Combining his Ph.D. in Biophysics with his experience in startup research, development, and fundraising, Phillip is xFoundry’s head of strategic partnerships, special projects, and all things venture-related.

During and after his Ph.D., Phillip worked in startup accelerator and consulting settings where he helped found companies, raise over $500,000 in funding, and develop cutting edge innovations in medical, manufacturing, and agriculture sectors. Today, Phillip orchestrates our partnership efforts across all units at UMD, as well as externally with companies and other universities. He also leads non-curricular strategic efforts, demonstrating important components of our core mission of multidisciplinary collaboration and innovation through organizing other competitions, faculty teams, research projects, and collaborative events with key experts on and off UMD’s campus.