Our ‘Hub’ team

 Roles and Responsibilities

General Manager, Transactions & Operations

Managerial leadership and overseeing of commercialisation processes and deals

General Manager, Physical Sciences

Leadership and managerial support for the MICDs, Associates and Analysts in physical and material sciences disciplines at UniQuest, UQ and partner institutions

General Manager, Life Sciences

Leadership and managerial support for the MICDs, Associates and Analysts in biotechnology, health sciences and agribusiness disciplines at UniQuest, UQ and partner institutions

Entrepreneur in Residence

Mentoring and business advice and UQ Business School initiatives

Group Manager, Social Sciences, Arts & Business

Leadership and managerial support for the MICDs and Associates in these disciplines at UQ and partner institutions.

Group Manager, Partner Institutions

Relationship management and leadership support for MICDs embedded in partner universities

Commercialisationⁱ Manager, Transactions and Operations

Development, marketing and managerial support for the team’s licensing and investment transactions

Commercialisation Manager, Life Sciences

Development, marketing and managerial support for the Life Sciences team’s resources and projects

Commercialisation Manager, Physical Sciences

Development, marketing and managerial support for the Physical Sciences team’s resources and projects

Intellectual Property Manager

Maximising and overseeing UniQuest’s intellectual property portfolio and IPⁱ strategy

Commercialisation Associates

Professional support (identification, evaluation and promotion) for projects with the potential to create commercially valuable intellectual property

Commercialisation Analysts

Technical, research and analytical support for new discoveries and projects teams

Contracts and Operations Coordinator

Administrative management of agreements and commercialisation processes

Patents Administrator

Administrative support relating to patents

Administrator & Personal Assistants

Administrative support for the team generally and the General and Group Managers in particular

Corporate Support Services

Human Resources (recruitment, professional development); Corporate Development (marketing, events, media); Finance; IT; Legal Counsel

Our ‘Spoke’ or institution-based teams

Manager of Innovationⁱ and Commercial Development  or Commercialisation Manager (UOWⁱ) aka MICDs or CMs 

Working in partnership with researchers and faculties/institutes to identify, develop and commercialise intellectual assets; facilitating industry engagement; and managing relationships with investors and licensees

Commercialisation Associate

Professional and technical support for faculty/institute-based research commercialisation initiatives