University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW Madison) has appointed Andy Richards as the director of its Discovery to Product (D2P) commercialisation arm.

Richards became the permanent director of D2P on April 1. He previously administered the same duties as caretaker in addition to his role as chief of staff to the university’s vice-chancellor for research and graduate education, a position he started in 2015.

Richards will take charge of D2P’s operations within UW Madison’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate…