UTMB Innovation & Entrepreneurship Our ecosystem is unique, and so is your idea.Let's work together to make it a reality.Click on each team member for bio. The Team Massoud Motamedi, Ph.D. Close Massoud Motamedi, Ph.D. Associate Chief Research Officer for UTMBChief Bioengineering & Biotechnology Innovations OfficerAcademic Champion for the Blackstone Launchpad at UTMBVice Chair for Research & Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual SciencesEntrepreneurship Expert & KL2/TL1 Advisory Board Member for the CTSA Dan Jupiter, Ph.D. Close Dan Jupiter, Ph.D. Program Manager - VMSAssociate Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School for Biomedical SciencesCampus Director – Blackstone LaunchPad at UTMBFellow of the John Sealy Distinguished Chair for MD/PhD Combined Degree Studies Sundeep Mattamana, Ph.D., M.B.A. Close Sundeep Mattamana, Ph.D., M.B.A. Program Manager - VMSExecutive Director of Technology Transfer Lanette Harris Close Lanette Harris Administrative Coordinator – VMSProgram Manager – Blackstone LaunchPad at UTMB Melanie Connolly, M.S. Close Melanie Connolly, M.S. Director of Special Projects – Blackstone LaunchPad at UTMBMarketing, Medical Illustration & Animation – Department of Surgery