Licensing Staff

Sebastian is responsible for developing commercialization and licensing opportunities in areas of computing sciences such as computational research, scientific networking and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). His objective is to strengthen relationships between Berkeley Lab, industry and the community. His duties include negotiating technology pricing, licenses, and other intellectual property agreements.Sebastian has extensive commercialization and licensing experience. Previously, he worked at Dolby Labs, Macrovision and RealNetworks. He started his career at BP Exploration (business graduate intake). At Dolby Labs, he helped with the standards patent licensing pool for MPEG 4 AAC. Prior to this, he worked in the banking, multi-media & video game industries and was a founding member of a technology startup in Silicon Valley.

B.S. Honors Geology, City of London Polytechnic

Virginia negotiates licensing agreements for lab technology in different areas of biosciences including cancer research, DNA damage and repair, genomic analysis, developmental biology, and biofuels. She is responsible for addressing issues related to patent protection, copyright, and other intellectual property issues. She also handles bailments for specialized medical research needs. Her prior experience includes negotiating and drafting technology agreements for the University of California, Office of Tech Transfer (UCOTT) and Abgenix (now Amgen).

B.S., Biochemistry, University of California, Davis
J.D., University of San Francisco
Member of the State Bar of California
Registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Jean handles software licensing for all Divisions Lab-wide. She also handles new invention and software disclosures submitted to IPO’s Innovation Portal by Berkeley Lab researchers. Most recently, she managed projects and developed and reviewed contracts for private industry. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter for a San Francisco newspaper.

B.A., History, University of California, Berkeley

Catherine is responsible for negotiating licensing agreements and intellectual property management plans in areas such as energy storage, energy efficiency, advanced materials for alternative energy sources, and nanotechnology.  She also provides support for the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI).  Her prior licensing experience includes time at Yale University, Mayo Clinic, and the University of Iowa, and internships at Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.  She has successfully licensed a wide spectrum of technologies from different disciplines.

B.A., Biological Sciences, Harvard University
M.B.A., Healthcare Management, Boston University Questrom School of Business
M.S., Computer Science, University of New Haven
Certified Licensing Professional
Advanced Project Management, Stanford University
Senior Professional Certificate, Bioinformatics, University of New Haven

Kristin is responsible for drafting, negotiating, and executing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), material transfer agreements (MTAs), inter institutional agreements, and intellectual property management plans for all technologies. She has an extensive background in both patent drafting and prosecution and license negotiation; in areas such as biochemistry, electrical engineering, semiconductors, RAM and ROM memory, telecommunication, sensors, medical devices, and software.  She has worked for law firms such as Orrick and Squire Patten & Boggs.  She had her own firm, representing companies that included Actel Coporation, Cisco, Apple, Abbott Vascular Systems, West Corporation, Alcatel Lucent and Synopsys Inc.

B.A., Chemistry, University of California Santa Cruz
J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Member of the State Bar of California
Registered to practice with the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Sheriden assists with processing requests for non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and material transfer agreements (MTAs). Previously she worked for a law office as a paralegal, a law clerk, and legal secretary.

B.S., Psychology, Santa Clara University
J.D., Empire Law School