Gretchen Fougere
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Dr. Gretchen Fougere serves as the Sr. Director of Business Development - Commercialization at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. With responsibility for a portfolio of breakthrough, bio-inspired technologies in the areas of diagnostics, therapeutics and devices, Dr. Fougere is responsible for identifying and launching licensing partnerships and new-venture spinouts that yield rapid commercialization and patient impact. Previous roles include Associate Dean at the Boston University College of Engineering, leadership of the business development team at another research university (focused on AI/ML in computational medicine), and senior operating and Board roles at nonprofits. Earlier technical roles include leadership of an advanced R&D team in energy systems and multidisciplinary design and development roles in aerospace. Dr. Fougere received her Ph.D. in materials science/nanotechnology from Northwestern University and dual bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University. She was a Mass High Tech woman to watch from Boston Business Journal and member of Sigma Xi.
