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Madeline H. Elkins
Associate
Patents and Innovations
Palo Alto

D650-849-3301

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Dr. Madeline Elkins is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the patents and innovations practice. She focuses on patent prosecution and due diligence matters in the fields of medical devices and medical imaging, quantum computing (trapped atom, annealing, software, and quantum computing as a service), optical coherence tomography, holography, Fourier microscopy, electron microscopy, image analysis software, diagnostic software, digital health, and semiconductor fabrication.

During her doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in the group of Daniel Neumark, Madeline's research focused on the relaxation dynamics of solvated electrons in liquid microjets. As part of her doctorate work, she designed and built optical assemblies and spectroscopic instrumentation.

Prior to joining the firm, Madeline was a research fellow at Princeton University, where her research focused on quantum coherence and charge localization in artificial light harvesting materials, including organic and polymeric semiconductors and perovskites, under the joint supervision of Greg Scholes from Princeton University and Edward Sargent from the University of Toronto.

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Dr. Madeline Elkins is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the patents and innovations practice. She focuses on patent prosecution and due diligence matters in the fields of medical devices and medical imaging, quantum computing (trapped atom, annealing, software, and quantum computing as a service), optical coherence tomography, holography, Fourier microscopy, electron microscopy, image analysis software, diagnostic software, digital health, and semiconductor fabrication.

During her doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in the group of Daniel Neumark, Madeline's research focused on the relaxation dynamics of solvated electrons in liquid microjets. As part of her doctorate work, she designed and built optical assemblies and spectroscopic instrumentation.

Prior to joining the firm, Madeline was a research fellow at Princeton University, where her research focused on quantum coherence and charge localization in artificial light harvesting materials, including organic and polymeric semiconductors and perovskites, under the joint supervision of Greg Scholes from Princeton University and Edward Sargent from the University of Toronto.

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