Team Best

Team Best

Welcome to Team Best

Under the leadership of Executive Director Rick Mammone, Team BEST is comprised of talented professionals from key areas of the University. Representing business, engineering, science, marketing and entrepreneurship, each brings a unique expertise to streamline the process of getting innovation from the lab to the marketplace. If you are interested in investing in one of our technologies, supporting our student education programs, or joining our team, please contact us or reach out to one of our team members directly.


	Richard Mammone, PhD. Associate VP. Rutgers University BEST Executive Director

Michael Pazzani, PhD. Vice President of Research and Graduate Education BEST Ex-Officio Director	Dean Michael Cooper, PhD Rutgers University, Business School Dean BEST Ex-Officio Director	Dean Yogesh Jaluria, PhD Rutgers University, School of Engineering Interm Dean BEST Ex-Officio Director

Dean David Finegold, PhD School of Management and Labor Relations BEST Ex-Officio Director	Dean Robert Goodman, PHD School of Environmental and Biological Sciences BEST Ex-Officio Director
Team BEST

Benjamin Melamed, PhD. Managing Director	Patrick J. Sinko, PhD. Managing Director	Ben J. Sopranzetti, PhD. Managing Director	Thomas Gombar, Esq. Director
Deborah Silver, PhD. Director	Dunbar P. Birnie, III, PhD. Fellow	Elsayed A. Elsayed, PhD Fellow	Dennis M. Fenton, PhD. Entrepreneur in Residence
Tomasz Imielinski, PhD Entrepreneur in Residence	Braun Kiess Entrepreneur in Residence	Hani Nassif, PhD Fellow	dt ogilvie, PhD. Fellow
Kaan Ozbay, PhD. Fellow	Christine Podilchuk, PhD. Entrepreneur in Residence	Jeffery Robinson, PhD. Fellow	Joseph Wilder, PhD Fellow
Jay Yogeshwar, PhD. Entrepreneur in Residence	Kristin J. Dana, PhD Fellow	Delbert F. Foit, Jr Fellow	Prabhas V. Moghe, PhD. Fellow
Thomas J. Nosker, Ph.D Fellow	Kathryn Uhrich Fellow	Thomas Richardson, PhD. IP Development	Glenn Rockefeller, PhD. Adjunct Faculty
Gene Slowinski Adjunct Faculty	Stephen M. Carter Staff