Tim Brundle
Director of Research and Impact-
Key responsibilities
- Development and delivery of Ulster University’s Research & Impact Strategy
- Operational leadership of the Department for Research & Impact
- Chief Executive of Innovation Ulster Limited, the University’s commercialisation company
Amanda Fullerton
Knowledge Exchange Manager - KTP-
Key responsibilities
- Championing the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships programme (KTP) and adding value through research income generation
- Stimulating leading Knowledge Exchange collaborations between the University’s researchers and N.I. businesses
- Delivering demonstrable results for the University’s Research & Impact Agenda
Fergus Begley
Start Up Manager-
Key responsibilities
- Assisting academic founders to identify, shape and appropriately structure spinout opportunities
- Educating and training University researchers in commercialisation, demonstrating its contribution to research impact
- Enhancing the growth and value of the existing Ulster portfolio companies
Dr John MacRae
Commercialisation Manager-
Key responsibilities
- Validating economic potential of research outcomes and developing commercial impact
- Championing the Proof of Concept programme institutionally
- Educating and training University researchers in commercialisation, demonstrating its contribution to research impact
Kerry Patterson
Knowledge Exchange Manager - Consultancy-
Key responsibilities
- Manage, support and promote Ulster’s Knowledge Exchange product provision (Consultancy, Innovation vouchers and Innovation Boost)
- Champion Knowledge Exchange, representing the university’s expertise and research capacity externally
- Contribute to Ulster’s impact agenda through the generation of knowledge exchange activity
Professor Marie Murphy
Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of the Ulster Doctoral College-
Key responsibilities
- Provides strategic leadership for the Doctoral College
- Chairs the Doctoral College Board and represents the DC at senior level in the university and externally
- Policy development for postgraduate research at Ulster