Nicholas Conti

Biography

 Nicholas Conti is currently Vice President Licensing and Strategic Alliance for Quest Diagnostics. He has been involved with the development and licensing of technology for more than 20 years. Dr. Conti previously held senior management roles in business development and R&D with Becton Dickinson, Union Carbide and Orchid Cellmark. Dr. Conti was the VP Corporate Development for Orchid Cellmark prior to joining Quest Diagnostics. Previous positions with Becton Dickinson include: VP Business Development Pre-Analytical Solutions Division, VP R&D and Business Operations BD and Director of Planning and Development Vacutainer™ Systems Division. Dr Conti started as a Senior Chemist with Union Carbide and became an R&D Program Coordinator and then a Licensing Manager for the Polyolefins Division. Dr. Conti received a B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Notre Dame, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Florida, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He is an Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine as well as an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University in the Stillman School of Business, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University, and a member of the Board of Directors of Hunterdon Hospice for Hunterdon Healthcare Systems. He is the Head Coach of the Northern Valley junior football team where he coaches as a volunteer.

Research Interest

 Chemistry