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adam heller

adam heller -lrb- born 1933 -rrb- is an israeli-american engineer and research professor of the john j. mcketta department of chemical engineering at the university of texas at austin .
he formerly held the ernest cockrell sr. .
chair in engineering of the cockrell school of engineering at the university of texas .
as of 2013 , he was granted 209 us patents with 350 patent applications pending .
he consults to abbott diabetes care , inc. of alameda , ca , the maker of the freestyle line of products .
he also serves as chief scientific officer of synagile corporation , a venture developing continuous infusion systems for managing parkinson 's disease .
