Megan Gustafson

Megan Gustafson Ph.D.

Associate
Megan Gustafson Ph.D.
Washington, DC
+1 771 200 2043

Megan Gustafson is an associate in the Goodwin’s Business Law department and a member of the Technology and Life Sciences group. Dr. Gustafson advises companies on patent portfolio development and strategy. She also advises investors on intellectual property issues relating to public and private financing and other transactions. Dr. Gustafson practices primarily in the life sciences, with a focus on biotechnology.

Experience

Dr. Gustafson has more than fifteen years of experience assisting clients in developing patent strategy, including patent portfolio development and intellectual property landscape analysis. Dr. Gustafson has experience advising investors on intellectual property issues relating to public and private financing and other transactions. She has assisted clients in obtaining patent protection for therapeutic antibodies, vaccines, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, fluorescence imaging technologies, protein and nucleic acid diagnostics, DNA amplification and sequencing technologies, stem cell technologies, and cellular grafts. Her representative clients include Dragonfly Therapeutics, Palleon Pharmaceuticals, NeuroDerm, Meissa Vaccines, and LumiraDx.

Professional Activities

Dr. Gustafson is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association.

Professional Experience

Dr. Gustafson has practiced law in Massachusetts and Tennessee. Prior to joining Goodwin, Dr. Gustafson was a technology specialist in the Boston office of K&L Gates. Prior to her legal career, Dr. Gustafson earned her doctorate at MIT in the laboratory of Nobel laureate Bob Horvitz, where she studied serotonin and neuropeptide signaling.

Credentials

Education

JD2012

Suffolk University Law School

(cum laude)

Doctor of PhilosophyBiology2007

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BSMolecular Biology1999

Vanderbilt University

(magna cum laude)

Admissions

Bars

  • Massachusetts
  • Tennessee
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Recognition & Awards

Dr. Gustafson was named a 2017 Mid-South Rising Star for Intellectual Property in Super Lawyers® magazine.