Lita Nelsen

Lita Nelsen retired in 2016 from her position as Director of the Technology Licensing Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she had been since 1986. Since then, she has consulted in the field of university technology transfer and licensing.

Ms. Nelsen earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. and an M.S. in Management from M.I.T. as a Sloan Fellow. Prior to joining the M.I.T. TLO, she spent 20 years in industry, primarily in the fields of membrane separations, medical devices, and biotechnology.