Two new members have joined the STC.UNM Board of Directors. President and CEO Lisa Kuuttila welcomed Jack McIver and Pedro Suarez to the board.
Kuuttila said, “These two individuals bring a tremendous amount of experience in a broad range of areas important to STC.”
McIver is interim vice president for Research and Economic Development at UNM and has been a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the university since 1984. McIver oversees pre-award activities, including award negotiations, supervision of the proposal development center and management of several research compliance offices at the university.
He is also involved in the identification and development of multi-disciplinary research projects and thrust areas for UNM. His research has revolved around nonlinear phenomena with particular emphasis on the interaction of intense laser fields with matter and chemical kinetics of optically pumped gas-phase lasers.
Suarez is counsel in the San Diego office of Mintz Levin and practices in the intellectual property section. His practice focuses on all aspects of patent law, including preparation and prosecution of patent applications. Suarez has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patents for emerging and high-technology companies with an eye towards enforcement.
Suarez is a member of the American Intellectual Property Association and the San Diego Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.
STC.UNM is a non-profit corporation formed by and owned entirely by the University of New Mexico to protect and transfer its faculty inventions to the commercial marketplace.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu