Dr. Annette Kleiser is a senior licensing associate for the USC Stevens Institute. Annette joins the USC stevens team with over 10 years experience in the licensing and business development arena both in university technology transfer and the biotechnology industry. Before joining USC Stevens she assisted start-up and midsize companies in their business development efforts, including licensing novel opportunities, negotiating partnerships and assisting companies in the development of long-term strategies. Annette has held positions as VP of Licensing at Epigenomics Inc., Senior Licensing Manager at Amgen, as well as Technology Licensing Manage at the Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Washington, Seattle. She received her Diploma in Biology from the University of Konstanz and earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.