Alexander Turo is Assistant Director of Business Development at Yale Ventures, specializing in building partnerships that bring high-impact technologies to the market. Prior to joining Yale, Alex worked on the Technology Transfer team at Rutgers University and the Business Development team at Columbia University. With a foundation in technology transfer and venture development at world-class research institutions, Alex has led complex negotiations, managed accelerator programming, and developed commercialization strategies across scientific and business domains. Alex received his B.S./M.S from Binghamton University (SUNY) and a Ph.D. From The Ohio State University.