Cliff Michaels

Clifford Michaels is the Director of Georgia State’s Office of Technology Transfer & Commercialization with over thirteen years of experience in academic technology transfer, licensing, industry partnerships, and research administration. Prior to joining GSU, Cliff was the Interim Executive Director of Emory University’s Technology Transfer Office overseeing both its technology transfer activities as well as industry sponsored research functions. Cliff is an active member of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), volunteering with that organization’s strategic communications committee and moderating AUTM’s biannual Leadership Forum event. He also volunteers on the CLP standards, admissions, and recertification committee. Cliff regularly speaks about commercialization, technology transfer, and careers in technology transfer at events around Atlanta and elsewhere. Cliff received his Doctorate in Neuroscience from Emory University in 2007 with his doctoral research focusing on the impact of early-life stress on endogenous opioid systems and behavioral measures of reward. It was during his time as a graduate student where his interests in commercializing university discoveries was piqued, and he started his technology transfer career as an intern during the final year of his graduate studies. Cliff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience from Lafayette College in Easton, PA and is both a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP™) and a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP™).