Mitchell joins OTM as licensing associate
Jim Mitchell
A Mississippi State alumnus is returning to the land-grant institution where he will work with faculty and staff to move inventions, new products and processes developed at the university into the marketplace.
Jim Mitchell is the newest licensing associate in MSU’s Office of Technology Management, which is the campus unit charged with efficiently capturing, protecting, managing and accelerating the commercialization of university-owned and -generated intellectual property.
Mitchell, who holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in agronomy from Mississippi State, has worked in agribusiness as a cotton breeder in the Delta since the mid-1980s, and possesses a diverse collection of experience and qualifications.
“Across a wide range of disciplines, university research holds tremendous commercial potential, and I am looking forward to helping my alma mater and our scientists protect and profit from this innovative work,” Mitchell said.
As the state’s flagship research university, MSU is a recognized leader in a number of fields, and well known for productive partnerships, real-world impact, and offering undergraduate and graduate students unique research opportunities. In FY 2013, MSU’s research and development expenditures totaled $206 million -- representing nearly half of all R&D by higher education in the state, according to National Science Foundation data.
Learn more about the Office of Technology Management at www.otm.msstate.edu.
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