Karin Immergluck

Karin Immergluck is the Associate Vice Provost leading the Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) at Stanford University. The OTL comprises an internationally renowned team of professionals responsible for managing all aspects of Stanford’s intellectual property portfolio, including IP protection, marketing and business development, industry research contracting, strategic alliance management, and licensing to new Stanford startups as well as established companies. The OTL has also established a High Impact Technology (HIT) Program to fund and mentor proof of concept projects.

Prior to joining Stanford eight years ago, Karin spent 17 years working in technology transfer within the University of California system, ultimately leading the UCSF Office of Technology Management as Executive Director. Karin is also an active participant in TenU, a trans-Atlantic tech transfer consortium, and has collaborated with and served on boards of UK and European university technology transfer entities. Karin received her M.Sc. in Biochemistry and her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from the University of Zurich in Switzerland.