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An independent, non-profit driving innovation and job creation

University Lab Partners has an impactful and powerful mission: to empower economic development and job creation in Orange County by combining state-of-the-art life sciences co-working environments with workforce development and training opportunities.

University Lab Partners vision is to establish a thriving life science innovation ecosystem in the Southern California region with collaboration, inclusivity and diversity as the catalyst for job creation and economic growth.

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Our Impact at a Glance

ULP empowers economic development and job creation in Orange County.

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Innovation in Orange County

Accelerating the growth of life sciences companies, jobs, technology, and propelling the Orange County ecosystem.

Our Core Values

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Highly Collaborative

Collaboration is the cornerstone of research, especially for biotech and medtech startups – We foster a community of collaborators by sharing knowledge and expertise in a communal workspace

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Let's Make it Happen Attitude - Open & Honest

Thought leaders ascribe different percentages, but all agree that attitude is a major part of success – We create spaces for open and honest communication as well as discovery of your goals

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Community Serving

Building a community dedicated to education and innovation takes investment – We help aspiring students and life science professionals build their future and the community

Meet the Team

Emilie Tangsavath

SENIOR MARKETING COORDINATOR

Kenneth
Beall

FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

Karin
Koch

Executive Director

Linda
McCarthy

Site Director

Martha
Delgado

SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST

Michael
Cheng

Laboratory Operations Coordinator

Samantha Renusch

EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER

Stacey
Syrocki

Director of Development

Gregory
Bohdan

Chief Financial Officer

Hareem
Maune

Associate Director Product Management
10x Genomics

John
Gerace

PRESIDENT
CALABRI BIOSCIENCES

Mike Rakestraw

Retired Executive

Alex
Vayser

FOUNDER, FORMER CTO & ADVISOR, INVUITY

Andy
Goren

PRESIDENT & CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, APPLIED BIOLOGY, INC.

Arie
Shen

FOUNDER, MADAS INC.

Ben
Katz

PROTEIN MASS SPECTROMETRIST, UCI CHEMISTRY

Brady Beauchamp

Co-Founder & COO, Debut Biotechnology

Bryan
Nowroozi

CSO< Bright Uro

Dane Groeneveld

CEO, HUDDL3 GROUP

Dave
Licata

PRESIDENT AND CEO, 1200 PHARMA

David
Tiemeier

MANAGING DIRECTOR RESEARCH TRANSLATION, UCI BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION

Debra
Liebert

MANAGING DIRECTOR, DOMAIN ASSOCIATES

Elliot
Botvinick

PROFESSOR, UCI BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR

Gregory
Weiss

CO-FOUNDER & BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PHAGETECH INC. AND PROFESSOR, UCI CHEMISTRY

Joshua
Britton

CEO, DEBUT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Kristin
Power

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC.

Leonard
Brandt

FOUNDING CEO, CNS RESPONSE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, APPLIED BIOLOGY

Mark
Bachman

CTO + CO-FOUNDER, XIDAS, INC. AND CO-FOUNDER & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF UCI’S INTEGRATED NANOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FACILITY

Mark Logomasini

SR. PARTNER & FOUNDER, FOOTHILL SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATES

Matt
Sand

PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER, 3DEO

Maysam
Pessian

ASSOCIATE, WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Michael
Koeris

SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR; CO-FOUNDER, SAMPLE 6 AND BOARD MEMBER OF ADDGENE, CORVIUM, AND XENO BIO

Michael
O'Meara

PARTNER & MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AUCTUS CAPITAL PARTNERS

Michelle
Khine

PROFESSOR, UCI BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR

Monica C. Alfisi, CBPA

CERTIFIED BUSINESS PERFORMANCE ADVISOR, INSPERITY

Nadine
Afari

MANAGER, RESEARCH PROGRAMS, CHOC CHILDREN'S

Paul
Strasma

CEO, CAPILLARY BIOMEDICAL, INC.

Raj Nihalani, M.D., RAC

SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR; CTO & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, RESHAPE LIFE SCIENCES, INC AND FOUNDER OF SEVEN HEALTH

Rodney Brenneman

FOUNDER & CEO, E3 MEDTECH, INC. AND PRINCIPAL, V-FLOW MEDICAL

Shiv
Grewal

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING MEMBER, AUCTUS GLOBAL CAPITAL GROUP