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Who to contact in Commercialisation

Do you have an idea, activity, discovery or design that could be used by external organisations, or the public, as a commercial process, a service, a tool, or a product? The Commercialisation Team can help you. Please explain your idea by completing an Invention disclosure form (IDF) (MS Word , 225kb) and sending it to commercialisation-team@york.ac.uk

Contact	Responsibilities	Photo
James Kitson Head of Commercialisation james.kitson@york.ac.uk 01904 326564	Responsible for the management of commercialisation activity and IP protection, including the University's patent portfolio Management of the commercialisation stage gate process Supporting academics with commercial licensing deals Commercial service provision and spin out formation
Dr Blake Prime Commercialisation Manager Blake.prime@york.ac.uk 07385 404245	Commercialisation support with specialist expertise in the physical sciences and engineering Intellectual property evaluation, development/exploitation planning and management Securing translational and commercial development funding Supporting academics with commercial licensing deals Commercial service provision and spin out formation
Luke Souter Commercialisation Executive luke.souter@york.ac.uk	Promotion of the Commercialisation service within the academic community Facilitating training IP and associated Commercialisation issues for researchers Review, assessment and evaluation of new opportunities in line with stages 1-3 of the commercialisation process
Natalia Stawniak Commercialisation Manager Natalia.stawniak@york.ac.uk	Commercialisation support with specialist expertise in the life sciences Intellectual property evaluation, development/exploitation planning and management Securing translational and commercial development funding Supporting academics with commercial licensing deals Commercial service provision and spin out formation
Dr Adam Featherstone Knowledge Exchange & Commercialisation Fellow adam.featherstone@york.ac.uk	Acceleration of translation of applied nuclear physics technologies into industry Identification of industry challenges which our research can help solve Business development, technology transfer and injector-of-momentum into translational nuclear physics research
Colin Poma-Young Commercialisation Manager colin.pomayoung@york.ac.uk	Commercialisation support with specialist expertise in the social sciences and arts and humanities Promotion of the Commercialisation service within the academic community Intellectual property evaluation, development/exploitation planning and management Securing translational and commercial development funding Supporting academics with commercial licensing deals Commercial service provision and spin out formation