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
Dissertation – University 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: -
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.
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.
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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.
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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 -
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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