Sal Fuerstenberg

Sal is a patent research and analytics professional specializing in the biological sciences. She spent nearly 10 years working as a patent and scientific analyst for Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics. Sal has excellent working knowledge of patent practice, both domestic and foreign, and has supported both prosecution and litigation functions.

Sal earned her Ph.D. in Medical Sciences at the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden. From 1993-1996 Sal was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and from 1997-2004, Sal worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Oregon.

Sal has research experience in the fields of virology, cancer biology, neuroscience, cellular developmental biology, microbiology, vaccines and diagnostics. She is fluent in Swedish and supports the Save the Children foundation, the Red Cross, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Yolo County Food Bank among others.