Ece Auffarth

Director, Alliance Management

Dr. Ece Auffarth joined the TB Alliance in October 2022, as Director of Alliance Management.  In this role, Ece manages the global research and development alliances and works in collaboration with internal cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the collaborations.

Before joining the TB Alliance, Ece was Senior Manager, Technology Development & Intellectual Property, at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd where she managed and coordinated the pre-clinical and early-stage clinical development of scientific technology assets with the Ludwig Institute’s teams along with its external stakeholders.

Prior to that position, Ece was Contract and Licensing Manager at the Office of Biotechnology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine managing various strategic alliance programs with large pharmaceutical companies.  In addition, she was involved in the marketing and licensing of the College’s patent portfolio to various commercial entities ranging from start-ups to large pharmaceutical companies.

Earlier in her career, Ece worked as a project manager responsible for managing the administration of a multi-institutional research program for HIV vaccine development funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Ece earned her BS in Biology and PhD in Molecular Microbiology at SUNY Stony Brook. Upon graduation, she worked at a boutique intellectual property law firm, Darby & Darby PC, as a scientific advisor.

Ece is a registered patent agent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.