University of South Florida Board of Trustees Workgroup

for Research, Innovation, Engagement & Job Creation

Paul R. Sanberg

Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation

August 14, 2014

USF Faculty Honors & Awards

Sudeep Sarkar Associate Vice President

USF Faculty Awards

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Awardees By Year

Highly Prestigious Awards AAU Awards

Excellence in Law Enforcement Research Award

International Association of Chiefs of Police

• Fox’s behavioral analysis technique – Solved over 300% more cases

– Over $6.3 million in savings

• Now used by law enforcement across Florida

Bryanna Hahn Fox, Assistant Professor College of Behavioral & Community Sciences Criminology

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)

• One of only 35 awardees nationwide

Distinguished Researcher Award

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)

• One award given per year

• Only oncology scientist in the country to receive this award

Susan McMillan, Professor College of Nursing

Fellow Linnean Society, London, U.K. (one of the oldest societies for the natural sciences)

• Garey’s research changed the way

scientists look at the animal kingdom

• Showed that all animals that molt are related

• Now studies the biology of underwater caves

James Garey, Professor and Chair College of Arts and Sciences Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology

NSF CAREER Award • AAU and TARU Award • $595K grant, over 5 years

Andreas Muller, Assistant Professor College of Arts and Sciences Physics

NSF CAREER Award

• AAU and TARU Award

• $575K grant, over 5 years

Shengqian Ma, Assistant Professor College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry

NSF CAREER Award • AAU and TARU Award • $400K-500K grant, over 5 years

Gokhan Mumcu, Assistant Professor College of Engineering Electrical Engineering

AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Inaugural Class

The AAAS-Lemelson Ambassadors Program is led by a team that includes AAAS and Lemelson Foundation staff and representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce, specifically from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Small Business Administration (SBA), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

USF Technology Transfer Office/

Patents & Licensing

Paul R. Sanberg

Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation

Technology Transfer Office

FY2013 FY2014 Increase

Licenses 75 91 21.3%

New Startup Companies 9 11 12%

Disclosures 185 190 2.7%

Patents 76 113 48.6%

Licenses/Options USF in Top 15 Nationally

• 91 Licenses/Options

• Top 15 • 14th out of 152 reporting schools

• AAU Top 15

• 13th out of 50 AAU reporting schools

• Other Schools (licenses/options): Hopkins 115 Harvard 77 MIT 103 WARF 63 Columbia 89 UVA 59

Comparison to the most recent available published data - AUTM 2013 survey

Startups USF in Top 15 Nationally

• 11 Startups

• Top 15 • 13th out of 151 reporting schools

• AAU Top 15

• 12th out of 50 AAU reporting schools

• Other Schools (startups): Georgia Tech 15 Cornell 8 MIT 14 Boston Univ. 4 Caltech 11 UVA 4

Comparison to the most recent available published data - AUTM 2013 survey

U.S. Patents Issued USF in Top 10 Nationally

• 113 Patents

• Top 10 • 6th out of 150 reporting schools

• AAU Top 10

• 6th out of 50 AAU reporting schools

• Other Schools (patents issued): Stanford 199 Georgia Tech 88 Caltech 144 Hopkins 78 Columbia 90 Penn State 41

Comparison to the most recent available published data - AUTM 2013 survey

ClearSpec Medical

Nationwide Product Launch Agreement with McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. to

distribute to physicians’ offices, home care agencies, long-term care facilities and surgery centers in U.S.

$185,000 awarded as State University Research

Commercialization Grant (SURCAG)

Seed funding from Florida Institute for the Commercialization of

Public Research Seed Capital Accelerator Program

USF Research Foundation Seed Capital Accelerator Program

Single Use Vaginal Speculum scientifically proven in an IRB randomized clinical study to improve visualization of cervix

Products on the Market

Products on the Market

EmergenSee, Inc.: personal security smartphone app (incorporating USF-developed technology) that records & streams live video & audio of threatening or emergency situations to user’s selected contacts or law enforcement to get help fast

Western Autotroph: patented technologies that improve efficiencies in waste water treatment systems by overcoming the problem of slow-growing autotrophic microbes

Formerics, LLC: proprietary software generates 3D models and analyzes stress and deformation behavior of the models

Products on the Market

Superhero Training Network: STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education using the excitement of superheroes and super villains, with engaging multimedia experiences, to develop a life-long passion for STEM topics among elementary students

Psychogenics, Inc.: drug discovery and biomarker screening services providing validated in vivo behavioral tests in mice and rats, utilizing PSAPP (Alzheimer’s disease) mouse models

USF Research Foundation

Jul 24, 2014, 7:08am EDT Lion Biotech takes the cancer fight to USF’s Research Park

Jul 29, 2014, 11:48am EDT Lion, Moffitt sign licensing deal

Aug 1, 2014, 6:00am EDT Spotlight Lion Biotechnologies roars in USF Research Park

Developing novel cancer immunotherapies based on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)

