Tracey Wolfsdorf, PhD, joined Dana-Farber in March 2021. Dr. Wolfsdorf, PhD, MS, assists faculty in all aspects of technology commercialization, calling on experience in technology development, strategy consulting and intellectual property development. Early in her career, she led R&D and manufacturing initiatives at DEC, Intel, and Kopin Corporation, also negotiating joint development and capital equipment deals. Dr. Wolfsdorf subsequently founded a consultancy firm directed to communication, negotiation, and conflict transformation, while launching an executive education workshop with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
More recently, Dr. Wolfsdorf practiced as a technology specialist for Boston-area business and IP law firms, and as a consultant in the start-up space. Dr. Wolfsdorf holds PhD and MS degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, BSE (Materials Science) and BA (Physics) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, is certified in mediation by the Harvard Mediation Program, and has held faculty teaching positions at the University of California-Santa Barbara and the MIT Sloan School of Management.