People Moves
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Galway promotes Laoise McNamara to vice president for research and innovation
Laoise McNamara has been the head of the School of Engineering at the University of Galway since 2023, having worked for the institution since 2009.
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Innovate Springfield’s Ben Hage hired by Illinois Wesleyan University
Ben Hage, who has been the director of Innovate Springfield since 2023, will run the new Petrick Idea Center at Illinois Wesleyan University.
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Glasgow promotes Morven Fraser-Walther to head of IP and commercialisation
Morven Fraser-Walther has worked for the University of Glasgow since 2019, when she joined to run the Aspect programme.
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Goshen College names Raj Biyani inaugural chief innovation officer
Raj Biyani will step into the role after already driving change on campus through volunteering.
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Texas Tech recruits James Reecy as VP for research and innovation
James Reecy has been the associate vice president for research at Iowa State University since 2017.
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Children’s National Hospital hires Abhishek Sangal to run TTO
Abhishek Sangal previously spent four and a half years at Boston Children’s Hospital, most recently as associate director of licensing.
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Craig Gravitz joins Penn as executive director of PCI Ventures
Craig Gravitz, who previously led commercialisation at ARPA-H, joins the University of Pennsylvania after the institution raised two venture funds.
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TIAP’s Parimal Nathwani joins BDC to head C$150 million life sciences fund
After nearly two decades with TIAP, Parimal Nathwani has joined the Development Bank of Canada to manage a new C$150 million life sciences fund.
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Constantin Coussios to lead innovation at Oxford following historic spinout exit
Constantin Coussios’ spinout OrganOx became the University of Oxford’s largest exit to date last year when it was bought for $1.5 billion.
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Darren Cooke to become permanent chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer at UC Berkeley
Darren Cooke has been in the role in an interim capacity since July 2024, when his predecessor Rich Lyons became chancellor of UC Berkeley.
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Tommy Sowers joins UNC-Chapel Hill as chief innovation officer
Tommy Sowers will serve as CIO and vice chancellor for innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development from 20 April.
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Michael Stucky becomes CEO of Swiss Startup Association
Michael Stucky has founded two university spinouts and was founding managing partner of a planned pan-European university venture fund.
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Andrea Huggins joins Monash as VP for innovation and commercialisation
Andrea Huggins has worked for CSL Behring in increasingly senior leadership roles for more than two decades.
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Katie Houston joins East Tennessee State University as director of commercialisation
ETSU Research Corporation has hired Katie Houston, who brings a decade of experience in corporate R&D and innovation to the job.0
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Michael Rondelli retires after more than two decades in tech transfer
Michael Rondelli had been the associate vice president of innovation and commercialisation at the University of North Texas since 2015.
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Rachel Simpson starts as director of pan-Scottish commercialisation office ShaKEs
Employed by Queen Margaret University, Rachel Simpson will be based at Abertay University and support knowledge exchange activities across Scotland’s smaller institutions.
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Zane Gernhart returns to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Zane Gernhart is rejoining his former employer to lead the Office of Industry Relations, just under three years after he left the institution.
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Cambridge x Manchester enlists Faye Holland to lead partnership
Faye Holland brings considerable expertise of the Cambridge cluster in particular to the job, and is a successfully exited founder.
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DGIST Technology Holdings appoints Choi Moon-jong as co-CEO, plans fund launches
The Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology’s commercialisation arm has changed its leadership structure to two CEOs.
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UKMC’s Maria Meyers set to retire by late summer
Maria Meyers has been working in increasingly senior entrepreneurship roles at the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 2003.
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Sydney Biomedical Accelerator picks Victoria Cogger as executive director
The A$780 million Sydney Biomedical Accelerator, backed by the University of Sydney, is set to open in 2028.
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Rich Ferrie leaves Royal Veterinary College for Babraham Research Campus
Rich Ferrie is moving on from the RVC’s London Bioscience Innovation Centre after four years to become CEO of the Babraham Research Campus.
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East Carolina University promotes Sharon Paynter to senior vice provost for research and innovation
Sharon Paynter has worked for East Carolina University for more than 16 years, including in senior leadership roles for research and innovation.
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Inven2 brings in Hans Vassgård Eid to double down on investments
Hans Vassgård Eid’s appointment comes half a year after the tech transfer office Inven2 helped launch a life sciences investment fund.
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Helsinki Innovation Services CEO Marko Hakovirta set to leave in six months
Helsinki Innovation Services’ chief executive officer, Marko Hakovirta, will become president of the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
