UMIP welcomes Dr Rick Watson as New
Projects Team Leader. Rick started his role in
July this year and sees him supporting the
efforts of the team to engage with academic
innovators, identify IP and assess it for
protection and onward commercialisation.
Prior to working at UMIP, Rick spent time
working in several organisations at the
Academic-Commercial interface including
Manchester Business Growth Hub, as a
consultant in the specialist Technology Transfer
company Novomodo Ltd, and previous roles
as Senior Innovation Consultant assisting
company clients across the UK.
A former technology transfer manager at
the University of Salford, Rick's background
is a mixture of different technologies
including roles in Biotechnology community
in Manchester and Scotland, time at The
University of Strathclyde's Forensic Science
Unit, PhD research in Pharmaceutical Sciences
at The University of Nottingham, and reading
his first degree at Hull University in Chemistry
with Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology.
Rick comments: "I am thrilled to join the UMIP
team and to be working with such dedicated
and talented professionals. I look forward to
building on UMIP's success and working with
University colleagues to support their activities
in IP commercialisation to generate revenue
and research impact."
Rick takes over from Dr Arnaud Garçon who
has moved into UMIP's IP Development and
Partnering Team.
New Projects Team Leader
