Brian helps to enable research at Penn through review and negotiation of agreements with commercial companies supporting research activities at the University. A transactional attorney with over a decade of contracting experience, Brian works with faculty investigators, research administrators, and various Penn stakeholders and decision makers across the University, as well as with commercial collaborators ranging from one-person startups to global pharma companies. Brian is a graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he was managing editor of the Temple Law Review, and received his BA in music from New York University. Brian lives in Philadelphia, regularly records and performs music on his own and with a variety of groups, and hosts a radio show that focuses on improvised music.