Phil Decker
Research Associate

Phil is responsible for assisting with IIPI’s program related research. In addition to interning at IIPI in 2004, Phil developed expertise in international intellectual property systems, treaties, and laws during his undergraduate study of International Political Economy. He has written extensively on the TRIPS Agreement, the role of variable technology change in economic growth, technology transfer, and scale effects. Alongside his broad interest in the relationship between IPRs and economic development, his special focus is on improving biomedical research infrastructure worldwide.

Phil graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle summa cum laude in International Political Economy from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and with a B.S. in Microbiology from the University Of Washington School Of Medicine.