FROM INNOVATION TO IMPACT
The Office of Technology Licensing & Commercialization works to ensure that great ideas find their way out of the lab and into the hands of the people who need them. It plays a critical role in developing and protecting the intellectual property of Georgia State faculty, staff and students. The office makes these discoveries available to business, industry and trade partners, driving economic growth and providing an opportunity for the public to benefit from researchers’ breakthroughs.
165 Total active technologies based on Georgia State research
14 Startups led by Georgia State University faculty
205 Patents issued to Georgia State University researchers
Information for Researchers
Our office provides the resources and expertise to guide your innovation into the marketplace.
Information for Industry
We partner with entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors to facilitate the commercialization of our scientists’ discoveries.
Research Commercialization News
Georgia State Researchers Developing Deep Learning Framework to Map Brain DisordersThe team is working to harness deep learning and artificial intelligence to learn more about how mental illness and other disorders affect the brain.
Biomedical Sciences Researcher Gets COVID-19 Grant To Study Enzymes Critical for SARS-CoV-2 ReplicationChristopher Basler, professor and director of the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a $100,000 COVID-19 Fast Grant to study enzymes that are critical for the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Georgia State Sets Research Funding Record with More Than $150 Million In AwardsUniversity faculty set an institutional record, earning $150.2 million in research funding in fiscal year 2020.
Contact Us
Cliff Michaels, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Technology Licensing and Commercialization
Office: 58 Edgewood Avenue, Room 344
Phone: (404) 413-6687
Email: cmichaels@gsu.edu
Nathanael McCurley, Ph.D.
Licensing Associate, Office of Technology
Licensing and Commercialization
Office: 58 Edgewood Avenue, Room 341
Phone: (404) 413-3507
Email: nmccurley@gsu.edu
Cheryl Costen Hibbler
Senior Administrative Specialist Admin,
Office of Technology Licensing and Commercialization
Office: 58 Edgewood Avenue, Room 372
Phone: (404) 413-3558
Email: chibbler@gsu.edu