Speakers

Jonathan G. Lasch, PhD
Director
Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (AMI)
University of Southern California

Dr. Lasch brings more than 25 years of experience in science and technology development and evaluation in the fields of biomedical instruments and systems, biotechnology, chemistry, and materials science. Jon came to AMI from Convergent Ventures, an early stage venture investment and development company, where he served as managing director. He has also served as chairman of the board and CEO of ORFID Corporation, is a director of Encode Bio, Inc., and was the founding CEO and member of the board of directors of Neurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., all Convergent Ventures portfolio companies. From 2002-2007, he served on the board of directors of Precision Dynamics Corporation, a privately held healthcare products company, and he currently serves on the board of directors of the Southern California Biomedical Council. Dr. Lasch has held leadership positions at Materia, a materials science company spun out of Caltech, where he served as founding President and CEO, and Cyrano Sciences, a Caltech spin-out based on chemical sensor technology.

Previously, he served as vice president, technology development for The Scripps Research Institute, the largest not-for-profit biomedical research institute in the United States and was director of research, biotechnology, for PPG Industries. Since 2004, he has served on the faculty of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, in the FEMBA GAP program and for two years as the Director of the EMBA Field Study Program.