Innovation at Work
USTAR has created 11 research teams at the University of Utah and Utah State University. These teams are led
by world-class innovators who are hungry to collaborate with industry to develop and commercialize new
technologies.

USTAR Innovators at Utah State University
- Allen Howard, Ph.D., Center for Active Sensing and Imaging (CASI)
- Michael Lefevre, Ph.D., Center for Advanced Nutrition
- Jeff Muhs, Biofuels
- Sridhar Viamajala, Ph.D., BioFuels
- David Ward, Ph.D., Center for Advanced Nutrition
- David York, Ph.D., Center for Advanced Nutrition
USTAR Innovators at the University of Utah
- Cameron Charles, Ph.D., IT Networking & Memory
- Guido Gerig, Ph.D., Diagnostic Imaging
- Hamid Ghandehari, Ph.D., Biomedical Device Innovation
- Julie Korenberg, Ph.D., Circuits of the Brain
- Brian J. McPherson, Ph.D., Fossil Energy
- Marc Porter, Ph.D., Nanotechnology Biosensors
- Perry Renshaw, M.D., Diagnostic Imaging
- John White, Ph.D., Biomedical Device
- Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Ph.D., Diagnostic Imaging