Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBA
Managing Director - Medical Technology -
NTEC
As managing director, Dr. Hubert Zajicek leads the medical
technology program at NTEC. His team assesses all new technologies
applying to NTEC and guides startup companies through the early
years of development. Dr. Zajicek also manages the daily operation
of NTEC, a 50,000 square foot, state of the art technology
incubator with 10,000 square feet of wet-lab space. With a focus on
strategic planning and business development, Hubert brings his
background in medicine and science to bear when evaluating
companies for their potential to succeed in today's marketplace.
Hubert advises NTEC program companies and manages NTEC's network of
business and scientific advisors. Hubert has worked as a
business consultant to startup companies, creating business plans
to raise startup capital.
Hubert has over ten years of experience in the life sciences.
Before joining NTEC, Hubert was on faculty at UT Southwestern
Medical Center where he was an NIH-funded Principal Investigator
and co-investigator of research grants totaling more than $1 MM
from various grant agencies. His areas of research included
Nephrology and Cell Biology with a focus on membrane transport and
membrane composition. His interests extend into biophysics,
fluorescence and imaging techniques. He authored and co-authored
over 15 scientific articles, more than 30 presentations at national
and international meetings and 2 book-chapters.
He received numerous professional awards from the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), National Kidney Foundation (NKF),
American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and AstraZeneca. He became one
of the first Fellows of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
in 2004 and received the SMU COX Business Leadership Center's
Distinguished Business Leader Award in 2007. Before his faculty
position in the Department of Cell Biology at UT Southwestern he
was on faculty in the Department of Medicine - Division of
Nephrology at UT Southwestern, where he also was
a post-doctoral NIH-fellow.
Hubert received his Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.) from the
University of Vienna, School of Medicine (1996), and his
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Cox School of
Business at Southern Methodist University in 2006
(Beta-Gamma-Sigma). He is a fellow of the American Society of
Nephrology (F.A.S.N.) and an NBIA certified incubator
manager.