Farnaz Bakhshi is the Tufts Launchpad | Biolabs (TLB) Liaison, Tufts Launchpad | Accelerator (TLA) Manager, and an Assistant Director in the office of Technology Transfer. Farnaz represents Tufts University at interfacing with Biolabs in the management of the TLB in addition to managing the TLA program. Prior to joining Tufts, Farnaz worked in licensing, start-up formation, and patenting roles at Partners HealthCare, Caltech and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to these roles, Farnaz helped form and worked at a start-up company investigating cures for neurological disorders, Brain Chemistry Labs. Farnaz holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology.