Meet the team

• Dr Marika Reay

  

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  Dr Marika Reay Senior Executive and Acting Director (Commercialisation)

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  Marika leads the team‘s Commercialisation activities supporting technology transfer including new inventions, managing the patent portfolio and translation via licensing and/or startup formation for the Faculty of Engineering. Marika joined Imperial in September 2019 with extensive experience in the diagnostics and medical devices industry and holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Lund University, Sweden.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Dr Francesca Pietra

  

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  Dr Francesca Pietra Senior Executive and Acting Director (Industry Partnerships)

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  Francesca leads the team‘s Industry Partnerships activities, managing existing and new partnerships for the Faculty of Engineering. Francesca joined Imperial in April 2016, having spent six years in the semiconductor sector for Lighting and Energy applications (Post-doctoral experience at Delft University of Technology and Philips Research). She holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Utrecht University (NL).

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  Imperial College London
  Level 3 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

   

• Dr Jing Sheng Pang

  

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  Dr Jing Sheng Pang Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive

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  Jing supports research collaborations with Industry led by Engineering academics/researchers. Jing joined the team in October 2018 with experience in start-ups and R&D in the OLED industry. He helped to establish the Imperial College Advanced Hackspace and taught technology courses for undergraduates and postgraduates. He holds a PhD in Materials from Imperial and MPhys from the University of Durham.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Dr Hiba El Kouri

  

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  Dr Hiba El Kouri Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive

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  Hiba supports research collaborations with Industry led by Engineering academics/researchers.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Dr Gerrit Boehm

  

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  Dr Gerrit Boehm Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive

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  Gerrit supports research collaborations with Industry led by Engineering academics/researchers.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• James Chan

  

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  James Chan Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Senior Executive

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  James supports commercialisation of non-MedTech inventions and software arising from all Engineering departments. James joined Imperial in September 2021 with extensive experience in technology transfer and IP management. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a law degree from the University of London.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Dr Valeska Gonzalez

  

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  Dr Valeska Gonzalez Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive

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  Valeska supports commercialisation of inventions arising from Chemical Engineering, Materials and Earth Sciences.

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  Imperial College London
  47 Prince's Gate
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Dr Laura Cabo-Fernandez

  

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  Dr Laura Cabo-Fernandez Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive

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  Laura supports commercialisation of inventions arising from Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering, Aeronautics and Civil Engineering.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Miguel Cheng

  

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  Miguel Cheng Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Officer

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  Miguel supports commercialisation of inventions arising from Department of Computing and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Michelle Cortis

  

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  Michelle Cortis Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Senior Executive - Consultant

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  Michelle consults on the commercialisation of MedTech inventions. Michelle has been working in technology transfer since 2016 and has been a registered technology transfer professional (RTTP) since 2020.

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• Diana Yin

  

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  Diana Yin Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive

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  Diana supports commercialisation of MedTech and Health inventions arising from the Faculty of Engineering.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Aysen Unsal

  

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  Aysen Unsal Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Junior Officer

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  Aysen supports commercialisation of MedTech inventions arising from Faculty of Engineering.

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Eunice Anderson

  

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  Eunice Anderson Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Coordinator

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ

• Anushka Patel

  

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  Anushka Patel Executive Assistant (part-time)

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  Imperial College London
  Level 2 Faculty Building
  South Kensington Campus
  London
  SW7 2AZ