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

• Commercialisation support with specialist expertise in the physical sciences, chemistry and computer 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

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.poma-young@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

Jack Wright
Commercialisation Executive
jack.wright@york.ac.uk

• Identify, assess and evaluate new commercialisation opportunities in the Faculty of Science.
• First point of contact for all new commercial enquiries received from the Faculty of Science.
• Perform market research and validation exercises to evaluate commercial opportunities.
• Assess and secure intellectual property rights for commercial opportunities. 
• Support the training of university staff in the areas of commercialisation and IP protection.
• Promotion of the Commercialisation service within the academic community.

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

• Providing administrative support for the commercialisation team.