Neha Samant

nehasamant@vt.edu
540-231-3772

Licensing Officer, LICENSE

Neha Samant serves as a licensing officer at LICENSE, bringing more than 10 years of experience in academic research, licensing, and business development. She is passionate about learning new technologies and working with collaborators to turn ideas into real-world impact. She finds it a privilege to help bring life-changing, high-impact innovations closer to market. 

She holds a doctorate in biomedical sciences from UMass Chan Medical School, a master’s degree in biotechnology from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from the Kolhapur Institute of Technology in India.