Title: Director, Commercialization Practice
Category: Senior Professional
Education: B.S., Biology; Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Biology
Dr. Orem received his B.S. in biology from the University of Vermont and his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in Cellular and Molecular Biology. He has over ten years of experience studying signal transduction pathways leading to cancer and neurodegeneration. His post-doctoral work, also at Dartmouth College, concentrated on the role of metal ions in the formation of prion diseases and the training of doctoral candidates. Following his post-doctoral work, Nick worked for two years with Mascoma Corporation, a cellulosic biochemicals company. At Mascoma, he led a team of scientist in the discovery and engineering of novel biocatalysts for the production of cellulosic ethanol. His work for Mascoma also included business development, co-authoring of multiple patents, grant proposals and a chapter in Bioenergy.