Proskauer

Connor Schneps is a technology specialist in the Litigation Department, and a member of the Life Sciences Patent practice. He works with life science and pharmaceutical clients on domestic and foreign patent preparation, prosecution, patentability and freedom-to-operate analyses. Connor also has scientific expertise in biophysical chemistry and protein structural biology.

During his graduate work, he used a combination of spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography to understand light-dependent conformational changes in the fruit fly circadian light sensing protein, cryptochrome. After obtaining his Ph.D., he moved on to a postdoctoral fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he worked on optimizing the expression, purification, and crystallization of murine T-cell receptors in complex with their cognate peptide-MHC molecules.

Connor received his B.S. double-majoring in Chemistry and Biology from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, where he conducted research on the spectral properties of zinc deposited on indium-tin-oxide electrodes.