Demolishing the Ivory Tower: Linking Learning to Markets with Brian Demers of Brown University | Scientific Research | Invention | Business Development | Commercial Viability | #17

Summary: What is the end-goal of all of university research? Academic journal articles are great as a record of scientific achievement, but if those articles are the last stop, what is the point? How can research move from the ivory tower into the real world? As the Director of Business Development in the Office of Industry Engagement and Commercial Venturing at Brown University, Brian Demers works at the sweet spot between scientific invention and commercial viability.