Shiri M. Breznitz



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Shiri M. Breznitz


Assistant Professor
School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology

685 Cherry Street 404-385-8574

Atlanta, GA 30332 - 0345 shiri.breznitz@pubpolicy.gatech.edu


EDUCATION

University of Cambridge, UK

Department of Geography



PhD, 2008

DissertationUniversity Technology Transfer: Changes and Impacts

Supervisor – Dr. Mia Gray


University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Department of Regional Economic & Social Development



Master of Arts, 2000

Thesis - The Geography of Industrial Districts: Why Does the Biotechnology Industry in Massachusetts Cluster in Cambridge?

Supervisors – Professor Robert Forrant (Chair), Professor Chris Tilly


Hebrew University, israel

Department of Geography

Department of Political Science

Bachelor of Arts, 1996



ACADEMIC Appointments

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

School of Public Policy

Assistant Professor (January 2009 – Present)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Advance Network for Women Faculty.

Research Affiliate (2009-present)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Department of Public Policy

Post Doctorate Fellow (August 2008 – December 2008)
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Institute of Higher Education

Post Doctorate Fellow (October 2007 – July 2008)
Massachusetts Institute of technology, CAMBRIDGE, MA

Industrial Performance center

Research Affiliate (2003 – Present)
Georgia Institute of Technology, ATLANTA, GA

science, technology, and innovation policy program

Visiting Research Associate (2005 – 2007)

Publication

Books:

Breznitz, S. M. Fountain of Knowledge? University Technology Transfer and

It’s Impacts. Revised & Resubmitted, Stanford University Press.
Articles:

  1. Breznitz, S. M. “Are One Track Pony Clusters Sustainable? The Israeli Biotechnology

Industry.” Regional Studies. Revised & Resubmitted.
2010 Breznitz, S. M. and M. P. Feldman. The Engaged University. Journal of

Technology Transfer. Forthcoming.
2010 Breznitz, S. M. and M. P. Feldman. The Larger Role of the University in

Economic Development Introduction to the Special issue. Journal



of Technology Transfer. Forthcoming.
2010 Breznitz, S. M. “Improving or impairing? Following technology transfer changes at

the University of Cambridge.” Regional Studies. Forthcoming.


2008 Breznitz, S. M., R. O’Shea, and T. Alan. “The Role of Research Universities in the

Development of Regional Bioclusters: A Study of MIT and Yale Commercialization

Strategies.” Journal of Product Innovation Management. Vol 25, 129-142.

  1. Breznitz, S. M., “From Ivory Tower to Industrial promotion: The Development of the

Biotechnology Cluster in New Haven, CT.” Revue dEconomie Industrielle.

n°120, 4eme trimester, 115-134.

2006 Breznitz, S. M. and W. Anderson. “Boston Metropolitan Area Biotechnology Cluster.” The Canadian Journal of Regional Science. 28-2: 249-264.





  1. Breznitz, S. M. “Manufacturing Biotechnology in Massachusetts.” MassBenchmarks.

8-1: 26-30.




Book Chapters:

2010 Breznitz, S. M. “Yale as a Regional Development Agent”, Rory

O'Shea and Thomas Alan editors, Building Technology Transfer in Research Universities: An Entrepreneurial Approach. Cambridge University Press.




2009 Feldman, P. M. and S. M. Breznitz. “The American Experience in University


Technology Transfer”, in Maureen McKelvey Magnus Holm, editors, Learning to

Compete in European Universities : From Social Institution to Knowledge

Business. Edward Elgar Press.

Edited Journals and Books:

2010 Breznitz, S. M. and M. P. Feldman Eds. The Larger Role of the University in

Economic Development Special issue. Journal of Technology Transfer. Accepted.






OTHER PUBLICATIONS



Working Papers:

2009 Breznitz, S. M. “Are One Track Pony Clusters Sustainable? The Israeli Biotechnology Industry.” Industry Studies Association. Working Paper Series 2009 Number WP-2009-6.


