Beier books in Purdue promotion

Purdue Research Foundation (PRF), the tech transfer affiliate of Purdue University, has hired Brooke Beier (pictured) as vice-president of its office of technology commercialization (OTC).

Beier will take charge of OTC’s efforts to commercialise Purdue technologies and protect intellectual property. She started with OTC as a project manager in 2013, climbing through the ranks to become executive director in April last year.

PRF believes Beier has played an important role in making OTC more business-friendly as the office has generated record numbers of licences, spinouts and patents.

Over the past five years, OTC has set up more than 650 agreements covering more than 1,000 technologies, with more than 120 of the agreements executed with spinouts.

Beier is a triple-alumna of Purdue having received a BSc, MSc and PhD from the university’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.

Before joining OTC, Beier had worked as a development engineer for the university’s Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering, with responsibility for commercialising life science research.

In addition to her tech transfer duties, Beier has been with Purdue’s Schwartz Tennis Center as an instructor since 2008. During her time as a student, Beier was a university-pick tennis player and had captained the Purdue women’s team.

Beier said: “Purdue has a strong emphasis on technology transfer, commercialisation and entrepreneurship and we have made great strides in recent years.

“Purdue has incredible faculty, staff and students that develop innovations that can change the world and we plan to continue our effort to ensure these innovations are translated from Purdue to the public.”

Brian Edelman, president of Purdue Research Foundation, added: “Brooke earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at Purdue so she knows the university and its ecosystem well. She is the ideal person to continue to spread the word that Purdue is open for business.”

– Image courtesy of Purdue University