After six years as vice-provost of commercialisation, Rhoads is returning to private industry.

Linden Rhoads, who has been the vice-provost of commercialisation at Washington University, is leaving the institution to return to private industry. She will remain with the university through the end of 2014 as executive director for commercialisation.

Rhoads, who joined Washington University in 2008, helped increase both the number of spin-outs and the number of patent filings.

The university has announced that electrical engineering professor Vikram Jandhyala will assume the new role of vice-provost of innovation. Jandhyala…