Dr. Bojin joined the UIRF in 2013.  She has an expertise in intellectual capital management (licensing, business and intellectual property assessment) in a variety of technical fields (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, software, etc.)  She is a Certified Licensing Professional™ and a registered patent agent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Prior to joining the UIRF, Mihaela was a patent agent at King & Spalding LLP, New York Intellectual Property Practice Group, where she managed complex patent dockets for U.S. and foreign pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetics clients.  Mihaela also has extensive research and teaching experience gained as an assistant professor at the City University of New York, and as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Davis, and at New York University.  Mihaela holds a PhD in Chemistry from Cornell University, and a BS in Chemistry from University of Bucharest, Romania.