ChE 2025 Fall Seminar Series

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Speaker: W. Leonard Terry, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Engineering & Physical Sciences

Title: UF Innovate Tech Licensing – Connecting Innovators, Investors and Industry

Bio: Dr. Lenny Terry earned his BS in Chemistry from the University of Richmond in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Emory University in 1986. Dr. Terry has over 20 years of industrial chemical experience. He has held multiple research positions with Milliken Specialty Chemical and Ciba Vision Corporation. He worked as a Business Development Manager for Clariant Specialty Chemicals for ten years. He is an inventor on 24 US patents related to the contact lens and personal care markets.

Abstract: Dr. Terry joined the University of Florida’s Office of Technology Licensing in 2007 where he holds the position of Assistant Director. His portfolio covers technologies that originate from chemistry, materials science, and chemical, mechanical, industrial systems, environmental and electrical engineering as well as design construction and planning. He has successfully negotiated over 450 licenses and has helped to start more than 40 companies.