IBIO Institute  

About the Institute

Board of Directors

Alicia I. Löffler, PH.D

Dr. Alicia Löffler is the Director and Professor of Biotechnology at the Northwestern University Kellogg Center for Biotechnology at the Kellogg School of Management, Evanston Illinois. Dr. Löffler founded the center at Kellogg in 2001 and today is well recognized as a major resource of thought leadership and management education for the biotechnology sector. She develops the center’s strategies together with the Center’s Advisory Board composed of top executives in the life science sector. She is responsible for designing and running all the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life science activities including the MBA biotech program, executive programs and research activities. Previous to this position, she directed and ran the Northwestern University Center for Biotechnology (Sciences, Engineering and Medical School). Dr. Löffler created the Center's educational programs including the Master’s Program in Biotechnology, the Summer Biotechnology Institute, and career development programs. Dr. Löffler is globally recognized as a pioneer and leader in biotechnology education. She speaks and consults widely with firms, universities and governments in the US, Asia and Europe.

Dr. Löffler serves as advisor of many external organizations including: Baird Venture Partners; founding Board Member of the Biotechnology Institute, Washington DC; Biopharmaceutical Center at the WHU in Koblenz, Germany, Illinois; Women Entrepreneurial Center, Illinois; Industrial Management, Data Systems of the Emerald Group, London, UK, Biotech Logic, Illinois. She also served as the Board Member and Past-Chair, Council for Biotechnology Centers (BIO), and Board Member, Emerging Companies, Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Governor Edgar's Council for Biotechnology. She often serves as reviewer for NSF SBIR grants. She was named one of the Tech 100 stars by Crain’s Chicago Business and received the “Women in Black” I-Street award.

Dr. Löffler received her BS from the University of Minnesota, Ph.D from the University of Massachusetts and post-doctoral from Caltech.
 

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