Darren Cooke has been selected as interim chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer at UC Berkeley, taking over from Rich Lyons.

Mairi Gibbs has been appointed CEO of Oxford University Innovation permanently, having led the tech transfer office in an interim capacity since April.

Photo by Joe Angeles/Washington University in St Louis Stony Brook University, a public research university based in Long Island, US, has named Michael Kinch as its inaugural chief innovation officer. He will lead the Office of Economic Development and campus-wide initiatives to accelerate innovation, including technology transfer. Kinch will report to the incoming vice-president for […]

Azade Hosseini will lead the NYU Innovation Venture Fund investing in life sciences and healthcare spinouts.

The new hire will replace Diarmuid O'Brien, who has headed Cambridge Enterprise for three years.

The university’s new unit, which includes incubator, startup fund and brain trust, will be led by assistant vice president Joshua Espinosa.

James Chan, who holds a similar position at other funds, has joined the investment firm affiliated with the University of California.

Mark Arnold has been hired as an associate vice president at University of Texas's commercialisation arm Discovery to Impact.