J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship@Cornell
Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
330 Baker Lab
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-7360
FAX: 607-255-6318
Email: bg18@cornell.edu

Teaching

Professor Ganem teaches:

NBA 608, The Business of Biotechnology: Taxonomy & Analysis. The course will introduce JGSM students to the main scientific advances in modern biotechnology and life sciences research, with the dual goals of developing new organizational models of this corporate sector and helping students more effectively perform financial and business evaluations of current and emerging technologies. The course website is available at NBA 608.

Chemistry 404, Entrepreneurship in Chemical Enterprise, a course designed to acquaint students having chem/bio backrounds with the problems of planning, starting, and managing new scientifically-oriented business ventures. The course consists of six (6) weekly meetings focusing on case studies and assigned readings, as well as outside lectures by entrepreneurs in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Topics include new technology evaluation and assessment, business formation, resource allocation, management development, as well as manufacturing and sales issues. The course website is available at CHEM 404.

Other Activities

Professor Ganem is also interested in the interface of science and business, especially in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, where he has served as consultant and scientific advisor to numerous companies. Dr. Ganem is also Chief Scientific Officer of KensaGroup, LLC, an Ithaca-based company devoted to the development and commercialization of new university-derived technologies within the framework of startup ventures using KensaGroup's unique A2I process.

Professor Ganem is North American Executive Editor of Tetrahedron Letters, an international chemistry journal, and has served on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Chemtracts, the Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, and VCH Publishers. In addition he was consulting Chemistry Editor for the 1999 Encarta World English Dictionary.