Melissa Wasserman

Melissa Wasserman accepted an appointment as Associate Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She got her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University, where she conducted research on the stabilization of protein therapeutics.  She is also a graduate of New York University Law School, where she was an Articles Editor of the Law Review.   Melissa’s primary research interest lies in the institutional design of innovation policy, including the laws and regulations that affect innovation and the public institutions that shape these legal instruments.  While a fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center, Melissa’s scholarship explored the intersection of patent law, FDA law, and administrative law. 

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