Abigail Barrow, PhD, Director
Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center University of Massachusetts

Dr. Abigail Barrow is the founding director of the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) and is responsible for the establishment of the Center, as well as its overall management and development of program offerings. MTTC supports the commercialization of research technologies through a variety of programs including technology reviews, mentoring to researchers, seminars and workshops, and mini-grants to support technology development.

Prior to founding MTTC, Dr. Barrow served as managing director of the William J. von Liebig Center at the University of San Diego. The Center was created in 2001 to support the commercialization of research being performed in the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering. Previously, Dr. Barrow worked for UCSD CONNECT where she developed and expanded many of its programs to support early-stage company formation and technology commercialization. CONNECT’s programs focused on supporting early-stage high-tech and biotech companies, and in particular helping them raise funding from venture capitalists and corporate partners. She also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for the Commercialization of Advanced Technologies Consortium, which is comprised of UCSD, San Diego State University, Lockheed Martin Orincon, and SPAWAE Systems Center (US Navy), and received more than $25M to identify and commercialize technologies in areas of crisis and consequence management.

Dr. Barrow received her Ph.D. from the Science Studies Unit and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh. She is also a fellow of the Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Management at UCSD.