Inventor Profiles
ECU and the Office of Licensing and Commercialization are proud to support our inventors and innovators. Read below about some of our inventors and innovators. Each has a unique story and journey that display the commitment to education, leadership and innovation for our students, faculty, staff and community residents. Starting in 2024, L&C will be recognizing an “Innovator of the Month.” Awardees will be announced on this page, so check back for updates.
Inventors
Dr. Sharon Rodgers Moore
Keeping Athletes Hydrated
Dr. Rachel Roper
Targeting the Critical Gene
Dr. Xin-Hua Hu
3D Imaging Flow Cytometer
Dr. Mark Mannie
Fighting the Incurable
Dr. Jitka Virag
Fixing the Broken Heart
Dr. Xin-Hua Hu and Dr. Cheng Chen
Optical Biopsy
Dr. Joseph Kalinowski, Dr. Andrew Stuart and Dr. Michael Rastatter
Stifling Stuttering
Dr. Rukiyah Van Dross, Dr. Colin Burns, Dr. Allison Danell and Daniel Ladin
Stressing Out Cancer
Dr. Stefan Clemens
Improving Sleep: Rethinking RLS
Dr. Gregg Givens
Big Gains in Detecting Hearing Loss
Gabe Dough
Inventor-Innovator-Entrepreneur
Dr. Qun Lu and Dr. Yan-Hua Chen
Changing Cancer Diagnostics
Dr. Jason Hack
Anything but Snakebit
Dr. Yiping Qi
The Business of Genome Editing
Dr. Anthony Kennedy, Dr. Jitka Virag, Dr. Jean-Luc Scemama and Ross Pennington
Sweetly Preserving Blood
