The University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio scouts for new executive director at its Office of Technology Transfer after Arjun Sanga departs for Wisconsin.

The University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio is on the lookout for a new executive director at its Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation.

Arjun Sanga (pictured), the unit’s former director, has departed after accepting a position as executive director at the WiSys Technology Foundation, the tech transfer unit for the University of Wisconsin System. The unit serves 11 universities and 13 freshman-sophomore colleges.

Sanga had been with the Texas unit for over three years, and previously served as the associate vice chancellor for research and technology transfer at the University of Texas in Austin.

Michael Black, senior executive vice president and chief operating officer for the institution, said: “We are in the process of finalizing the job description for an executive director of the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at the Health Science Center and will begin a national search in the coming weeks.”