  1. Breznitz, S. M. “From Ivory Tower to Industrial Promotion: The Case of Yale University

and the Biotechnology Cluster in New Haven, Connecticut.” Shmuel

Neeman Institute for advanced Studies, Technion, Israel. STE – WP 28
2004 Breznitz, S. M. and W. Anderson. Boston Metropolitan Area Biotechnology Cluster.”

Center for Transportation Studies Boston University. WP # CTS2004E


Ad-hoC journal reviewer


Journal of Science and Public Policy
Economic Geography
Research Policy
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Journal of Technology Transfer
Journal of Small Business Management
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
Presentations

April 2011 Separating the head from the body? American Association of Geographers, Seattle,

WA.
February 2011 The Engaged University, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Atlanta, GA.


December, 2010 From Idea to Marketplace-Knowledge Management Processes. International

Economic Development Council Annual Training: Technology-Led Economic

Development. Atlanta, GA.
November 2010 Industrial Agglomeration vs Clusters – Sustainability in question. The 2010

Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Meetings, Washington D.C.


November 2010 Cluster Sustainability: Israel and the Biotechnology Industry,

The 2010 APPAM Fall Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.


February 2010 Cluster Sustainability in Peripheral Regions: Israel and Finland’s Biotechnology

Industry. National University of Ireland, Galway.
April 2009 New Measures: Universities and Their Local Region. Workshop on Exploring the

Role of the University in Economic Development. University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill. Workshop Convener and Paper Presenter.
March 2009 The Engaged University Session on Beyond Spinoff: The Role of the University in

Regional Economic Development. American Association of Geographers Annual

Meeting. .Las Vegas, NV. Paper Presenter and Session Convener.
February 2009 Biotechnology Clusters: Regional or Global? University of California Berkeley, CA
November 2008 Are Our Clusters Sustainable? Regional Science Association International

. Brooklyn.NY.


.November 2007 Are One Molecule Companies a Sustainable Industry? The Case of the Israeli

Biotechnology Industry. Regional Science Association International. Savannah, GA.
October 2007 Is Technology Transfer Enough? The 2007 Technology Transfer Society (T2S)

Meetings, Palm Desert, CA.


August 2007 University Commercialization Strategies in the Development of Regional Bioclusters.

Paper session. Academy of Management. Philadelphia, PA.


June 2007 The University as a Regional Development Agent. Helsinki University of Technology

Conference on Industry Dynamics and Innovation Systems. Helsinki, Finland.


April 2007 How Do Power Struggles Impact the Technology Transfer Ability of the University?

Reflections from Cambridge, UK. American Association of Geographers. San

Francisco, CA.


November 2006 More Active, Less Effective? University Policy and the Biotechnology Industry in

Cambridge, UK. Regional Studies Association. London, UK.
November 2006 The Role of Research Universities in the Development of Regional Bioclusters: A

Study of Yale University and MIT Commercialization Strategies. 2006

Kauffman Foundation and IEI Research Conference on Technology

Commercialization and Entrepreneurship. Kansas City, MO.


September 2006 University Policy and the Biotechnology Industry in Cambridge, UK.

Panel on University, Entrepreneurship and the Firm:

Academia and Economic Development. Technology Transfer Society.

Atlanta, GA. Paper Presenter and Panel Convener.


August 2006 The Creative University. Session: Economies of Enterprise, Innovation and

Creativity .The Royal Geographical Society. London, UK.


August 2006 Transforming a University – Transforming a Region.

Symposium: Building Technology, Technology Transfer within Research

Universities. Academy of Management. Atlanta, GA.
March 2006 The University in the Knowledge Economy. American Association of

Geographers. Chicago, IL.


February 2006 Universities as Social Agents. The Institute of Higher Education

University of Georgia, Athens, GA.


