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Raj Bawa
, USA About me : Dr. Raj Bawa is President of Bawa Biotechnology Consulting LLC, a biotechnology and patent law firm founded in 2002 and based in Ashburn, Virginia. He is a biochemist and microbiologist by training as well as a registered patent agent licensed to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). He specializes in all aspects of biotechnology, nanotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law, including prosecution, patent strategy, application drafting, prior art searching, freedom-to-operate searching and technology research opinions. Currently, Dr. Bawa is an Adjunct Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York as well as an Adjunct Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences at the Extended Learning Institute of Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. He is the Principle Investigator of two National Cancer Institute/SBIR contracts titled "A Targeted Nanocomplex for Early Detection of Lung Cancer" and "Targeted Nanocomplexed Iron Oxide for Early Detection with Concurrent Hyperthermia Treatment of Cancer" respectively. Previously he held various positions at the PTO, including Primary Examiner (6 years); Supervisory Patent Examiner (acting); and Instructor at the US Patent Academy. Dr. Bawa has served as an NIH grant reviewer and participated in NSF's merit review process. He has authored 60 scientific, legal and business publications and has presented at over 100 conferences and symposia worldwide. He is a Life Member of Sigma Xi, Founding Director of the American Society for Nanomedicine, Advisory Board member of the Lifeboat Foundation and serves on the Global Advisory Council of the World Future Society. Presently, Dr Bawa serves on the editorial boards of the following peer-reviewed journals: International Journal of Nanomedicine, Cancer Nanotechnology: Basic, Translational and Clinical Research, Recent Patents on Biomedical Engineering, Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Law and Business, WIRE's Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. He is an Associate Editor of two peer-reviewed journals, Journal of Bionanoscience and Nanomedicine: NBM. He is Editor for The Pan Stanford Clinical Nanomedicine Series (Pan Stanford Publishing, 2012 onwards); "Nanotechnology – Law, Business and Commercialization" (Pan Stanford Publishing, 2012) and the Section Editor of the "Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 4th edition" (CRC Press/Taylor Francis, 2012). His biographical record appears in the 2010 edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World. Some of Dr. Bawa's awards include: Innovations Prize from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK (2008); Appreciation Award from the Undersecretary of Commerce, Washington, DC (2001); Research Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship from Rensselaer (1985-90); Director's Award (2001) and Key Award (2005) from Rensselaer's Office of Alumni Relations. |
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