Maria Stauffer

Maria Stauffer is the Executive Director of Proprietary Products for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. She is a scientist by training and has worked in several scientific fields and environments. She has experience in university and basic research settings, including Scripps, Stanford University and the Duke Human Vaccine Institute. After leaving Duke, she helped agricultural start-up Athenix Corp to a successful acquisition by Bayer CropScience and was part of the leadership team for the transition. She spent over 12 years with Bayer and then BASF Corp before joining Alexandria. She currently oversees operations that support early-stage companies in Alexandria's LaunchLabs and AscentLabs programs, with a focus on the scientific side of their business.