees Novocell’s intellectual property portfolio and directs all activities including IP strategy, patent prosecution and licensing agreements. Dr. Bui is an integral part of the business development team interfacing with potential investors and strategic collaborators. Prior to joining Novocell, Liz was an associate/patent agent at DLA Piper LLP; the largest private law firm in the United States. While attending law school full-time at Pepperdine University School of Law, Dr. Bui was a technology specialist with the law firm of Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, LLP in Santa Monica, California. Prior to her legal career, she was a professor of biological sciences at Mt. San Antonia College, Walnut, California. Dr. Bui was a NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California in Irvine (UCI) doing Alzheimer’s research in the laboratory of Dr. Carl Cotman. Dr. Bui received her Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Bui is part of the programming committee for the San Diego chapter of the Licensing Executive Society (LES). Dr. Bui also serves the San Diego community as a member of the Board of Directors of Touissant Academy of Arts and Sciences (TAAS), a school and shelter for homeless teenagers. TAAS is a part of Father Joe’s Villages group of charities. |