November 2005 The University as a Regional Development Agent: Cambridge, Yale,

and the Biotechnology Clusters. Innovations in Economic Development

Forum, the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy and Georgia Tech

Economic Development and Technology Ventures. Atlanta, GA.
September 2005 The University as a Regional Development Agent: Cambridge, Yale,

and the Biotechnology Clusters. Technology Transfer Society Annual Conference, 2005, Kansas-City, MO.
March 2004 From Ivory Tower to Industrial Promotion: The Case of Yale University

and the Biotechnology Cluster in New Haven, Connecticut. American

Association of Geographers. Philadelphia, PA.


Awards and Scholarships


May 2010 Georgia Tech Center for International Research Grant

Business Education & Research 

(GT CIBER)
May 2010 European Union Center for Excellence, Research Grant

Georgia Institute of Technology


April 2010 Georgia Institute of technology, IAC Incentives for seeking

Ivan Allen College (ISERF) extramural research funding


July 2005 The Cambridge Political Research Grant


Economy Society Trust Scholarship Cambridge Journal of

Economics



December 2004 The Samuel Neaman Institute Research Grant


For Advanced Studies

August 2004 Worts Travelling Scholars Award Travel Grant




July 2004 The Cambridge Political Economy Research Grant

Society Trust Scholarship Cambridge Journal of

Economics.

March 2004 The Philip Lake Fund II Research Grant



November 2003 Pillman Scholarship Travel Grant

October 2003 ORS Award Multiyear scholarship

given to international postgraduates students of outstanding merit


October 2003 Cambridge Overseas Trust Fees Scholarship Multiyear scholarship

providing the university

composition fee completing

the ORS award




May 2000 Alan D. and Susan Lewis Solomont Fund Merit Scholarship

RESEARCH PROJECTS, WORKSHOPS, AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTS


2008 – 2008 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Post-Doctorate Researcher, TTO Structure, Scope and Resources.

2007 - 2008 The US-Israel Science and Technology Commission



and the Israel Office of the Chief Scientist

The Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Researcher, Vision & Strategy for Israel in the next 25 Years
2003-2004 Department of Geography

University of Cambridge

Research Assistant, The Regional Impact of the Information Society on

Employment and Integration (RISESI)


2002 - 2003 Industrial Performance Center (IPC)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Researcher, Local Innovation Project

Researcher, Globalization Project


2001 – 2002 Hunt Alternative Fund

Researcher, Democratic Literacy Project

Report: Catalog of Democratic Literacy and Immigrant Organizations
1998 - 2000 Department of Regional Economic & Social Development

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Research Assistant, Innovation and Organizational Learning Project

in the Telecom Industry


1999 - 2000 The Labor Extension Program

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Research and Technical Assistant, mapping unionized and non-unionized industries


TEACHING experience


Fall 2009 – Present School of Public Policy

Georgia Institute of Technology

Senior Seminar PUBP 4060 with Dr. Kingsley

Economic Development Policy and Planning PUBP 4260



Regions, Technology, and Policy PUBP 4617
Michaelmas 2004 Department of Geography

University of Cambridge

Supervisor, Understanding the Economy: Contemporary Geographies of Capitalism

Professional Experience

2002 - 2002 Freelance Researcher – Fleet Bank


Analyzing various qualitative and quantitative data and conducting in-depth interviews
2000 - 2001 Finance Manager - Charlotte’s Networks, Inc

A telecommunication firm developing multi-service terabit routers


1996 – 1998 Manager of Health, Travel, and Foreign Workers Department

Shiloah-Harel Insurance Company


Military Service


    1. Research Diagnostician - Israeli Navy



Languages

Fluent in English and Hebrew; proficient in Romanian; and basic knowledge in Arabic




Professional Membership


Industry Studies Association (ISA)

Academy of Management (AOM)

Technology Transfer Society (T2S)

American Association of Geographers (AAG)

Regional Studies Association (RSA)





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