Rakhi Gibbons

Rakhi Gibbons has over fifteen years of experience in the life sciences industry from research to startup experience to university technology transfer. She oversees all licensing operations for Tech Launch Arizona. In her position as Director, she has worked closely with faculty and researchers particularly in the Arizona Health Sciences Center, and life sciences departments across the university overseeing intellectual property.Prior to joining the University of Arizona, she served on the licensing team in the University of Michigan’s Office of Technology Transfer. Rakhi has substantial experience in intellectual property, licensing, technology and contracts management, conflict of interest, and start up formation. In addition to her background in business, she has practical knowledge of life sciences through research with a biotech company in northern California, and Stanford University in the areas of molecular biology and genomics.