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Mary Beth Thomas, Ph.D., is the senior director, Centers of Innovation (COI) Operations, the Biotechnology Center's newest and largest funding program targeting development of important new business sectors. Thomas formerly served as the former statewide director of technology commercialization with the Small Business and Technology Development Center in Raleigh.
Before working at the Small Business and Technology Development Center , Thomas was the assistant director of the neurosensory program at Tranzyme Pharma in Research Triangle Park. She had also been assistant director of the neuroprotection program at Cogent Neuroscience in Durham. She earned a bachelor of science degree in biotechnology at the Rochester Institute of Technology (New York), a doctorate in developmental biology from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) and served as a postdoctoral fellow with the Department of Neurobiology at Duke University. About the Centers of Innovation
The Biotechnology Center, backed by funding from the General Assembly, started the Centers of Innovation program in 2007. It is designed to establish research and commercial hubs for products and processes deemed especially well-suited to creating biotechnology-related jobs across the state. | 