AdvanTx Team
![Portrait of Michael Kline](https://research.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/kline_michael-200x200-1.jpg)
Michael Kline, PhD
Director of Research Translation
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
- Industry and academic research and product development
- 15 years facilitating academic/industry/investor partnerships
Andrew Kant, MS
Director, FastTraCS
NC TraCS Institute
- 10 years entrepreneurship, project management, resource/funding coordination
Academic research commercialization, drug discovery, Medtech
![Portrait of Jon Collins](https://research.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/jon-collins.png)
Jon Collins, PhD
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
- 20 years drug discovery experience, from therapeutic target selection to clinical proof of concept
- 9 years experience with academia-industry drug discovery collaborations
![Portrait of Alex Abuin](https://research.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/alex-abuin.jpg)
Alex Abuin, PhD
Asst. Director for Translational Studies
ESOP Institute for Innovation
- 20 years pharma and biotech experience, from therapeutic target ID and validation up to IND-enabling studies
- Target and technology assessment
![Portrait of Jennifer Brennan](https://research.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/jennifer-brennan.jpg)
Jennifer Brennan, PhD
Director, Office of Research
School of Medicine
- 13 years research admin and leadership experience
- Project management, team building, and resource coordination