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Senior Associate Director for Licensing and Strategic Alliances
Tariq Irfan Arif
Senior Associate Director for Licensing and Strategic Alliances, Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
Tariq Arif is the senior associate director of licensing and strategic alliances, life sciences, at the Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL). He has over 15 years of experience in university technology transfer with expertise in intellectual property management, leading the negotiation of licensing and research collaboration agreements, business development, and startup formation.
Before joining the OTL in July 2025, Tariq held various technology transfer and business development positions at UCLA, Mass General Brigham Innovation, Atara Biotherapeutics, CHLA, and NIH-NCI, including time as an associate director of the UCLA-PICI research collaboration.
Tariq is registered patent attorney with the USPTO and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Before joining the OTL in July 2025, Tariq held various technology transfer and business development positions at UCLA, Mass General Brigham Innovation, Atara Biotherapeutics, CHLA, and NIH-NCI, including time as an associate director of the UCLA-PICI research collaboration.
Tariq is registered patent attorney with the USPTO and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Education
EMBA, Northwestern University- Kellogg School of Management, Marketing and Strategy (2019)
Masters of Science, Georgetown University, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2008)
JD/LLM, University of New Hampshire- Pierce Law, Intellectual Property (2004)