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

Alice Todd
Administrator
Alice.todd@york.ac.uk 

• Providing administrative support for the commercialisation team.