Lead product candidate is a ready-to-infuse, autologous T-cell therapy utilizing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) for the treatment of patients with Stage 4 metastatic melanoma

Construction was completed to add six modular offices with conference and lounge areas

Infrastructure Improvements in support of the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator

Opened four new wet labs equipped with fume hoods, de-ionized water

and flammable storage cabinets, with adjoining private offices

Stephanie Ashley, MPA Director of Innovation &

Incubation Programs

Background: • Economic Development Manager, Hillsborough County Economic Development • Incubation & entrepreneurship mentoring program, Enterprise Development

Corporation of South Florida • Managed the only structured angel investment group in Florida • Jacksonville Economic Development Commission • Central South Carolina Alliance’s Regional Stewardship Forum

Incubator Growth

August 2013

August 2014

Percent Increase

Resident & Affiliate Companies

42 55 31%

• 193 employees

• $69.8K average salary of current client jobs

• $103.7 million total external funding received by current companies

• $7.4 million external funding received during reporting period

• $11.6 million total annual sales revenues

Per latest data collection period

Economic Impact of Companies

TransGenex co-founder receives Global

Corporate Award in Nanotechnology

TBTI Companies in the News

KeriCure, Inc. Launches New Line

of Animal Wound Care Products

Modulation Therapeutics receives

$225,000 NCI STTR Award

• $1 million i6 Challenge Grant from U.S. Department of Commerce launched program in March 2013

• $8.4 million in outside capital raised

• 72 companies have participated in the program

• 190 jobs created & retained

Return on Investment

Commissioner Mark Sharpe presents commendation from Hillsborough County Commission to

Linda Olson, President of Tampa Bay WaVE for achievement in raising outside capital

• 124 companies

• Nearly 400 jobs created & retained

• $70,000 average salary

• $20 million in outside capital raised & annual sales in the past year

Return on Investment

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New Port Richey's SMARTstart Business Incubator received a $50,000 sponsorship

Pasco County Incubators

Dade City New Port Richey

The Florida High Tech Corridor Council and USF have given $100,000 to the Pasco County SMARTstart Incubator Network

Dade City’s SMARTstart Business Incubator received $50,000 as part of a one-time match to Pasco EDC and Pasco County. Photo: Krista Covey (r),

Program Director

14 active first cohort participants (November 2013-present)

Second cohort will start mid-September

USF Magazine, 83 Degrees, the Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Tribune, BayNews9, WUSF-TV and WUSF-FM, among other outlets

Sampling of Accomplishments Since November 2013 Launch

INOVA Marketing: creates personalized digital marketing strategies

• Positive profit in the past 12 months since it has been in the incubator

AquaMelon Water: makes, markets and sells an all-natural watermelon juice product

• 1st Place ($20,000 prize) in the 2014 Fintech Business Plan Competition

• CEO invited to talk about AquaMelon at the Florida State Capital

Selected Company Accomplishments

Media Coverage

Fly Tribes: online marketplace for contemporary indigenous goods

• Live website for sales and increase in Google search ranking

• Inventory of 42 online products crafted by tribal artisans and their partners

Sampling of Accomplishments Since November 2013 Launch

Pik My Kid: smartphone app for parents and schools to organize after-school dismissal process, including automatic sequencing of parents in a car queue`

• 2nd Place in the 2014 Fintech Business Plan Competition • Invited speaker at a “1 Million Cups” entrepreneurial

networking event in St. Petersburg

• USF students opened new store in Plant City that specializes in products eligible for the Florida WIC program

• 1 Apple Market founder Andrea Little attended the International Council for Small Business 2014 World Conference on Entrepreneurship in Dublin, Ireland and submitted a paper to the Case Study in Entrepreneurship Competition

• 33 events • 18% increase

• 1,076 attendees • 79% increase

Events in FY 2014

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame 2014 Inductees

• Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

The most prolific inventor in U.S. history and longtime Fort Myers resident

• Robert Cade (1927-2007)

University of Florida professor who developed the hydrating sports drink Gatorade

• William Glenn (1926-2013)

Florida Atlantic University professor who developed high-definition digital imaging for NASA

• John Gorrie (1803-1855)

Apalachicola physician and father of refrigeration and air conditioning

• Shyam Mohapatra (1955- )

University of South Florida professor and pioneer of applied biomedical nanotechnology

• Shin-Tson Wu (1953- )

University of Central Florida professor whose liquid crystal research has impacted display technology

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Ceremony & Gala

September 10, 2014

Presidential Appointee U.S. Commissioner for Patents Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino

will induct the honorees

SOLD OUT!

Bill Green, HSN Host Master of Ceremonies

Elizabeth L. Dougherty, USPTO Director of Inventor Education,

Outreach and Recognition

Sponsored in part by: Florida High Tech Corridor Council, University of South Florida,

University of Central Florida and University of Florida

Thank you! Next Workgroup Meeting:

October 30, 2014