About : Directors : Maria E. Emanuel, Ph.D.
Licensing Manager, University of New Hampshire
Gregg Hall
35 Colovos Rd
Durham, 03824
Tel: 603.862.4377
Fax: 603.862.0329
www.orpc.unh.edu
Maria Emanuel is the Licensing Manager in the Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization at the University of New Hampshire. She works with UNH faculty, staff, and students to evaluate intellectual property protection and technology commercialization opportunities for inventions and discoveries developed at the University.
Prior to joining UNH, Maria was the director of marketing for Ardais Corporation in Lexington, Massachusetts, a start-up company in the life sciences field. Maria also worked with the sales group and business development group at Ardais during her tenure.
Maria is active in her professional and personal communities. She is a member of the Association for University Technology Managers and Licensing Executive Society. In addition, she is a member of the Stratham Memorial School Financial Advisory Committee, serves as a Trustee of the Trust Fund for the Town of Stratham, and is a member of the Stratham Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.
After receiving her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of New Hampshire in 1995, Maria earned her doctorate in Cell Biology from Case Western Reserve University in 2002. Following graduate school, she spent time in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a research consultant with a pharmaceutical company. Maria joined UNH in 2006. She resides in Stratham, NH, with her husband and son.