Student/Post-doc News

U-M BME Post-Doc Receives Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Fellowship

Timothy Marzullo, a Postdoctoral researcher in BME Professor Daryl Kipke's Neural Engineering Lab (NEL), is one of thirteen outstanding individuals named to the first class of Kauffman Postdoctoral Fellows. The purpose of the yearlong fellowship program is to outfit the Fellows with the tools and knowledge necessary to translate their scientific discoveries into commercial products. Uniquely among his peers, Marzullo is receiving support from the New Economy Initiative, an effort to revitalize Michigan's economy through the partnership of 10 Michigan based Foundations.

Fellows will receive a salary and benefits to support their research, an industry internship, as well as mentorship from an experienced academic advisor and an investor or corporate leader to serve as a business mentor. The Kauffman Foundation posted a press release detailing the program and Fellows on it's website.

Posted on August 7, 2009, 9:59 am