Deirdre Zammit
Background and Experience
Deirdre Zammit is MIT’s Associate Director of Licensing, Physical Sciences, leading the team that evaluates, protects, and licenses MIT innovations in the physical sciences. Deirdre’s professional experience includes roles managing and licensing corporate, academic, and federal laboratory intellectual property assets, with previous intellectual property management and licensing positions at Lucent Technologies, Agere Systems, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Naval Research Laboratory. Deirdre started her career as an engineer in the semiconductor industry and has also held global product manager, market manager, and corporate venture capital positions in industry.
I really enjoy visiting with researchers to discuss their innovations; the enthusiasm they have about their work and accomplishments energizes me. ”
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