Lauren Foster

Background and Experience

Since 2006 Lauren has led the life sciences licensing team at the TLO focused on the strategic management and commercialization of technologies in the biomedical, biotechnology, and medical device fields, which includes development of intellectual property, licensing and research collaborations. Prior to joining MIT, Lauren worked at a publicly traded biotechnology company, where she played an integral role in envisioning and implementing the company’s business, intellectual property and technology strategies. Lauren was also a technical specialist at an intellectual property law firm where she focused on strategic development of intellectual property rights for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and universities.

Ms. Foster holds a D.Sc. from Harvard University and a B.S. from Haverford College, and is a registered Patent Agent.

At MIT, our researchers want to change the world. I am inspired by how much they think about real world problems and want to create solutions to those. ”