Laura Collins, Ph.D. is the Director of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and is responsible for A&T’s IP portfolio and technology transfer operations. In her twelve years as the university’s patent agent, the number of patents from campus research has grown from 11 to over 55. In the four years she has been responsible for licensing, the university’s cumulative licensing revenue has increased by over 50%. Before coming to A&T, Laura spent ten years with an Intellectual Property law group in San Diego, supporting patent prosecution and patent litigation. She has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UNC Chapel Hill and undergraduate degrees in Chemistry with Honors and History from Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia.